1.1.08 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! ____________________________________ 10.25.08 Heading back to London for a short little tour today. The tour will consist of returning to London and Cambridge, Scotland, and France. It will be short but sweet. My music has also just been added to PBS's playlist in Melbourne, Australia ! Guess it is time to find my way there next! _____________________________________ 7.21.08 In the studio with Marshall Altman and Jimmy Paxson this week to record versions of Untied, Simple Mood, and Heaven. The musicians are amazing! Deron Johnson - keys, Daryl Johnson - bass (of no relation), Jimmy Paxson on the drums, and a new addition Branden Walters - guitar. Carlos Rios may even lay a little guitar work down! This should be fun. ______________________________________ 6.5.08 Meeting Hank Marvin in Cambridge, England This week held a very special moment for me I had the opportunity to meet and listen to Hank Marvin (The Shadows) perform after my set in Cambridge. He is as amazing and inspiring as he has ever been. Thank you to the Bun Shop for the unexpected evening. Off to the rest of the tour! Scotland, Holland, and France! _______________________________________ 5.22.08 Touring w/ Loudon On the road and what a blast. The hilariously told deep stories of Mr Wainwright's are leading us through the east coast. It has been such an exciting journey thus far. Looking forward to playing in Europe for two weeks of dates - performing in Scotland for my first time! _________________________________ 4.13.08 Go Larry Brilliant : you r brilliant. Today I read Rolling Stone's article on Larry Brilliant. It was so inspiring and refreshing to read what Larry is up to now. He is one of today's greatest voices in my opinion and I am interested to see what he does next for our world. For any of you who don't know Larry's history, he is first and foremost a medical doctor that has helped millions of people with his preventative measures. Last year, he received the TED prize given to him by Peter Gabriel and this year he is on to bigger and better things joining ventures with Google. If you have a chance check out Rolling Stone's article on him! he is one of my new heros. ________________________ 4.12.08 ASCAP expo 08 The ASCAP Expo. What a weekend. Inspiring to say the least. It is amazing to have the opportunity to listen to, hear, and meet songwriters that have changed the lives of so many people. If you are a songwriter this is an event that is just amazing. Last night we got to see Desmond Child, Jonatha Brooke, Rivers Rutherford, and Darrel Scott perform. The night before we heard from Mark Hudson, Glen Ballard, Mike Bradford, and Linda Perry. I loved hearing their versions of the songs they wrote as it offers a space to hear something new in a song that we've heard a million times.... songs that will continue to mark history. Throughout the weekend so many panelists have offered their personal stories of what it has been like for them working in the music business... I will say the one theme that keeps reoccurring in just about everyone's stories is "don't ever stop following your passion, just keep doing what you believe in - no matter what anyone tells you and no matter how long it takes..." "Dare to Suck!" ... "Tell the truth" (M Hudson). ________________________ FRENCH REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS (April 08) INTERVIEW 1 http://www.zikannuaire.com/report/dossiers/dossiers.php?val=430_jenni+alpert+opa+02+04+08 INTERVIEW 2 -Listening to your song Ã?Â?Ã?Â« All we need is love Ã?Â?Ã?Â», the BeatlesÃ?Â?Ã?Â? fan that I am needs to ask you if this song has anything to do with the famous English band ! Not intentionally, however I know many of us feel the same way about human kind and the wonderful things we can do together through love. -ItÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s the second time youÃ?Â?Ã?Â?re coming to France, isnÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t it? Actually itÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s the third. -How did you get this opportunity ? I started out a few years ago as a backpacker, and i was stopping in france before heading to india. I landed one gig at a piano bar by walking in and kept looking for places because i love reaching people thought music. if i canÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t speak the language of a country, well then for sure i can speak the language of music with them. During that same trip, I walked into a club that looked like an interesting place to play in the future and met the sound engineer ... gave him my cd and moved on with my journey. about a year later, that same person contacted me through myspace with several gigs for me.... it was amazing... i barely remembered him until i arrived in paris and met him for the second time... Ben from Studio Z Factory. Now he is working with me on many endeavors in France, promoting my music and helping me find distribution. He is a great person and a fantastic music partner. It starts with drive and passion, but canÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t be completed without a good team. -Would you like to sing a couple of songs in French ? IF i could pronounce french properly =). -Is you last record made of original songs only ? Or do you make some covers ? My recent record has no covers though I do like to perform covers once in a while when a song touches me. There are two songs on my record however that are co-written with other musicians... Both of those were unplanned experiences that happened the moments they were written and their messages fit with the rest of the record so I kept them. -YouÃ?Â?Ã?Â?ve recorded 6 albums in the United States. Are you quite famous over there ? No. Not at all famous. Those records are all experiences that marks my journey each step of the way to where ever it is i am headed. i started recording my songs years ago to remember the sounds I heard in my head. When people started expressing interested in buying my music, I decided to keep recording something each year to offer those fans something new to keep them included in my growth and discovery as an artist. I record with passion and every recording personally me teaches me more about who i am as an artist and what i like to do. -What is the title of your last record ? Ã?Â?Ã?Â?No Second GuessesÃ?Â?Ã?Â? which is actually kind of funny because after it was finished being recorded... it has been hard to make a lot of the decisions about what to do with it!! -Will it be distributed in France too ? We are excited to be working on this. At first i wasnÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t sure what my direction would be.... release it independently on the Internet, join a label with this very record, or distribute with each country that I have toured through independently thus far and I believe the latter is the path I am on at the moment. i am exited for all of it. -If you had to choose one female singer, who would be the closest to you ? female or male - all the same to me. jeff buckley is first name that came to mind the second i read this question... yet with time to think, there are many iÃ?Â?Ã?Â?d like to meet. -Have you ever met some of your idols working in this musical world for so many years? i have met many artists in this journey of mine... some of them have become people i look up to and appreciate on a personal level- less because of where their art has taken them, but more because of the people they are despite what happens. -What do you like in French culture? mmm... there is so much. France is unlike many of the other countries I have visited and performed in. France has a uniqueness regarding how it views itÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s independence and identity in the world. The people of france seem very connected to their culture and I think from what i have observed this sense of identity is great. i also love the deserts =). -Last question : what is your favourite song in this new record ? all we need is love is one i like singing - i feel connected to the message - i do believe that as artists and writers, we are vessels for the art to flow through..... we own nothing... we just are a way the music comes through.... i am thankful that the message behind all we need is love traveled through me too. Thanks a lot ! AgnÃ?Â?Ã?Â¨s thanks for the interview!!!! see you in June. ________________________ 3. 30.08 Patti Smith "Land 250" Exhibit at Foundation Cartier, Paris.... What an amazing exhibit of Patti Smiths multi-faceted talent - her art, her photos, her poetry, her songs, her life.... documented, decorating the walls, depicting perspective, passion, presence. If you are in Paris... this is a must see. Many thanks Julie Peel, http://www.myspace.com/juliepeel, for inviting me. Wonderful day. ~j ________________________ 13 Apr 2008 Go Larry Brilliant : you r brilliant. Today I read Rolling Stone's article on Larry Brilliant. It was so inspiring and refreshing to read what Larry is up to now. He is one of today's greatest voices in my opinion and I am interested to see what he does next for our world. For any of you who don't know Larry's history, he is first and foremost a medical doctor that has helped millions of people with his preventative measures. Last year, he received the TED prize given to him by Peter Gabriel and this year he is on to bigger and better things joining ventures with Google. If you have a chance check out Rolling Stone's article on him! he is one of my new heros. 10:46 - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 12 Apr 2008 ASCAP expo 08 The ASCAP Expo. What a weekend. Inspiring to say the least. It is amazing to have the opportunity to listen to, hear, and meet songwriters that have changed the lives of so many people. If you are a songwriter this is an event that is just amazing. Last night we got to see Desmond Child, Jonatha Brooke, Rivers Rutherford, and Darrel Scott perform. The night before we heard from Mark Hudson, Glen Ballard, Mike Bradford, and Linda Perry. I loved hearing their versions of the songs they wrote as it offers a space to hear something new in a song that we've heard a million times.... songs that will continue to mark history. Throughout the weekend so many panelists have offered their personal stories of what it has been like for them working in the music business... I will say the one theme that keeps reoccurring in just about everyone's stories is "don't ever stop following your passion, just keep doing what you believe in - no matter what anyone tells you and no matter how long it takes..." "Dare to Suck!" ... "Tell the truth" (M Hudson). 8:54 - 2 Comments - 2 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 05 Apr 2008 FRENCH REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS (April 08) INTERVIEW 1 http://www.zikannuaire.com/report/dossiers/dossiers.php?val=430_jenni+alpert+opa+02+04+08 INTERVIEW 2 -Listening to your song Ã?Â?Ã?Â« All we need is love Ã?Â?Ã?Â», the BeatlesÃ?Â?Ã?Â? fan that I am needs to ask you if this song has anything to do with the famous English band ! Not intentionally, however I know many of us feel the same way about human kind and the wonderful things we can do together through love. -ItÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s the second time youÃ?Â?Ã?Â?re coming to France, isnÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t it? Actually itÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s the third. -How did you get this opportunity ? I started out a few years ago as a backpacker, and i was stopping in france before heading to india. I landed one gig at a piano bar by walking in and kept looking for places because i love reaching people thought music. if i canÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t speak the language of a country, well then for sure i can speak the language of music with them. During that same trip, I walked into a club that looked like an interesting place to play in the future and met the sound engineer ... gave him my cd and moved on with my journey. about a year later, that same person contacted me through myspace with several gigs for me.... it was amazing... i barely remembered him until i arrived in paris and met him for the second time... Ben from Studio Z Factory. Now he is working with me on many endeavors in France, promoting my music and helping me find distribution. He is a great person and a fantastic music partner. It starts with drive and passion, but canÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t be completed without a good team. -Would you like to sing a couple of songs in French ? IF i could pronounce french properly =). -Is you last record made of original songs only ? Or do you make some covers ? My recent record has no covers though I do like to perform covers once in a while when a song touches me. There are two songs on my record however that are co-written with other musicians... Both of those were unplanned experiences that happened the moments they were written and their messages fit with the rest of the record so I kept them. -YouÃ?Â?Ã?Â?ve recorded 6 albums in the United States. Are you quite famous over there ? No. Not at all famous. Those records are all experiences that marks my journey each step of the way to where ever it is i am headed. i started recording my songs years ago to remember the sounds I heard in my head. When people started expressing interested in buying my music, I decided to keep recording something each year to offer those fans something new to keep them included in my growth and discovery as an artist. I record with passion and every recording personally me teaches me more about who i am as an artist and what i like to do. -What is the title of your last record ? Ã?Â?Ã?Â?No Second GuessesÃ?Â?Ã?Â? which is actually kind of funny because after it was finished being recorded... it has been hard to make a lot of the decisions about what to do with it!! -Will it be distributed in France too ? We are excited to be working on this. At first i wasnÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t sure what my direction would be.... release it independently on the Internet, join a label with this very record, or distribute with each country that I have toured through independently thus far and I believe the latter is the path I am on at the moment. i am exited for all of it. -If you had to choose one female singer, who would be the closest to you ? female or male - all the same to me. jeff buckley is first name that came to mind the second i read this question... yet with time to think, there are many iÃ?Â?Ã?Â?d like to meet. -Have you ever met some of your idols working in this musical world for so many years? i have met many artists in this journey of mine... some of them have become people i look up to and appreciate on a personal level- less because of where their art has taken them, but more because of the people they are despite what happens. -What do you like in French culture? mmm... there is so much. France is unlike many of the other countries I have visited and performed in. France has a uniqueness regarding how it views itÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s independence and identity in the world. The people of france seem very connected to their culture and I think from what i have observed this sense of identity is great. i also love the deserts =). -Last question : what is your favourite song in this new record ? all we need is love is one i like singing - i feel connected to the message - i do believe that as artists and writers, we are vessels for the art to flow through..... we own nothing... we just are a way the music comes through.... i am thankful that the message behind all we need is love traveled through me too. Thanks a lot ! AgnÃ?Â?Ã?Â¨s thanks for the interview!!!! see you in June. Best, Jenni 12:51 - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 02 Apr 2008 Elephant Painting - sent to me by Dan.... WHAT??! WOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE AMazing! thanks dan. 11:17 - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 01 Apr 2008 Interview: Terry McBride Interview: Terry McBride http://www.crazedhits.com/2008/02/14/terry-mcbride... Powered by ShareThis This is one of the best interviews I have ever watched. 2:06 - 1 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 30 Mar 2008 Patti Smith "Land 250" Exhibit at Foundation Cartier, Paris Patti Smith "Land 250" Exhibit at Foundation Cartier, Paris.... What an amazing exhibit of Patti Smiths multi-faceted talent - her art, her photos, her poetry, her songs, her life.... documented, decorating the walls, depicting perspective, passion, presence. If you are in Paris... this is a must see. Many thanks Julie Peel, http://www.myspace.com/juliepeel, for inviting me. Wonderful day. ~j 4:10 - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 24 Mar 2008 Yeah Paris! hello paris!!!! i am so excited to be here - i look forward to seeing all of you again. thank you thierry cadet http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news66113-22.htm! 11:49 - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove 3.17.08 SXSW 08 awesome once again!!!!(thank u one 2 one bar and sennheiser) i canÃ?Â?Ã?Â?t believe that sxsw has already come and gone once again!!!! what a blast!!! the music was exceptional this year!!!! thank you to the One 2 One bar for another fantastic year of Spin It Indie - and a special shout out to tim and sennheiser: http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/ for joining the event with us this year - your mics rock!!! great performances that i caught include: sara bareilles, miko, brett dennen, martha wainwright, chris pierce, and shane alexander .... all the best.... onward to memphis! ________________________ 2.29.08 FOLK ALLIANCE: Quote or experience of the weekend, add yours!! "My favorite part of the conference was sitting in the sauna with Nels Andrews, AJ Roach, and Robby Hecht for about two hours on Friday afternoon. We felt like mafiosos, talking shop and sweating". myspace.com/dannyschmidt "My fav experiences were meeting some terrific people and hearing some incredible music". myspace.com/nathenaswell "i think maybe one of my favorite experiences was watching you play that one night. you were amazing. so beautiful and full of love and light. i was wowed. that first night on the 2nd floor was pretty special too" myspace.com/rainarose Fav Quote: 'I wish someone would stop this thing Roach, so I could get off.' (Nels Andrews) myspace.com/ajroach "Favorite new experience: John Elliott. I loved when you played chimes on one of his songs. It was so playful, so silly, and perfectly sad at the same time. John writes around things, until you know what it is even though he hasn't said it. It's fascinating and smacked out into outer space on a grand melody. Um, who else? Anthony DeCosta went from being child prodigy to just prodigy. Kid's working very hard and good at remaining himself. Sally Spring is close second to John Elliott. Her online stuff is just samples, which is cheezy. Oh, well. She floored me in a showcase room. Lives in Kernersville, about an hour from here". myspace.com/jonathanbyrd "I'll have to think on the quote/song thing... see, one thing i got out of FA was the flu"! (claire b) myspace.com/thebowmans "I really loved the experience of being in one place for four days meeting so many amazing songwriters and musicians - it was so inspiring and heart opening. I loved it". myspace.com/jennialpert "I have a bunch of favorite moments from this year's FA - singing with Tom Russell at the awards show, hearing Jimmy LaFave sing my song Revival, Vienna Teng's performance at the ASCAP showcase - but I think my favorite was the tribute to Ian Tyson. I am a softie for the guys (and women) who have been doing it for decades, and are still carrying on. I can only hope I will have such dedication, passion and inspiration after all that time.... " myspace.com/gretchenpeters "that was such a rad weekend. so happy we had the opportunity to hang and share music like that". myspace.com/rainingjane "the rain room jam was fri night was my highlight". myspace.com/andywhite "I think my favorite moment was playing bass in a workshop/panel that Louis asked me to be a part of. And that was the Electric Guitar Workshop.... 