Charlotte Martin
Charlotte Ann Martin (born October 31, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performs predominantly on the piano.[citation needed] Following the birth of her first child, Martin suffered from intercostal neuralgia that left her incapacitated for the better part of a year, causing lengthy delays to the writing and recording process of her album Dancing on Needles.Her first foray into songwriting came in the form of Mystery, Magic & Seeds (1998), an album Martin wrote as a result of a friend's death, which she now considers juvenilia, but which is available for download from archive.org.Her second album, One Girl Army, remained unreleased, though an EP of the same name containing a few selections from the full-length record was published independently in 2000, and Martin still performs some of its content live.In 2002, Martin independently released a limited-edition EP containing eight tracks, called Test-Drive Songs, which is now out of print but still available for download on her official website.Martin co-wrote and contributed vocals to "Glass Breaker", a song by the Crystal Method, included on the soundtrack to the 2005 romantic drama film London.She also co-wrote and contributed vocals and piano to the song "Is This How Love's Supposed to Feel" on Ben Lee's 2007 album, Ripe.