Vol. 3, No. 3
MP3 files of the following artists are at http://www.mp3.com/fenario:
Jenn Adams
Bio Montana based singer songwriter Jenn Adams fashions blends folk, blues and
jazz, citing sources like Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones as her starting
point. Adams grew up listening to everything from big-band sounds to Otis Redding
to Mozart. ³When I started playing guitar John Denver was very popular, but
my folks listened to a lot of classical and jazz² she says. ³I was about 10
when I fell in love with Wes Montgomery and Miles Davis. But I was also influenced
by pop-rock groups and singer-songwriters like Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell.
Since the 1997 debut of her first album, ³Water² released independently in the U.S. and on Taxim records in Europe, Adams has continually toured throughout the West. She has worked as a backup singer, studio musician and occasional bass player for a variety of bands, covering venues from the University of Montana, to the Gorge Amphitheater in eastern Washington state to coffee houses in Tucson Arizona. She has toured with keyboardist, Scott Fitzgerald and was a member of the band ³Standard Favors.² She has performed as a solo artist and with the ³Acoustic Trio² a group of award winning singer/songwriters. Adams has shared the stage with a diverse set of artists, including Greg Brown, Kelly Jo Phelps, David Wilcox and Richie Havens.
On her newest release ³In the Pool,² Adams offers a Contemporary Folk/Americana mix that includes "1846."
Lucy Chapin
This 17 year-old songwriter...
Rachael Davis
Rachael Davis was born to parents who never intended to keep her
very far from music for very long, and it seemed to have had a certain effect.
Before she was mobile Rachael would be set in a car seat and placed in the middle
of a song circle, and with silver bells on her ankles she would shake her feet
to the rhythm. At one-and-a-half Rachael was singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
to anyone who asked, and at two she started performing with her parents on stage.
Rachael was constantly nurtured and encouraged by family, friends, and other
respectable musicians, including Maura O'Connell, Gerald Ross and Claudia Schmidt.
When Rachael was eight she was singing on second stage at Wheatland Music Festival.
Originally from Michigan, this 20-year old singer recently
moved to Boston to launch her career. She's still heeding a particularly sage
piece of advice: "Never get a hairdo."
Kate
McDonnell
Singer-songwriter, and upside-down-and-backwards guitarist, Kate
McDonnell holds a solid corner in the contemporary folk music scene. Just off
the Newport Folk Festival 2001 stage, a fan recently called her "the possible
love-child of Joan Baez and Leo Kottke" and was told to "quit your day job!"
by an enthusiastic audience member. On the momentum of Kate's first CD "Broken
Bones" (Waterbug Records #0020) she was voted #1 singer-songwriter in her home
town of New Haven, CT, and performed about 100 gigs and festivals a year. Kate's
songs began to appear on CD compilations in the U.S. and in Europe, and she
was invited to be a guest vocalist and guitarist on several recordings, as well.
In 1998, Waterbug Records released Kate's second CD "NEXT," (WB#0038) which
has taken her from a regional performer to international status. Based on this
2nd CD Kate is able to tour regularly in Europe and the U.S. and gets a very
healthy dose of airplay on folk and Americana radio formats. Notable results
are her performances on the popular syndicated "World Café" radio show and at
the Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage, both in 1999. Ms. McDonnell now lives
near Albany, NY..
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Kate McDonnell
Waterbug and Brambus recording artist
P.O. Box 437,
Slingerlands, NY 12159
www.katemcdonnell.com
http://members.aol.com/katemcd/
Fenario: Folk Music E-zine
©2000 Hugh Blumenfeld
ISSN: 1528-378X