4 great guitar players (Bill Kirchen, John Inman, Colin Lindin, Pete Anderson) with myself on electric bass and a wonderful Norwegian drummer. We were rockin', it was slammin', it was screamin', and it was very "unfolky". For Louis, it was his favorite moment of the whole conference. And though I love The folk Alliance, truly enjoy my emergence as a singer/songwriter, and have the greatest respect for the genre, there's nothing like a rockin' jam with great players and hight energy. That this moment was right in the middle of the mostly acoustic vibe of the conference made it all the more incongruous and unique. I loved it and hope Louis chooses to do it again next year". myspace.com/frebo "I'd say my favorite experience was running into lost acquaintances and friends, there were too many to list." myspace.com/torisparks ... more to come, add yours below.... n see u next year! =) ________________________ 1.12.08 Wow, the New Year..... Italy was amazing! Of course it was..... And now finally finished the music for 'No Second Guesses'. New songs up on Myspace - Whoooeee!!!! I am excited... What is the next step? The next few months will shape the path and I am happy to be here going there. ________________________ 12.23.07 Almost over 2007 - You flew by wow! Here in Italy getting ready to watch the great Jimmy Paxson play drums for the (amazing) Giorgia! She invited me to sing harmonies with her - and my does that woman have pipes! Toast to that!!! Thank you for making this trip to Italy unforgettable. ________________________ 11.06.07 Back to Europe to perform ! It has been months and I am so excited to see everyone again - Italy and France here goes nothin! ______________________________________________________ 10.13.07 Getting ready for the listening party at STAGG street studios..... I am so excited to share with you all the new music I have been working on with Julian Coryell and Jimmy Paxson (not to mention the bunch of other wonderful people who have supported and developed this project). Wine, Cheese, and music - who could ask for anything more? Thank you to Staci Slater, my mother, Marcia Campbell, and Stagg Street for all your help making this night a great one. ________________________ 7.8.07 It has been a while since i have journal-ed but it is because I am working on a recording with Julian Coryell. He is an amazing musician and a fantastic producer to work with. Here we sit in Venice, CA - song to song, sound to sound.... and i am proud. ________________________ 5.12.07 Placements n Stuff Thank you again to the team over at 'The Talent House' we are workin our way back on the tube. Just last week, 9 songs were licensed by MTV's "Real World" and "Road Rules", and by the Oxygen network's "Bad Girl's Club. Yea! ________________________ 4.30.07 4.5.07 One Special Invite "SHE SINGS FROM EXPERIENCE" Upcoming May June 07 Tour This June, Los Angeles singer/songwriter Jenni Alpert will embark on a solo tour Ã?Â?Ã?Â? a tour inspired by a phone call she received from a family in Atlanta, Georgia. This special family requested that Jenni come perform there, in hopes to help them raise funds to achieve their dream and complete their pending overseas adoption. From this phone call, she realized it was a calling. Being that Jenni herself was adopted at 4 years old, she had a personal connection with this family's story. Just shy of 6 years ago, she started to record, tour and build her fan base selling CDs out of the trunk of her car. With her travels, Jenni discovered that she could use this touring vehicle to seek out members of her own biological family. Through them, she was able to find other members scattered throughout the US. This became Jenni's main inspiration when routing her tours. She often revisits these cities, allowing her to stay connected with her family while sharing her magnetic talent with fans and friends she's met along the way. The Atlanta family's story touched her so much that Jenni decided to pause her current recording schedule to head to Atlanta for this fundraiser. Being that Alpert has a self-sustaining career of independent touring, she took this opportunity to build a small tour and revisit cities where she previously performed during the last 3 years. In the past few months, Jenni has been working on her new record, co-writing songs with producer/ engineer Marshal Altman and Shikira's lap-steel guitarist Ben Peeler. She also worked in the studio with producer/engineer Nathaniel Kunkel, collaborating with music legends Russel Kunkel, Viktor Krauss, Matt Rollings and Dean Parks. Most recently, Jenni traveled to New York to continue developing this project with Steve Greenberg of S-Curve Records and Steve Greenwell, Joss StoneÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s producer. On her upcoming June tour, Jenni will be promoting a new live recording from her most recent tour in Europe called Ã?Â?Ã?Â?27 Minutes in BolognaÃ?Â?Ã?Â? - a rare, acoustic piano & vocal performance, captured in Italy. Be sure not to miss this exceptional, expressive & personable artist in your town. ________________________ 4.21.07 ASCAP Expo 07 This past weekend I attended ASCAP Expo for the first time. It was a blast - informative, inspiring, and eye opening. I think one of the greatest things I walked away with this weekend was the reminder of what is means to be a song-writer, the value placed on the ability to write songs that touch people, to understand the craft - to know that i do..... and to remember that it is not just a credible profession (and it is one!!!), but it is a strong art form that is still appreciated and valued. There were a lot of people at the event this year - and from what I could see, an overwhelming number of people who worked hard to make it possible. It felt really great to be a part of a community. For more about the Expo, visit: www.ascap.com . ________________________ 2.27.07 'the world, a small place' as i sit in this apartment in italy - i look out over the building tops of the city thinking about the lives of my friends in different cities around the world... some sleeping, some just waking up, some working around the clock to keep themselves. this feb 2007 has been quite an adventure and it has been some time since i have blogged about adventure. on the road in europe this time from italy to germany to holland to france to the uk - it has been quite the journey. i have met so many wonderful people - and the country sides have been beautiful. as the world continues to turn it gets smaller and smaller each day. we will meet again i am sure of it. ________________________ 12.27.06 Happy Holidays and Happy New year to you all. This has been quite a year of adventure and hard work. Looking forward to recording a new record in the year 2007. A special Thank you to Jimmy Paxson for your direction and support and to Talent House and Amygalamusic for all your support and direction in licensing songs out there for the big world to hear. Highlights of this year include recording with Producer / Engineer Nathaniel Kunkel at the Village with Russ Kunkel, Viktor Krauss, Matt Rollings, and Dean Parks, meeting and playing with John Popper at One2One bar during SXSW 06 in Austin, placing song 'Fade Away' with CBS's new reality TV show 'The Messengers' through Talent House and Amygalamusic, recording 'Untied' and 'Simple Mood' with Producer / Drummer Jimmy Paxson, recording and touring with The American Babies opening for the Benevento-Russo Duo, returning to touring the road both east and west coast visits, Singing in hospitals in nyc through Musicians On Call (non-profit), working on 'Heaven' with with Steve Greenberg (S-Curve Records),and recording a Christmas Album also with Producer / Drummer Jimmy Paxson. Hope you have a great start to the new year - whooo hooo 2007! ________________________ 11.1.06 AMERICAN BABIES!!!!!! Who are the American Babies? Paths cross on dusty roads from place to place we go unknowing...... Hamilton paints with sonic shine - Why not paint along - Who ARE the 'american babies'? Music that will indent the walls of the sounds you've already heard into a new shape you haven't quite experienced in the plam of your hands just yet......... joe russo - drums, kevin kendrick - vibes, jim hamilton - bass, jenni alpert - vocs n other stuff, tom hamilton - guits n other stuff. CURRENTLY on tour now supporting www.beneventorussoduo.com/! Record out in stores FEB / tour to boot check site for info as it comes your way ~ www.americanbabies.net www.myspace.com/tomhamiltonsamericanbabies ________________________ 10.26.06 Musicians On Call From Philly to NYC to now Nashville, Musicians on Call is an organization dedicated to bring live music to the rooms of those who are sick and in the hospital. Thanks to WXPN and such strong support in the East, musicians on the road can easily find a way to offer a hand in healing through music. My first experience was this past week on the NYC site in the city -traveling from room to room singing to folks who really were appreciative of the calming sound of music. It touches your hear to see these strong individuals making through life's most challenging times. The gift of music can open peoples hearts and minds and encourage spiritual healing. Visit www.musiciansoncall.org for more information. ________________________ 7.11.06 next stop, get cable..... Moving forward in a direction of curves.....this is a summer of writing and working. Thanks to Karen and Aldrex at CBS and to Staci and Co at The Talent Agency, my song 'Fade Way' was placed on a up and coming TV show called 'The Messengers' which PREMIRES Sunday July 23rd on TLC (10-11pm). Below is a little blurb on the show also found on their website. i find the episode that my song was placed on very serendipidous for i have volunteered at the downtown women's center for years because of my close personal connection to the women down there. how random to get a call requesting a song of mine to underscore this experience. The Messengers is a groundbreaking reality series built around the simplest but most powerful force known to mankind - the spoken word. Throughout history, great speakers have changed the world. From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King - they all had one thing in common - the ability to stand up in front of others and deliver a meaningful and moving message. The Messengers is a contest dedicated to finding our country's next great inspirational speaker. Premiering Sunday, July 23rd from 10 to 11 PM ET/PT, this unique program chronicles ten aspiring speakers from diverse backgrounds and perspectives as they vie for The Messengers crown by using the spoken word to move a live studio audience. EPISODE 1: CHARITY "The Homeless Experience" Field Trip - The ten contestants face the harsh reality of being homeless on the downtown streets of Los Angeles, CA. THE MESSENGERS' bus drops them off in the poorest section of the city, skid row, where they are told they have to live and sleep for the next 24 hours amongst life's castaways. Their bus driver, once homeless himself, gives them tips on how to seek out shelter and find food, leaving them to fend for themselves. The fear of being at the mercy of the streets is the contestants' first worry and, as they make their way around what one contestant refers to as, "Hells Alley," they are taunted, threatened and chased off by the downtrodden denizens. However, that fear turns to insight as day turns to night and they are exposed to the stories of despair, heartbreak and determination from the people who call these streets home. The next morning, their bus driver," returns to reveal the fact that his name is Orlando Ward, he's the director of operations for the Midnight Mission homeless shelter and that he's a Stanford graduate who hit rock bottom and found himself living on these streets for 17 years. He tells them it was only through the help and generosity of others that he was able to turn his life around. Orlando gives the group their topic, Charity, and makes one last request before he leaves them, "Speak it well." The contestants, inspired by Orlando's story and their life-changing time on the streets go on to do just that. ________________________ 5.11.06 that feeling......and blind faith when it hits you, it is something unexplainable. you are willing to do things - to feel things - to accept things you never knew you would. the beauty of love is the adventure and challenge of it. to learn awareness, compromise, compassion, and unconditional......... to let go, to breathe, to believe and have blind faith. to open the doors of the unknown to then find yourself staring into the face of your own fears, your childhood(s), your projections, your self..... yet to then take a step further to let go and allow pain and passion to be guides through the tunnels of time and space. to truly love another is to truly love and appreciate yourself. to be aware and to listen with compassion and heart to another living soul. love what you do, who you are, and the life you choose to live. teach and share by example. be open to learn... accept and willingness to change and adapt...............there is an amazing man i know who teaches me every day to close my eyes, to take deep breaths, and to have faith in all that i can not see by all that i can feel.... he tells me that no mater what mistake we make, no matter how hard a day may be, there is always tomorrow. he is more man to me than he will ever understand. it is not easy to understand why we are loved or why we love but we don't have to. they say when you find 'the one' you know. you just know. this lifetime is very short and i believe we must live in the present moment at all times to get the most out of every moment. i fight for the present moment more than anything else in my life. i struggle and battle with the demons of my memories and pasts and fears but i still believe. the moment this person stared into my eyes i understood for the first time...... what it means to reunite with the soul-mate of a lifetime. no matter how near, how far, or what life time we may be in, you will always be with me jp. ________________________ 3.3.06 John Broughton Radio DJ in Melbourne Australia recently contacted me and asked for a phone interviw. I am not sure how he found my music, but in talking to him I got such a great feeling that some how soon, my next stop: Australia. RADIO STATION: 3SER 97.7fm will be airing our interview and some songs form 'Pieces' on Tuesday April 25th at 10.00pm Melbourne time. Converting that to our time for online listeners would make it 5.00am U.S Pacific time. If you are up and interested, visit with us: www.3ser.org.au. ________________________ 2.20.06 My trip to Flag was some what of a miraculous escape and adventure. There aren't words to express what it is that the people and support of Flag did for me this past weekend. Thank you so much to Ceta, Wichman, and Timmy amongst the rest of the wonders in that town. Home away from home. The venues open and welcoming, the music lovers out listening and loving and who could forget the local paint store? All my best to you Flag for you are my Flag of freedom. ________________________ 1.13.06 Current Status of our adventure. Wow. I am about to enter a new phase of creativity and the documentation of it. These last few months have been an interesting journey to meeting the different pieces of the puzzle that is about to unfold before me. Thank you so much to those who were willing to walk beside me in this DYI world I only know. I welcome you to join us throughout this process - send anemail, say hello. Best. ~ Recording Jan - Feb. SXSW in March. Project Details First batch of Songs to be Recorded: Damage Done A Love I'd Regret Breakin Down Release Me Second Batch to View: Heaven Trials and Tribulations Simple Mood 20 Steps Black Crow Still in Love with You Below Sea Nathaniel Kunkel: Producer / Engineer http://www.nathanielkunkel.com http://mixonline.com/online_extras/nash_crosby_kunkel_interview/ http://www.pluginz.com/news/1211 Matt Rollings: Piano http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/biogs/matt.html Dean Parks: Guitar, Lap Steel http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Dean%20Parks1927771494:page=discography:subpage=also-appears-on Viktor Krause: Bass http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,454972,00.html Leland Sklar: Bass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Sklar Russ Kunkel http://www.russellkunkel.com/ http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Russ_Kunkel.html Jimmy Paxson Jr. http://www.drumperfect.com/jimmy_paxson_jr.htm Studios being Used: http://www.studiowithoutwalls.com http://villagerecordingstudios.com ________________________ 12.17.05 Music Interview By Student: Michelle Pottoff (Please pardon the spelling errors) *** Michelle: As soon as I read this assignment one person came into mind and that was Jenni Alpert who has been my friend and tutor for the past year now. Jenni has this vibrancy that takes over the room. She is always making everyone laugh and smile. Her energy is transferred into her work as an independent musician in Los Angeles. She has a wide knowledge of many different musicians and I wanted to learn more about what records were significant to her. I knew she would be the perfect person because music is her passion and I would be able to the enhance the knowledge that I learned in class Who is Jenni Alpert? Jenni Alpert: "I am a performing musician who writes my own songs. I like to look at my life as series chapters so to speak where different people passed through who inevitably influenced my musical interests and choices. Certain people stayed my life for short periods of time where others still linger, but all introduced me to amazing records and styles of music that on my own I might of overlooked. What people introduced me to helped shape my musical identity. How did your parents effect your choices on music? Childhood/On My Own: Growing up in my house was a very interesting experience. It was apparent at a young age that I was drawn to music in a different way then the average listener. I was easily influenced and soaked up music like a sponge. it was also at this time that people