Biography
Avonlea Martin entered the world in Santa Rosa, California, on January 29, 2000. An upright piano installed in her childhood bedroom sparked her musical path at age ten, prompting immediate songwriting and subsequent self-instruction on guitar and ukulele. Recognition arrived in 2014 with top honors in the teen division of the International Songwriter's Competition, which carried a scholarship to Berklee's five-week program. Appearances as a featured performer at a pair of West Coast Songwriters gatherings followed in 2015, leading directly to a slot on that year's Narada Michael Walden Foundation holiday show.
National visibility came in 2016 through a Judge Cuts performance on season 11 of America's Got Talent, an exposure that broadened her reach and swelled both her YouTube subscribers and Instagram audience into the thousands. She adopted the shortened stage name Avonlea and contributed vocals to Sina's album Chi Might that same year, notably on the track "Kylie Jenner." Earlier online cultivation gave way in 2018 to a more ambitious undertaking: the EP 10 2 17, conceived as a chronicle of personal growth spanning ages ten through seventeen. Although the full project stayed unfinished, its associated digital singles—"It Sucks," "Cars and Boys," and "Again"—revealed an electronic pop artist equally invested in lush, seductive atmospheres and candid lyricism paired with strong melodic hooks. Those same priorities surfaced again on the austere piano ballad "Green," issued in 2022 following a period of relative quiet.
The EDM-leaning direction first took shape with "It Sucks," an early 2018 release that incorporated touches reminiscent of Lana Del Rey and Lorde while launching the 10 2 17 sequence; "Cars and Boys" and "Again" sustained the thread later that year. Two further singles, "Stranger" and "Big Kid," surfaced in 2019. A return occurred in July 2022 via featured vocals on 7KY's measured "Terrible Things," after which Avonlea closed the year with the introspective "Green."
National visibility came in 2016 through a Judge Cuts performance on season 11 of America's Got Talent, an exposure that broadened her reach and swelled both her YouTube subscribers and Instagram audience into the thousands. She adopted the shortened stage name Avonlea and contributed vocals to Sina's album Chi Might that same year, notably on the track "Kylie Jenner." Earlier online cultivation gave way in 2018 to a more ambitious undertaking: the EP 10 2 17, conceived as a chronicle of personal growth spanning ages ten through seventeen. Although the full project stayed unfinished, its associated digital singles—"It Sucks," "Cars and Boys," and "Again"—revealed an electronic pop artist equally invested in lush, seductive atmospheres and candid lyricism paired with strong melodic hooks. Those same priorities surfaced again on the austere piano ballad "Green," issued in 2022 following a period of relative quiet.
The EDM-leaning direction first took shape with "It Sucks," an early 2018 release that incorporated touches reminiscent of Lana Del Rey and Lorde while launching the 10 2 17 sequence; "Cars and Boys" and "Again" sustained the thread later that year. Two further singles, "Stranger" and "Big Kid," surfaced in 2019. A return occurred in July 2022 via featured vocals on 7KY's measured "Terrible Things," after which Avonlea closed the year with the introspective "Green."
Singles
