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Vicci Martinez has traded the promise of fame for something better. Don't worry, Tacoma. She's still making music, and it's still breathtaking. But living through the past several years- which included the loss of her father to cancer and a split with both the recording industry and a beloved partner- has pushed Martinez to re-evaluate her relationship with music, her self, her life and her career as an artist.

It's the kind of struggle that makes or breaks people.

Martinez made it, and it shows.

Vicci Martinez celebrates the release of From the Outside In, her new record, tonight at Jazzbones.

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