around me started to realize that I was meant to be a performing musician and was not just a music appreciator. Under the roof of my parents who are simple people and 'background' music lovers, I was subjected to classical music and oldies but goodies. My mother hated jazz and anything free form or improvisatory. This only really made me realize what kinds of classical music I could tolerate really.I was drawn to that of the romantics; Debussy and Chopin. Later for a brief moment I got into David Foster for his film compositions. I believe this set up a foundation for my inner interest in film scores and composers like Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer. My dad was a bit feer and often listened to the oldies station, music sets hosted by the DJ Dick Clark. He like groovy music but didn't tend to talk about music from a personal perspective. This had an impact on me because I took listening to music for granted and really didn't pay much attention on a conscious level to what I was hearing, rather I would find myself attracted to music based on the mood it set and the mood that it put me in. When did you start to develop your own musical identity? Separating from The Parents It was around the age of 10 that I started to develop my own musical identity. By this time I already had been playing piano for a couple of years and fighting off any classical pieces I had to learn. It was also about this time that I discovered that I had innate talent to hear pop songs on the radio like 'Right Here Waiting for You' by Richard Marks and could play them back by ear. I specifically remember my first head set and tapes given to me at Hanukkah. My tape collection was Michael Jackson 'Thriller', Madonna 'Immaculate Collection', Cindi Lauper 'Girls just want to have fun' and a random tape I found in my brother's room by the band Quiet Riot. I was the type of listener who would put on a tape or simply a song and listen to it over and over again based on the way it made me feel. I was not a music nerd or music snob really - rather just an open book. Was there anyone in your life that effected your music choices? Meeting Other Music Listeners My strongest memory ever for biggest musical influential moment was meeting this girl Mariah Weeks in 5th grade who was 'the bad girl' in class. She forced me to listen to and eventually passionately love Gun's and Roses. They were the first band I remember absolutely loving everything they did. I remember their music videos and only their music videos. I remember the way I felt jumping up and down to 'Welcome to the Jungle' and Sweet Child of Mine'. I may never know what kind of impact this music had on little 'soul-folk-rock-me' but I do know that this was a significant mark in my music listening. From here I started to collect music from other peers albums of bands like Red Hot Chill Peppers and Metalica it was still thought at this time I only generated an interest in music that was given to me. Shortly there after receiving these albums I went to a sleep away camp where the Indigo Girls were the hottest best thing ever. For me the sound of folk guitar, story telling songs and harmonies really inspired me. The Indigo Girls became the second band next to Gun n Roses that I began collecting album after album just because nothing either one of those bands did turned me off. It wasn't until way later that I gained inspiration and motivation to research music on my own. Where there any significant moments that you remember that influenced your musical path? Three Huge Moments of Influence The most significant moments that I can remember that lead me towards musical independence was during high school. The first happened was when I teamed up with my teacher at my high school to start a choir. This musical director was really the first person who introduced me to understanding show tunes, Broadway music, and Jazzy songs (mainly swing) in an intellectual sort of way. There were always holes in my learning, but because by this time I had already spent years singing in musicals he started to bridge the gaps between the songs I was performing, composers that wrote them, the original recordings they came from, and how they changed when different types of styles were brought to the production of the songs. He also gave me my first introduction to the world of Jazz music, which later ended up landing me a scholarship to attend UCLA as the first Jazz vocal major to be admitted for their new four-year program under the direction of Kenny Burrell. What I discovered at that point really was everything I didn't know yet. The second significant musical moment was shortly after my mom bought me my first guitar. I started writing music again only now it was on both piao and guitar. I was invited in to meet two record producers who proceeded to tell me that a songwriter was no songwriter without knowing who Joni Mitchell was and that they (meaning I) should not attempt to be a musician unless they knew by heart forwards and backwards albums 'Blue ' and 'Court and Spark'. And one of the biggest personal musical growth spurts I had was my first experience meeting other aspiring musicians my age the summer of 95'. I met those three musicians at a sleep away camp the same summer Jerry Gracia died. They made the such a huge impact on my musical development simply by exposing me to a world of music I had never known. Jerry's death was such a big deal to the people around me that I really felt in the dark not knowing who he or 'The Greatful Dead' was let alone other bands from that era were. Those three boys shared with me the best music to my ears and opened up my world to my favorite band 'Led Zeppelin', along with 'Pink Floyd' and 'Phish'. Shortly a year later, two of the three died in an unfortunate car accident. They were such great influences on my musical development however, and became the catalysts for my motivation and inspiration to continue to perform original music. What major events in your life affect your musical interests? The Growing Years Once I got to college I realized that I was one of many talented musicians but was completely in the dark of what I was suppose to know. This however, was partially a good thing and later I realized how I benefited from this. I never knew what I was supposed to and didn't know what I didn't know so I was never really scared to take risks or be creative. In a way innocent ignorance really helped me, but I was hungry to learn. I began migrating towards people who listened to music in a different way to help me grow. Over the next several years most of my music guides were boyfriends that I dated or musicians that I played with if they weren't in fact one in the same. Adam Tolbert was the first person to really teach me how to research record upon record to generate a web of understanding of who was influencing whom in the different eras of music. He opened my eyes to mostly 60's folk music. He picked up where I had left off at Joni Mitchell and inspired me to learn more about Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joan Baiez, and other folkies. He also however, had a vast record collection and loved all different kinds of music. He got me to understand the roots of punk and jazz as well. We could in one sitting listen to Black Flag, The Misfits, Miles Davis 'Blue' or Coltrain, and Wilco in the same night with the same amount of appreciation. It was because of the way these artists and their records made me feel I later realized. Adam was also the first person I went on outings to records stores with to read label inserts to see who was on the albums to begin with. This was at the same time I was really starting to learn jazz history and a musical repituar in school. I also started to perform out live in the local music sense in LA where I met a lot of other aspiring musician and bands of my time. Through building friendships with these people I began to learn their influence as well. I began to build an eclectic random record collection of my own; artist like Portishead, Massive Attack, Bjork, to Ani DeFranko, Jeff Buckley, Melissa Etheridge, Tool, Nirvana, Modest Mouse, and Jane's Addiction ,The Deaf Tones, Aphex Twins, Alice and Chains, and jazz greats such as Nina Simone, Billie Holiday , Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington. Yet Chris Jones, my longest standing boyfriend and music mentor may have been the most influential person in my life that contributed to my personal and musical growth. He was a musician who was exposed to all different styles of music from country to classic rock to soul, funk, and jazz. He opened my world to so much music that I really changed forever. Some of my favorites that I took away from my experiences with Chris are 'Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Almond Brothers, Geroge Clinton, Jonny Cash, Stevie Wonder, random soul records, Muddy Waters, Eric Claptan, Santana, Willie Nelson, random country records and Stevie Ray Vaughn . It was at this point that I started to really understand how to listen to music from not just an emotional place but also a musical intellectual perspective that helped define my own musical voice. How do you continue to grow and expand your music career? The Recent Years Presently in my life is a drummer name Jimmy Paxson who continues to encourage my musical growth and development. He inspires me to re-examine all different kinds of songwriters records to really get closer to the music. It is now that I realize my passion for Bonnie Rait, Emmy Lou Harris, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, and old jazz records. Jimmy along with other established musicians started to teach me the value of researching session players, the people behind the records we listen to. Jimmy also put my attention on the importance of engineers and records producers people like Daniel Lanioa, Jon Brion , Brian Eno and others who played major roles in helping create the music that we listen today. On my own time I may even pick up pop records like Alanis Morrisett, Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman, India Arrie , Sarah Mclaughin, Ammie Man , and Lauren Hill. There are also the hidden musicians that people may over look because they are more underground and never were mainstream - wonderful artists like Nick Drake, and Donnie Hathaway. I also recently met both a session guitarist named Kris and a young record producer named Nathaniel Kunkel who have inspired to me take more time to explore new music again. In working with these people over the next few months I know new musical doors will open. The list of artists could go on and on and my poor memory never helps in a musical conversation, but I can say that all music is very inspiring one way or another. And what is most interesting about some of these amazing musicians, a lot like painters and scientists of other times, is some of these people didn't even live to see the success or impact of their music. It is almost as if, and is actually the truth me, that music, art, and simply progression itself have lifelines of their own and we may not live during the same lifetime to see the greatness of things bigger than ourselves. Yet it is all worth the discovery and expression I feel. It has to always be about the bigger picture. How do you define yourself as a musician today? The musician I am today All the music I pick up defines and marks my musical growth, identity, and development. Having said this I donÃ?Â?Ã?Â¹t have a favorite artist, band, record, or song. Rather I love the vast body of emotion that music captures in such a timeless way and I feel that I could ever have enough of a musical vocabulary. I am currently on a path to define and shape my own musical voice and contribution, to capture a moment in time during this era. I am thankful for many musicians both alive and who have past who dared to challenge the spirit and being, co-exsisting with their art, live in a room full of hungry listeners, or maybe simply in the solitude of their own practice spaces challenging the depths of how far the spirit can delve through the vehicle: music, or even riskier yet committing on record a documentation of an unexplainable moment in time - those very same records left for us to experience, grow, and live by. There is no greater love." *** Michelle: After interviewing Jenni I realized how that everything that I had been learning in class about listening to music. Jenni does without thinking about it. She has the ability to understand appreciate all kinds of music. Which I have been trying to do all year. Jenni wants to know every aspect of how the music is going to relate to her and help her grow and learn. Through talking to Jenni I feel as though I have learned how to become a better music listener and about some really cool artists. ________________________ 11.15.05 News ***jalpert MUSIC from 'Pieces' can now be yours ON I-TUNES through the support of www.cdbaby.com ***tune in to 'The Best Damn Sports Show' on 'Fox Sports Network' (FSN and Fox Sports West) to hear a piece of music with my voice on it that I did with a couple of kool cats in town which was selected as the THEME SONG for the intro of their show. ***also, pick up a copy of WAV MAG (music.art.politics.culture) to check out a brand NEW NATIONAL MUSIC HAPPENING (pg31 and pg 70) THE GOODS CONCERT TELEVISION hosted by www.getthegoodsonline.com (Valkyrie Entertainment, Atlanta GA) "jumping from indie or regional band to national touring act can be hard because many of these artists connections outside of their city or state, and without those connections booking your tour can be next to impossible," The Goods Concert Television will be the jump off point for artists to broaden their fan base, help their merchandise and ticket sales, and drive more traffic to their own website". (personal photo featured, live performance and interview scheduled to air early April). ________________________ 10.17.05 Last night Sara Bareilles and I performed at a Starbucks in Encino for a group of teens associated with Children of the Night. Over the last two years I have spent time at their facility putting together music and writing workshops for the children. This month we were given the opportunity to put together an outing for them to experience a night live music outside of their current homested. It was really something to see all those beautiful young women again. http://www.childrenofthenight.org ________________________ 9.25.05 In the last few years there has been a plethora of benefits and fundraisers for so more things than we can count: Katrina, 911, help the homeless, help other countries, stop war....There is so much to think about - and for every issue there are at least three ways to support them. If you went to the Hotel Cafe on Sat Sept 24th and attended "Artistry" a performance series produced by 149 Music Marketing. (www.myspace.com/149music marketing), it was either because you were there supporting the importance of education - specifically music education, or supporting a musician that was. We are all drawn to music in some way. As children, young adults, and as we grow wiser, music underscores our personal little worlds in every decision we make and in every situation we find ourselves in. Somewhere in the background there is a quiet little tune that makes us feel. I believe that children are the young minds of our country and of our world's future. They can make differences simply by the way they think about themselves and the world around them. It starts in early childhood development - we learn to trust in ourselves and to understand our surroundings from our teachers. We remember the most valuable lessons through the most memorable experiences we have. As we go our separate ways after elementary school, junior high, high school or college towards the careers of our choice we find that there is a little musician inside of all of us. Music can be used as a tool to strengthen many skills - social, emotional, physical and is just as valuable as any other subject but is often the first to be cut out of the education system due to the lack of funds. On a personal note, I myself grew up in foster homes until I was almost 4 and struggled through most of my academics including music lessons because in my beginning years I didn't have the proper building blocks to help me develop basic learn skills. Music helped me communicate to the outside world outside my mind and build my inner confidence, music education taught me new ways to learn and helped me with life experiences, and music appreciation taught me to appreciate difference and change, and eventually helped me get into and through my time at UCLA.. I feel that it is necessary to keep music in our education system ad I thank you for coming out to support music education and taking a moment to see how music can strengthen the children of our future. ________________________ 8.15.05 It didn't take very long for time to kind of dissapear...... and now here I am in Italy, days flying by, my return to the US creeping near, and somehow everything seems to of just stopped. Where as just days before I was just a visiting guest, now I have become part of a community and culture. And though Italian food has never been my favorite, the people are and it will be hard to leave. I think this just shows is you spend long enough time in a place where your heart has time to settle, it will. This has been an amazing trip and tour. My experiences in Holland and Italy would take too long to note with far too much detail to write but what I can say is that touring outside of the US really offers such an experience to learn about the world and international relations. It has been an honor to of have been invited into so many different cultures to get a closer perspective. From performing at Paradiso in Amsterdam (Jeff Buckley's old stomping ground) and meeting Leon from www.atproductions.com to playing at Bar Wolf in Bologna and all of the places in between, I could not of done this tour without the help and support from Birgit and Palo La Ganga (Bologna, guitarist). Thank you with all my heart. ________________________ 7.15.05 This week in Los Angeles I had the opportunity to return to the Downtown Women's Center for a visit. This is a special place where my heart has been for almost 2 years now. It was so very great to see all of you and share a musical afternoon. See you when I return from performing in Italy. http://www.dwcweb.org ________________________ 7.6.05 Finally, a brief return back to the west Coast before hitting up a little Europe this summer. But first I must thank so many people for making this May /June / July 05 East Coast / South East / Mid West Tour. A tour that was supposed to be shy of 2 weeks turned out to be over a month long thank you to the support of Jim Hickey and fam (Baltimore), BUMP (http://www.bumpgroove.com / Michigan), Jonny Sexton (Knoxville), Shon and Seth (Atlanta), Kate Gaffney, Jessie Lundy, Dave, and Ralph (philly), Liz Clark (nyc). I love you all - thank you for your support and love. My heart goes out to all those in the band BUMP for changing my musical life and direction. They are an amazing supportive band and you must check them out when you can. I foresee an amazing touring future with that crew. ________________________ 3.25.05

