"....[Manix's] debut digital release EP Emerald City sounds like anything but a freshman effort...I was drawn into this EP by Manix’s warm vocals and production, and I think you will be too." - Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz

With departures in Americana, country, and rhythm and blues, Emerald City is a collection of simple, honest tunes penned during a difficult time of self-discovery. As Kelly describes, Emerald City was, “birthed from a quarter life crisis.”

Singing professionally since she was 11 in regional theatre and music reviews, Kelly was being pitched to major labels while she was still in high school. After several attempts at securing a deal in Nashville, Kelly studied music business management at university. Before graduation, she was offered a position in new media marketing at a well-established independent label. Kelly’s college career and tenure at the label was of immeasurable worth to a budding independent musician.

“I learned a lot about the new business models that were emerging and that you don’t have to have a major deal to make a great record and get it heard. I also was in awe of the musicianship of the some of the artists I got to work closely with. I definitely was inspired by their art and skill.”

After a health scare and major surgery, life was thrown into a whole new perspective. Kelly began to write on themes that reflected her current experiences: hopelessness and the futility of worry, true love and its tangible expressions, avoiding sedentary living, the sanctity of life, and the hearts’ potential to sometimes divert you away from home