Shelly Rudolph singing live – Portland jazz vocalist and songwriter performing original music and jazz.

PART MERMAID, PART CHANTEUSE

Shelly Rudolph is a Portland-based vocalist, songwriter, poet and performer whose genre-defying work blends jazz, soul, and poetic lyricism into something entirely her own.

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A POET WHO SINGS

Join Shelly in DERVISH WORK, her open studio, where poems, songs and other creative necessities gather. 

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MUSIC THAT MOVES BETWEEN WORLDS

Shelly Rudolph’s albums are intimate soundtracks: sultry tumble rise-ups of longing, light, and a wild heart. 

Her acclaimed album The Way We Love features GRAMMY-winning “maverick” cellist David Darling, while I Love LOVE — her sumptuous dance-soul anthem with Charlie Hunter — has lit up playlists and airwaves across 17 countries.

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