NEW ALBUM:

'Pieces' will be released Tuesday March 29th on CD Baby.com. After over a year of hard work and discovery, 'Pieces' mixed by Stevie Blacke (and others) features an amazing cast of LA's finest musicians; Jimmy Paxson Jr. - drums, Joel Martin - guitars, lap steele, Jimmy Messer - guitars, Zac Rae - whirly, guitars, and all sorts of other stuff, Nick Sample, Mike Valerio, and Chris Golden - bass, Stevie Blacke - strings and guitar, Jenni Alpert - vocals, guitar, piano, rhodes. all songs were recorded somewhere between a living room and a garage with the generous support of Stevie Blacke, JJ Blair, Jimmy Messer, Marc Viner, Hal Cragin, Clay Duncan, and Joel Sheare. _________________________________________
There is a place hidden in the hollywood hills where music can breathe the moments we live. The recordings that happen there are documentations of new music written mostly on piano, soon to be completed. _________________________________________
Some of the musicians found on her recent recordings are drummer Jimmy Paxson, guitarists Jimmy Messer and Joel Martin, keyboardists Zac Rae, bassists Nick Sample, Mike Valerio, and Chris Golden. The list of amazing songwriters to be heard is endless so view the thanks page for links. _________________________________________
Most often you willcatch Jenni Alpert performing live with drummer Jimmy Paxson. _________________________________________
In December 2003, Alpert journeyed to Israel. This amazing experience was accompanied by a very special group of people who helped shape her views on the world. This trip inspired a random backpacking excursion for another three months to the other side of the world. In addition to residing in India for over a month's time, she visited France, United Arab of Emirates, Nepal, and Italy. During her travels she was invited to share her music in several cities of the cities she went to: Pokera, Kathmandu, Paris and Bologna. Siren Song Magazine contacted Alpert for an interview during her trip. You can read about her adventures by visiting their site: http://www.sirensongmagazine.com/2004/issue14.html _________________________________________
Alpert has a long history of booking her own tours and producing festivals for various causes. Her first event was Change for Life an HIV/AIDS Awareness Benefit organized with a great team of UCLA students in February 2000. Months later, Women's Art of Expression was created with fellow artist Astrid Morealle. This was a day to support women's freedom to be themselves. The next year, joined by the forces of Canadian musician Izzy Cox, Platinum Panties, a low-fi multi-media indie-womens fest was born. This night brought together a plethora LA's underground voices and visions which featured over 40 artists, poets, musicians, film makers and creative crafters in honor of Women's Month. Platinum Panties ended up raising over $450 which was donated to the LA Downtown Women's Center. Alpert currently teaches music classes to the women at the DTWC. Simultaneously, Alpert's was working on her first out of state Fest Mid Winter Hoot at CB's y in New York which featured musicians and artists from Boston, Philedelphia, DC, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The NY fest was such a success that she returned that fall to produce a second rendition with New York's artist Rainbow Girl called Gathering of the Art Stars. _________________________________________
Alpert's current running project is Art of Expression, a touring art music fest that links the music worlds in cities all over the country which mission is dedicated to fund Fine Arts Programs in schools. AxLA, the first of several fests to come, took place Wed Dec 10th 2003 which featured many of LA's finest artists and musicians. The first one raised $350 to boot. Art of Expression plans to tour east in 2004 and the second AxLA will take place at Molly Malones on Tuesday July 20th. Stay tuned for AxMA, AxNY, AxPA, and AxGA. Find out more or if you'd like to get involved visit: AoXfests _________________________________________
You can find live bootlegs of many shows from her past tours by visiting: archives, www.jamlive.org, www.jambase.com _________________________________________
Also for pics from Jenni's Southeast tour 2003 go to photo y

Thanks

AOX Fests

Press

~QUOTES~

Powerful sultry vocals ...
... interactive style grabs audience
... has an amazing stage presence"
~ The Arcata Eye, Arcata CA

"Lilting yet biting vocal delivery, in a genre of music that has been
steadily probed since Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, the very capable guitar
style of Alpert herself grabs listeners attention more effectively, wonderful
tunes and some very talented musicianship"
~ California Aggie, UCD

"Alpert has her own style, commanded attention on stage, quite an experience watching that happen, laced with sharp rawness that came from an unknown depth"
~ California Aggie, UCD

"Her compositions are really rich, accessible melodies that are still able to make you feel like you're hearing something new and exciting, down to earth feel in her writing by weaving her genuine feelings into her songs"
~ The Bruin, UCLA

"Her note perfect voice has won her the opportunity
to lay tracks in every little musical corner"
~ Digital City, NYC

"Alpert takes her musical talent one step ahead"
~ Fem, UCLA

"Among the most memorable, mature self - awareness"
~ Performer Publications, MA

" Will most likely mak a splash on the ever evolving folk - pop world, a voice you remember and secretly resent"
~ West Coast Performer Mag

" A neo-folk diva
... there's a lot that's fresh here
... she's got ideas "
~ Willamette Weekly, Portland OR

" Jenni Alpert breaks from convention, opts for the road less traveled, unconventional approach to songwriting "
~ The Bruin, UCLA

" Talented singer - songwriter, awesome Carol King feel "
~ Campus Circle, LA

" Strong tight compositions, Jenni Alpert is persistent and confident, school of self empowerment, books her own tours, Alpert has the drive to do it all "
~ The Independent, UCSB

"Becoming highly visible in the LA music scene
commitment to musical diversity with songs
blends different traditions of music into her own songwriting"
~ Hip Fish, Astoria OR

"One talented package wrapped with rich velvet vocals and a generous helping of musical versatility"
~ Hip Fish, Astoria OR

"The career she has generated for herself has grown solely from her own determination"
~ The Bruin, UCLA

"Armed with plenty of self ( -production, -management, -indulgence)"
~ The Village Voice, NYC

"Can only see her work as passionate"
~ The Bruin, UCLA

Press Links

TLC TV Show
http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8661924138/m/4161982538

ERIC N ROLL (french press)
http://ericboisson.typepad.com/le_blog_deric_boisson/2006/01/jenni_alpert_pi.html

ZEWOL.NET (french press)
http://www.zewol.net/rss/buzz/album

CITTS DEL CAPO (italian press)
http://www.radiocittadelcapo.it/notizie/notizie.asp?newsid=437

BAR WOLF (italian press)
http://www.bar-wolf.it/concerti.asp?mese=7&anno=2005

WORLD PRESS
http://nvpile.wordpress.com/2006/06/01/

DONNERSTAG (holland press)
http://www.qxm.de/musik/20050331-165430

ETOILES (french press)
http://e-toiles.over-blog.com/liste-article-blog.php

BILLBOARD
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846744

PORTLAND MERCURY
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=31882&category=22187

BRUIN ONLINE
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/issues/99/10.26/ae.ALPERT.html

THE DAILY BRUIN
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/DB/issues/98/12.03/ae.uclabands.html

SOUND WAVE
http://www.spokane7.com/blogs/soundwave/archive.asp?monfiltered=Nov2004

Other Links

http://reginaspektor.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/633108598/m/915108598
http://brain.queenkv.org/distract.html
http://dj.queenkv.org/archives/2006/01/index.html
http://tussin.journalspace.com/?entryid=79
http://www.hellocruelworld.org/?m=200505
http://www.nypress.com/16/53/listings/musiclists.cfm
http://blogging.la/archives/2005/09/hotel_cafe_fundraisers.phtml
http://www.chromeoxide.com/record/private.htm
http://howintheworlddidienduphere.blogspot.com/2004/12/park-it-like-its-hot.html
http://www.cryptmagazine.com/6955.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*

Old Press Rewiews

Media: The Arcata Eye
Location: Humboldt, Ca Feb 27, 2001
By: Donovan Nin

"... Alpert was next. This young woman has an amazing stage presence. Her interactive style grabs the audience, enthralling us with her charisma and flair. Jenni Belts out her tunes with fiery, animated passion and just dares one to look away.

Her powerful sultry vocals launched into "Just this Moment" an upbeat, feel good tune that promises us that " I'm yours for the moment if you stay. wont you stay?" I wasn't going anywhere. Sure enough, Alpert delivers; she was ours. For the moment, at least. "Alone" really touched me. Reminiscent of the Indigo Girls, the song is a coming of age tune about making one's way through this world. Not to take anything away from her solo performance, but I longed to hear what it would be like with a full band and a back up vocalist.

Guest star Chris Jones joined Alpert to play leads for the title cut on her latest release, Nothings Wrong. The two share a natural chemistry that really shines, and I snapped up the CD faster than republicans denying an recount. Nothing's Wrong was all I could of hoped for and more. "Alone" delivered the backup vocals I yearned for, and the whole album is a very hopeful collection of songs that leaves the listener with a deep sense of satisfaction. I hate to sound corny, but I was a changed man after listening to this incredible young woman.

Jenni Alpert is a 22 year old graduate of UCLA. Her self-booked whirlwind west coast tour
spanned three states and included 12 dates in eleven cities in just 16 days. This multi-talented artist is a natural performer, and has been at it since she could barely talk. " I began playing piano before my feet could touch the ground". Alpert said. She started her musical training on the piano, but picked up an acoustic guitar about three years ago. Now she can't put it down, which is something we can all be grateful for.

Nothing's Wrong is her second album. It and her first effort Honest Smile, are available from her website.

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Media: Digital City
Location: Los Angeles, California, Nov 7, 2000
By: Eric Elbogen

The youthful soul pining of Los Angeles' Jenni Alpert has been known to break the hearts of many. With an impressive batch of pocket playing backup musicians in her arsenal, Ms. Alpert's diligence and gift for writing a pop tune have given her quite the impressive national following. Surrounded by various string, keyboard and percussive textures, she and her acoustic guitar woo audiences with shiny bright pop-rockers. You might recognize Alpert from her various participation in the city's finest projects, as her note perfect voice has won her the opportunity to lay tracks in every little musical corner.

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Media: Fem Magazine (UCLA)
Location: Los Angeles California, Feb 1999
By: Ruhi Ghandi

"... roll with the punches and keep believing in yourself., even though sometime you don't know who you are. It is passion and drive which will make you succeed, not just talent" says Alpert"

It seems as if women are taking over the industry. Who would have guessed otherwise though? With our sweet and sentious voices, it is no wonder that many would prefer to hear a womans voice echoing from their amps. If anyone knows the thrill of being a female musician, it is a woman by the name of Jenni Alpert.

Alpert discovered her passion for music by playing at local coffee shops. This mulit-talented young artist, could sing a song just as well as she could string a tune on her guitar. This same passion which left her daly coffee shop crowd in a frenzy, inspired her to take her musical talent one step ahead. These days, Alpert is performing with her band Thick Sliced Bacon. The band's sound can best be described as an interblend between folk, rock, and pop. " The instrumentation if the band is similar to that of the Dave Mathews Band, but the music can be related to the indigo girls," says Alpert. Alpert, apart from being the lead singer and songwriter, manages the financial side of the band. She is the soul creator, the key networker, publicist and the manager/agent for the band. " The music business is tricky. It still has the biases (against women) and a male trend, " says Marla Littleton the violist for the band. However, Alpert seems to have shown everyone that a woman can do the job just as well and maybe even better.

With the many demands the band brings, it is a wonder where Alpert finds the time to write her song-lyrics. Her inspiration, she says, is driven from personal experience; her songs are an _expression of her life. Her favorite song is called No Name. "No Name is about many things, mainly about identity though. It's about finding out who you are. It's about having the passion in you and then going for something and then totally just fucking up then realizing who you are." Alpert says. So far the bands success seems to be attributed to the female voic. "The female voice is sweeter and more marketable," says Marko Glogolja, the drummer for the band. Glogolja, when comparing TSB to the all male band he played in before said" when there's an all guy band, there is a clashing of egos. But not with this band not with Thick Sliced Bacon. I enjoy playing here." For all those women out there who hope to someday receive a grammy" roll with the punches and keep believing in yourself., even though sometime you don't know who you are. It is passion and drive which will make you succeed, not just talent" says Alpert. TSB is: Jenni Alpert, Marla Littleton - viola, Danny Levin trumpet, Marko Glogolja - set, Dave Gould bass.

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Media: Performer Publications
Location: Somerville, MA March 2001
By: Melissa Hafner

Nothing's Wrong Review:

Jenni Alpert is a perfect example of the recent trend of self-reliance in music: she is self-managed, self-produced, and self-promoted. A pianist since the age of three, Alpert created her own jazz-vocal ethnomusicology major at UCLA, and brings a solid background of musical training to her work. At only twenty two, Jenni is developing the confident singing style that no doubt comes from her improvisational vocal work. Although her lyrics show one foot dragging behind adolescence, her songs nevertheless suggest the self-awareness of someone older.

The disc kicks off with a catchy funked-up rhythm on Just this Moment, and again on the title track, while her smooth McLachlan-influenced mezzo soprano begins with sass and morphs into melancholia on the beautifully melodic "Moonshine".

The high production quality of the disc leaves enough sonic space to show off Alpert's range of guitar and piano skills. Her band, seven guys who work closely with Alpert and flawlessly interpret her songs, play everything from electric guitar to trumpet to violin. With so many instruments, you might expect a wall of sound, but the songs are careful to leave room for silences, which as every good musician knows are just as important as the notes.

By the most standard definition, Alpert is a folk singer/songwriter. But she meets all the challenges of writing, arranging, and playing all of her parts so well, and draws on so many influences (jazz, country, blues among them) that it would be a shame to assign her to such an overused appellation. At this early stage, Alpert's art is still in it's infancy, but the quality of this seminal work suggests that her more mature work will be among the most memorable tunes.

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Media: The Willamette
Location: Portland Oregon, Nov 15, 2000
By: (bs)

Jenni Alpert
L.A. based Alpert is a neo-folk diva who alternates a strange mix of the coy and breathy vocals of Sarah McLachlan and the hiccuping tough grrl growl of Ani DiFranco. Still, there's a lot that's fresh here, and her coloring with organ, violin and trumpet to the usual strum and drum set up shows she's got ideas.

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Media: Campus Circle
Location: Los Angeles, Ca Feb 28, 20001

If you like a little soul with your latte' then check out Jenni Alpert's latest release, Nothing's Wrong. Her acoustic guitar and rich vocals are complemented by a group of solid studio quality musicians, and the sound of a Hammond organ gives the album and awesome Carole King feel. The record is clean, well mixed and totally professional. Jenni has attitude without sounding annoying or like an Alanis rip off, but mellow enough to listen to while the words pass you by. The album is really good almost anyone will like it. To find out more about this talented singer-songwriter:

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Media: Positively State Street
Location: UCSB, Independent, Nov. 2000
By: Kier Duboui

Nobody cares. You have to care yourself or else itÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s not worth it. Singer/songwriter Jenni Alpert

HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR OWN TOUR: For the great unsigned masses, this weekÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s lesson comes courtesy of L.A.-based singer/songwriter Jenni Alpert, who makes regular stops in Santa Barbara. She appeared on ValentineÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s Day at the UCSB Hub and then later that night at AlcazarÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s two stops on a swing up the West Coast to Seattle.

STEP ONE: Bring your friends. Alpert and her daffy DiFrancoisms are supported by Dawn Thomas sitting in on guitar and backup vocals (and a substantial chunk of her own solo stage time) and Chris Jones playing a weepy acoustic slide guitar. Thomas was introduced to Alpert six months ago by a mutual friend, and was subsequently drafted to go on the road too, while Jones is AlpertÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s next-door neighbor. When sharing the stage the three form a pleasant enough power trio, but on her own, Alpert relied upon guitar, a few effects pedals, a narrow but powerful voice, and some solid tunes. Which leads to . . .

STEP TWO: Bring good songs, which Alpert did. Her latest album, last yearÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s NothingÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s Wrong, is competent without seeming slick or contrived, but offers few pretensions beyond the earnestly-sensitive-girl-with-guitar motif (her honesty makes it difficult to call it formula) that was run into the ground on the Lilith Fair tours of the past few years. Vague tales of personal relationships cloud some levels of her lyrics, but AlpertÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s lighthearted delivery keeps things from getting too serious. Moonshine, augmented with some nice guitar echo, was far more ethereal and creepy than the album version with a full band, and Just This Moment was typical of most of her set: strong, tight compositions that work well solo or in a combo.

From there, Alpert was off and running; requests to translate her mile-a-minute banter between songs were shrugged off by Jones, who just laughed and shook his head at the impossibility. They were all having too much fun up there (egged on by inebriated coeds) to stop and talk about the business, which is . . .

STEP THREE: One cannot ignore the business side of things, period. Alpert and Thomas came prepared with plenty of copies of their CDs, which sold quickly, and took information from everyone to add to their mailing lists. They talked to anyone about anything. A grateful Thomas explained that Alpert has the drive to do it all, while Thomas doesnÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?t sweat the small stuff: I just like to go up there and play. For her part, ThomasÃ?Â?Ã?Â¢Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?s voice overpowered her own minimalistic guitar; despite the Hubs notoriously muddy acoustics Thomas still rumbled the rafters on the other side of the building.
STEP FOUR: On your own independent tour you can kiss regular sleep and meals goodbye. Sure, that sounds normal in theory, but in practice its another story on whats basically a microcosm of a full-throttle rock tour.

Thomas was holding up well despite waking up at 4 a.m., but she wasnt looking forward to the six-hour drive to their next stop in Mountain View. Alpert, used to such cross-country treks playing to small audiences, is unfazed. How does the veteran road rat make people care? Nobody cares, she matter-of-factly replied. You have to care yourself or else its not worth it. Apparently taking additional cues from the Ani DiFranco school of self-empowerment, Jenni Alpert is persistent and confident enough to record her own songs, manage her own affairs, and book her own tours but all with a little help from her friends. Hey, indie rock may indeed be a festering fraud, but indie touring is still where its at (if you dont forget to budget your gas money). Righteous, babe.

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Media: Hipfish
By: Astoria Oregon, Nov 14 2000
Honest Smile review

Jenni Alpert is do-it-yourself kind of gal. She recently released the cd "Honest Smile", which she produced and promoted on her own, as well as being her own manager. She was the first to major Jazz Ethnomusicology at UCLA. And, when all the jazz/folk promoters who where responsible for booking shows at UCLA venues up and quit, Alpert proclaimed herself Director of the Jazz/Folk series and started booking acts herself.

Alpert is a folk artist and social activist who is becoming highly visible in the LA music scene. She is accompanied by an ever changing lineup of musicians as she continues to blend different traditions of music into her onto songwriting. Honest Smile shows off her commitment to musical diversity with songs that are sometimes driven by the viola, and sometimes deeply rhythmic, like the excellent cut, "Steel Will." Her voice is deep and sometime reminiscent of Fiona Apple's.

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Media: The Daily Bruin (UCLA)
Location: Los Angeles, California, Oct 26 1999
By: Sharon Hori

"For me, music is a white canvas that you paint on," Alpert said. "It's not really about lines and notes and rhythm. You just splash a little orange here, and you splash a little red here, and that's how I've always understood music to be."

A classical musician would see treble clefs, eighth notes and pianissimos in a sheet of music, but 21-year-old Jenni Alpert sees only colors. Alpert, a fourth-year student and the only jazz vocal-studies ethnomusicology major at UCLA, said she hears the underlying heartbeat of music in her footsteps and sees a rainbow spectrum in sound. A pianist since the age of three, Alpert has lived, breathed and even seen the sensation of sound. To take colors and to apply them to music is a methodology that I'm not the only one who has come up with, I'm sure," Alpert said, adding that jazz musician Duke Ellington saw colors in music as well. "It's taking the timbre, the tone and the texture of instruments. What do they sound like to you in your ear and what do you see visually when you hear that sound? I see color."

Conservative listeners who are colorblind to the rainbow of sound do not see Alpert's vision - that the sound of a trumpet is a reddish-orange, or that a viola is a deep blue. When the instrumental paints are blended together like hot and cold streams of water, the song blends into an auditory work, as in the song "Sometimes," which Alpert says is a shade of dark purple. "For me, music is a white canvas that you paint on," Alpert said. "It's not really about lines and notes and rhythm. You just splash a little orange here, and you splash a little red here, and that's how I've always understood music to be because it was so damn academic. It was too hard to understand in any other context."

With the completion of her first album, "Honest Smile," two months ago, Alpert hopes that her audience will appreciate the methodology of her compositions. But the career she has generated for herself has grown solely from her own determination. Four years ago, after graduating from Calabasas High School, Alpert auditioned for a UCLA School of Music classical board. Although apathetic to the consequences - but equipped with seven years of musical-theater experience and 12 years of piano and vocal improvisation - she took a chance.

Even though the board left Alpert's audition halfway through and later told her that she could not attend UCLA without a classical background in music theory or history, she did not give up. "I didn't understand key signatures, transposition or instrumentation. I didn't understand the basics, like how to read music, but it didn't matter to me then," she said. But a compromise was made for the musician with exceptional performance skills. With the help of jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, the creator of the jazz program at UCLA, the UCLA School of Music offered to personalize a music major for Alpert, allowing her to specialize in jazz studies and receive four years of vocal lessons.

Last year, Alpert switched to the ethnomusicology department under the agreement thatshe would focus on writing and studying jazz music. "UCLA has given me the tools to define myself," she said. "Over the course of four years I've been exposed to so much education that now I have surpassed what I didn't know then. I still like my own method, but just the same, I see the value in communicating with other musicians. You have to know their language." Thus was born the first jazz vocal-studies ethnomusicology major.

"Now I have ventured into several different areas in the music and ethnomusicology departments for my own information," Alpert said. "So I will end up with an ethnomusicology degree, but I will have learned many different aspects of music, which is really a wonderful thing. But it's unique and it probably will never happen again. And I slipped through the cracks, so now to be a vocal major jazz studies ethnomusicologist, it exists in different terms in different definitions, so therefore I am the only jazz vocal music/ethnomusicology major in UCLA." Since her enrollment, Alpert had to pick up new hobbies in order to keep busy. After a disappointing rejection from the UCLA musical theater production "Into the Woods," where Alpert had auditioned for the lead role, she decided to start a band.

The musical group Collective Harmony became the first phase of musicians who joined Alpert in her struggle to become heard. Performing in clubs and coffee houses, she learned to manage a band and combine new instrumentational colors of sound. But, it wasn't until Alpert met USC sound engineer Steve Kaplin and formed her second band, Thick Sliced Bacon, that Alpert's first album, "Honest Smile," came to life.

The rainbow album features five of seven songs Alpert has written, with an additional version of the ballad "Amazing Grace." "I've written songs about people that I admire, I've written songs about people that I don't admire but yet, I acknowledge," Alpert said. "I write songs about relationships in general. You'd have to listen to the CD and define it yourself."

A pianist, guitarist and vocalist, Alpert admits to having dappled with bass and drums, although she doesn't claim them as her forte. For "Honest Smile," she wanted her musicians to play the colors the songs portrayed. "The thing with Jenni is that she's always thinking of new ways to describe her music," said Marla Littleton, a third-year music student and violist who has worked with Alpert for a year and a half. "It can be a bit challenging. She requires a different vocabulary that's indicative of what she does to get performers to understand where she's coming from and not just tell them what to do."

According to Littleton, Alpert creates a down-to-earth feel in her writing by weaving her genuine feelings into her songs. "Her compositions are really rich," Littleton said. "They have really accessible melodies that are still able to make you feel like you're hearing something new and exciting. Jenni is open about her soul, and she opens up so much personal experience that people end up really identifying with her without knowing her."

The songs carry a smokey jazz aura, thick with trumpet, viola and guitar. Thus, her knowledge of jazz is put to good use. "Most people respond to (the song) 'Honest Smile' the best because it's kind of poppy, in a musical term," Alpert said, revealing that the song is about a student actor she had met in the dorms who was wasn't honest with himself all the time. Her piano compositions are contemporary, and on the guitar she writes folk tunes.

But even with an EP album, a signature composition methodology and a handful of available gigs, Alpert is not propelled toward success in search of well-paying rewards. Even during her two-month internship at Geffen Records, Alpert said that she was looking for the experience, not a contract. "If somebody at a record company is going to offer me a deal, it's because they believe in the art, and it's because we together can help mass market it," Alpert said. "To me it's not just about holding a microphone, havingan image, looking beautiful and singing a song."

Alpert said she rarely listens to the radio - in fact, her car stereo doesn't even work. As a musician bottled up with artistic inspiration, Alpert said her motivation is pumped from passionate musicians who have achieved recognition. Among the groups that have earned Alpert's greatest admiration are the Indigo Girls, who are known for the passion and poetry that drive their songs, and Ani DiFranco, whose desire to launch her own record company was entirely innovative. Alpert's different perspective of musical colors, along with her determination as an artist, allows her to pave her own way toward artistic recognition.

Today, two months since the production of her album, Alpert has sold more than 100 CDs, and looks to expand her recognition to local venues. "Anyone will succeed if they have the passion to do it," Alpert said. "You can't sit on your ass and wait for people to come see you. It just doesn't happen. Generating your own future is really how to do it. You still have to do your work, and you have to find people who can help you do your work. And it's gotta be for the arts, and it's gotta be for the love, the people, for education."
MUSIC: Jenni Alpert will be performing at 10 p.m. Friday at Peterson's, 10019 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles. For information, call (310) 839-3359.

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Past Tours

May / June 2009
 UK (London, Cambridge, Scotland, Ireland):
Ireland . Rubby Sessions
Galaway . Roisin Dubh Pub
Glasgow . The Rio Cafe
Glasgow - Cosmopol
Glasgow . Liquid Ship
 Cambridge . CB2
London - Ginglik
France:
Paris . Soleil De La Butte
Nancy . Petit Theatre
Nancy - Mediatheque
Holland:
Arnhem . Orange Koffiehuis
Leiden . Velvet Record Store
Leiden . House Concert 
Amsterdam . Home Cafe
Amsterdam - Panama
Haarlem . CafÃ©tiels
Amsterdam . Jet Lounge
Hollywood, CA - Hotel CafÃ©entura, CA - Zoeys
Australia
Melbourne - The Spleen
Melbourne - Pure Pop Records
Melbourne - The Salty Dog
Melbourne - Clifton Hill 
Melbourne . PBS Radio
Melbourne . RRR Radio
Wagga . ABC Radio
Wagga . Red Steer
Wagga . William Farrah
Toranto . Toranto RSL Club
Sydney . Styne Hotel
Sydney . The Roxbury
Sydney . The Fringe

Jan / Feb / Mar / April 09
Los Angeles, CA Film: Chasing the Green 
Thousand Oaks, CA . Thousand Oaks Civic Center, Mavric Awards Ceremony 
Thousand Oaks, CA . Boarders
Santa Monica, CA . Trip
Sherman Oaks, CA . Kulaks 
Pasadena, CA - The Pasadena Fest
Marina Del Rey, CA . The Warehouse
Radio Show with Kelly Mcgrath 
Sherman Oaks, CA - CafÃ©ordiale 
Los Angeles, CA - The Hotel Cafe
Austin . SXSW, One 2 One Bar
Los Angeles, CA - Room Five, Mikal Blue.s Nights
Anaheim, CA . NAMM Show

Nov 08 / Dec 08
Philadelphia, Supporting Sharon Little 
Los Angeles, CA . Hotel CafÃ©an Francisco, CA  - The Makeout Room

Sept 08 / Oct 08
Cambridge, England - Acoustic Routes
London, England . Ginklik
Glasgow, Scotland - Liquid Ship
Glasgow, Scotland - The Rio Cafe
Glasgow, Scotland - The Bier Hof
Paris, FR - Les Disquaries
Nancy, FR - Fnac Record Store
Nancy, FR - L'Ostra
Nancy, FR - Nancy Theater 

July / Aug / Sept 08
Santa Monica, CA - The Temple Bar
San Diego, CA - Lestats
Orange Co, CA - Plush
Malibu, CA - Malibu Art Festival
Hermosa Beach, CA - The Lounge
Hollywood, CA - Genghis Cohen
Orange Co, CA - Three Hour Tour
Culver City, CA - Vinoteque
Hollywood, CA - Room Five
Hollywood, CA - Molly Malones

May / June 08
Mt Vernon, VA - The Bayou (w/ LOUDON WAINWRIGHT)
Philadelphia, PA - The World Cafe (w/ L.W.)
Harrisburg, PA - Whitaker Center (w/ L.W.)
Blacksburg, VA - Lyric Theatre (w/ L.W.)
Baltimore, MD - The Thirteenth Floor
Glasgow, Scotland - The Rio Cafe
Glasgow, Scotland - The Liquid Ship (Free Candy Sessions)
Glasgow, Scotland - Butterfly and Pig
Cambridge, England - The Bun Shop (Acoustic Routes)
London, England - Storm 
Balham, England - The Bedford
Amsterdam, Holland - Fantasio
Amsterdam, Holland - Tomboektoe (The Veranda Sessions) 
Amsterdam, Holland - KHL
Amsterdam, Holland - Desmet Live
Leiden, Holland - Qbus Muzikhuse
Nancy, France - Franc Blue (Radio)
Nancy, France - Quaison
Metz, France - Cafe Le Quaison
Paris, France - Le Baiser Sales
Ventura, CA - Zoeys
Los Angeles, CA - Room Five Lounge 
Fullerton, CA - Plush
San Diego, CA - Lestats

March / April 08
New York, NY - The Bitter End
New York, NY - The Knitting Factory
Brooklyn, NY - Matchless
Boston, MA - Copperfields 
Bryn Mawr,PA - Milkboys Acoustic Cafe 
Baltirmore, MD -The Bedrock
Austin, TX - SXSW Fest One 2 One
Memphis, TN - Sun Studios
Paris, France - New Morning 
Paris, France - Baiser Sale
Paris, France - The Mill
Paris, France - Total Music
Hollywood, CA - ASCAP Expo

February 08
Hollywood, CA - The Hotel Cafe
Memphis, TN - Folk Alliance
Los Angeles, CA - Hunnypot Radio
Los Angeles, CA - Molly Malones,, Spin it Indie LA Fest

January 08
Park City, Utah - Sundance Film Fest
Anaheim, CA - NAMM, Taylor Booth
Los Angeles, CA - Room Five w/ Kori Withers

November / December 07
Record Listening Party
Bologna, It - Bibo Cafe
Bologna, It - Bobby's
Cesena, It - Officina 49
Florence, It - Bebop Club
Bologna, It - Bravo Cafe
Bologna, It - Zoe Cafe
Paris, Fr - Total Music
Paris, Fr - Gibus Club
Paris, Fr - Le Cafe Mantamartre
Los Angeles, CA - Genghis Cohen

October 07
Hollywood, CA - ASCAP Lester Sill Songwriter WKSP

May / June 07
Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy w/ Melissa Ferrick New York, NY - The Biter End New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY - Musicians on Call Philadelphia, PA - The World Cafe Annapolis, MD - Sean Donlonds Baltimore, MD - The Thirteenth Floor Charlotte, NC - Evening Muse Atlanta, GA - Eddies Attic Columbus, GA - The Loft Savannah, GA - Molly Macphersons Pub Charleston, SC - The Map Room Raleigh, NC - Slims Baltimore MD - 8x10 Brooklyn, NY - The Broklyn Lyceum Westwood, CA - Take Back the Night San Diego, CA - Lestats

Mar / Apr 07
Hollywood, CA -Tangier
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - Roof Rockin Fest Hollywood, CA - ASCAP Expo Conference 07 Santa Monica, CA - Obrians Austin, TX - SXSW 'Spin it Indie' 07 Hollywood, CA Room 5

Feb 07
Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Caf?Â©
San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
Nyc, NY - The Bitter End
Censa IT - Officina 49
Bologna IT - Esclamo Cafe
Bologna IT - Scalderia
Bologna IT - Bibo
Bad Windsheim, GRMY - Cafe Domni w/ Amber Rubarth Wurzburg, GRMY ?? Omnibus w/ Amber Rubarth Delft, NL - Stads Caf?Â© w/ Amber Rubarth Paris, FR - Le Baiser Sal w/ Amber Rubarth Paris, FR - Le Sentier des Halles w/ Amber Rubarth Amsterdam, NL - Cafe Sappho w/ Amber Rubarth London, UK - The Slaughtered Lamb w/ Amber Rubarth London, UK - The Spice of Life SOHO w/ Amber Rubarth

Jan 07
Portland, OR - Imbibe
Portland, OR - Bitter End Pub
Eugene, OR - Jo Federico's
Portland, OR - Music Millennium
Olympia, WA - The Iron Rabbit
Seattle, WA - Mr. Spots Chai House
Record with Nathaniel Kunkel 

Nov 06
Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
Greensburo, NC - The Flying Anvil
Wilmington, NC - The Soap Box
Los Angleles, CA - Genghis Cohen

Oct 06
Santa Barbara, CA - Soho
Cambridge, MA - Middle East
Somerville, MA - The Burren
New York, NY - The Bitter End
New York, NY - The Bowery Ballroom
Charleston, SC - The Music Farm

Sept 06
Los Angeles, CA - Room 5
San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
Reno, CA - Dreamers Coffee House
St. Clair Shores, MI - Eastside Howards
Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick
Kalamazoo, MI - Bells Beer Garden

Aug 06
Los Angeles, CA - The Mint

Mar 06
Austin, TX SXSW Fest w/ Sara Bareilles, Gabe Mann Los Angeles, CA - The Hanger Fest

Feb 06
Flagstaff, AZ - Mogollan Brew
Flagstaff, AZ - Flagstaff Brew
Flagstaff, AZ - Campus Coffee Bean

Jan 06
LA, CA Record
LA, CA NAMN Show

Sept / Oct 05
LA, CA Hotel Cafe
LA, CA Downtown Women's Center Fundraiser

July /August Europe 05
Holland, Dan Hagg - The Musicon
Holland, Dan Hagg - The Shillelaigh
Holland, Amsterdam- Cafe Paradiso
Bologna, Italy - Bar Wolf  w/ Paulo on guitar Bologna, Italy - Hold Dubliner Bologna, Italy - Ca.Cu.Bo SF, CA - The Last Day Saloon LA, CA - The Mint

May/June 05
Bryn Mar, PA - The Point
Baltimore, MD  - Sowebohemian Arts Festival PHilly, PA - The World Cafe Philly, PA- WXPN NYC, NY - The Knitting Factory Batlimore, MD - The Royal w/ Solarium Atlanta, GA - Smiths Olde Bar w/ Willy Porter Ashville, NC - The Grey Eagle w/ Stephanie's ID Knoxville, TN - Sassy Ann's w/ Delta Moon Knoxville, TN - Preservation Pub Birmingham, AL - The Nick Nashville, TN - w/ Redhouse Chicago, IL - The Underground Wonder Bar w/ Lonie Walker Saugatuck, MI - The Boat House w/ Bump Detroit, MI - Foxtown Grill w/ Bump St. Clair Shores, MI - Fishbones w/ Bump Traverse City, MI - Union Street Station w/ Bump

East/South April 05
New York, NY - The Knitting Factory w/ Joseph Parsons New York, NY - CB's Gallery AxNY Fest Philly, PA - The World Cafe w/ Kate Gaffney Baltimore, MD - House Concert  w/ Kate Gaffney Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar w/ Tony Furtado Louisville, KT - Uncle Pleasants  w/ Kaki King Birmingham, AL - Highland Coffee House

Austin SXSW 2005
Austin TX - One2One Bar  w/ Alexi Murdoch, Adrianne Austin TX - Austin Folk House w/ Gabriel Mann Austin TX - SOHO

West Coast Nov 2004
Spokhan, WA - The Blvd w/ Melody Moore
Park City, UT - The Spur w/ Melody Moore Pary City, UT - Suede w/ Melody Moore Flagstaff, AZ - Campus Coffee Bean w/ Melody Moore Flagstaff, AZ - Mogollon Brew w/ Melody Moore Los Angeles, CA - Room 5 w/ Melody Moore

East / South Tour Sept 2004
New York, NY - CB's Gallery AxNY Fest w/ Regina Spektor New York, NY - The Bitter End Philly, PA - The Point Philly, PA - The Grape Street Pub Conshohocken, PA - E.Y. Toads Atlanta, GA - The 5 Spot AxGA Fest Atlanta, GA - Eddies Attic Birmingham, AL - Highland Coffee House w/ Marc Wright Pell City, AL - Cafe Avanti w/ Marc Wright New Orleans, LA - Mermaid Lounge New Orleans, LA - Dragons Den  w/ Mike West New Orleans, LA - Neutral Grounds Coffee House Baton Rouge, LA - SoGo Live w/ Theresa Anderson Washington DC  - Staccato

West Coast Tour: Aug 2004
w/ Daniela Geshundheit
San Francisco CA - Hotel Utah w/ AJ Roach, Ride the Blinds Sacramento CA - Luna's Cafe w/ Mike Rofe Portland OR - Music Millennium Portland OR - Mississippi Music w/ AJ Roach and Anandi Olympia WA - Cafe Vita Coffee Seattle WA - The Rainbow AxWA Fest Spokhan WA - The B Side w/ Melody Moore Lava Hot Springs ID - Blue Moon Logan, UT - The White Owl Boulder, CO - Fiasco's Rollinsville, CO - Pete's Beaver Park Inn Denver CO - w/ Matt Mooon Flagstaff AZ - Campus Coffee House w/ Marc Wright Flagstaff AZ - Flagstaff Brew w/ Marc Wright Flagstaff AZ - Mogollan Brew w/ Marc Wright Tucson AZ - The Epic Cafe w/ Marc Wright Tucson AZ - Plush w/ Marc Wright

Europe Gigs: 2004
Bologna, Italy - Du Champs , Paolo La Ganga (guitar) Bologna, Italy - Zo Bologna, Italy - Blue Inn Cafe Kathmandu, Nepal - The Bar Pokera, Nepal - The Busy Bee Paris, France - Le Sherwood Bar

East Coast Tour: Jan 2004
New York, NY - Galapagos, The Bitter End Philedelphia, PA - Grape Street Pub, The Point

East / and South Tour: Aug / Sept 2003
Waltham, MA - The Skellig
Sommerville, MA - The Burren w/ Hugh McGowan All Asia - w/ Hugh McGowan
Brooklyn, NY- Galapagos w/ Hugh McGowan
New York, NY CB's Gallery, Gathering of The Art Stars Fest Philadelphia, PA - The Grape Street Pub Philadelphia, PA - The Point w/ Ralph Magliano Philadelphia, PA  - Manayunk Music Exchange Baltimore, MD -1614 Lounge Ashville, NC - Stella Blue w/ Bruce Hampton Reily, NC - Mannerland Fest  w/ Moonshine Still, PGroove Atlanta, GA - The Dunham's Radio Show Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
Decatur, GA - Eddie's Atticw/ The Donna Hopkins Band
and Cathy Richardson

AZ, NM, Colorado Tour: Aug 2003
w/ Jimmy Paxson on drums
Tucson, AZ - Plush
Flagstaff, AZ - Campus Coffee House
Flagstaff, AZ - Mogollian Brew
Albuquerque, NM - Stella Blue
Boulder, CO - Trillogy w/ Liza and The All Stars Denver, CO - Cervantes Ballroom Denver, CO - Sober in the Park w/ Liz Clark Denver, CO - Impulse Theater w/ Liz Clark

Georgia / Florida Tour: June 2003
Atlanta, GA - Smiths Olde Bar
Atlanta, GA - Jakes Toadhouse w/ Perpetual Groove Atlanta, GA  - Eddies Attic Open Mic Shoot Out Atlanta, GA - Brandy House w/ Moonshine Still Atlanta, GA  - Dunham's Radio Show z 93 Live Oaks, FL - Suwannee River Retreat w/ Bruce Hampton Tallahassee, FL - Big Daddy's Panama City Beach, FL - Key West Bar and Grill w/ Reverend Moisier Santa Rosa Beach, FL - Bud and Alleys w/ Reverend Moisier

East Coast Tour: Feb 2003
New York, NY - Post Srypts w/ Eric Balkey and Pricilla Ann New York, NY - CB's Gallery - Mid Winter Hoot w/ Regina Spektor, Pricilla Ann New York, NY - Side Walk Cafe w/ Vicki Salz Philadelphia, PA - The Point w/ Jim's Big Ego Baltimore, MD - 1814 Lounge w/ Tim Kaye and Eric Balkey Voorhees, NJ - Coffee Works w/ Eric Balkey Williamsberg, VA- College Coffee House w/ The Can Utility Richmond, VA - Richies Atlanta, GA - Eddies Attic Atlanta, GA - Jakes Roadhouse w/ Vicki Salz Atlanta, GA  - Dunham;s Radio Show w/ Vicki Salz, Moonshine Stiill Clemson, SC - Loose Change w/ Vicki Salz

East Coast Tour: Aug 2002
New York, NY - CB's Gallery, Sidewalk Cafe Baltimore, MD - Hal Daddy's w/ Tim Kaye and Mrs Winslow Voorhees, NJ - Coffee Works w/ Eric Balkey Philadelphia, PA  The Point Boston, MA -  Club Passim Campfire Fest / Mary Lou Lord, Regina Spektor Sommerville, MA - The Burren  w/ Hue Mcgowan Boston, MA - Kendall Caf?Â©  w/ Tom Hillard

Colorado Tour: April and June 2002
Denver, CO - The Gothic Theatre  w/ Marcia Ball Denver, CO - The Soiled Dove w/ Wendy Woo, Liz Clark, Holly Figueroa Boulder, CO - Penny Lane  w/ Cody Lee Dopps Co Springs, CO Coffee House  w/ Cody Lee Dopps

West Coast Tour: Feb 2002
w/ Micha Henderson
Los Angeles, CA - Rusty's Surf Ranch
Santa Barbara, CA - Muddy Waters
Mountain View, CA - Red Rock Cafe
San Francisco CA - The Brain Wash Cafe, House Concert Santa Rosa, CA - Aroma Roasters Santa Cruz, CA - UC Santa Cruz: Porter College
Humboldt, CA- Sacred Grounds
Humboldt, CA  - HSU Women's Center Event Portland, OR -

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