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Janey
Todd
2007
Asbury
Music Awards
Nominee
Best Album
Top Female Vocalist
Top Americana Artist
Janey
Todd is a deeply talented musician, lyricist, and singer.
Her unassuming, and captivating voice has the rare
ability to smile, wink, laugh, or cry to listeners. It
seems to perfectly reflect her personality, quietly
powerful and self-aware. Her sound is a mix of blues and
rock with a big swig of folk. This eleven track album is
a hilly landscape of troubles, sarcasm, fun, and above
all, honesty, as Todd leaves no stone unturned when
analyzing something, or someone. She's backed by a
top-notch group of musicians, culminating in an album
that is pure listening pleasure
-
Girlistic.com
What
can you say about singer/songwriter Janey Todd to do
justice
to her craftsmanship as a musician? If it were up to
her, you would
likely say nothing, as she eschews the spotlight and
does not
desire accolades.
At the
same time, though, Todd is the consummate
musician.
A brilliant lyricist who writes what she lives and
sees things with
humor, sarcasm, biting force, and penetrating
nuance,
Todd gets to the heart of any topic she explores with
unyielding
conviction and intricate and unpredictable force. She
is unassuming
in style, almost to the point of going silent at
times. Yet in that calm,
is the strength of her message and voice; a voice that
can be
playful, imaginative and complex.
Todd's
songs take no prisoners. She refuses to apologize
for
revealing the shortcomings of what she chooses to
measure,
including herself at times. In that, comes the
greatest beauty
of her work; uncompromising integrity.
Yet,
while the above-written words seem to paint the
picture of a cynic
(a good artist must have a touch of cynicism within
them), that would
not be a fair appraisal of Janey Todd by any stretch
of the imagination.
She
appears to love being a musician, if being one can be
on terms
that are a comfortable fit. She has a kindness and
peacefulness to
her presence that is readily apparent when she
performs.
Friendly and a good soul, Janey Todd simply asks that
you listen
and enjoy as she plays. If you do, it will become
obvious that she
has much to teach you.
-
Scott Wolman
Janey
Todd's debut album
Available NOW BUY
CD
1.
The
Man Downstairs
2. Serpentine
3. How Much?
4. Alcatraz
5. Me & Frankie
6. Mighta Coulda Had
7. Bones
8. Snakeskin Boots
9. Whistle Dixie
10.Everybody's Right
11.The Man Downstairs DEMO
FEATURING:
Tom Bruno
- drums
Adam Vaccarelli - bass
Dave
Rosen
- lead guitar
Kevin
Kavanaugh
- keyboards
Jon Francis - violin & dulcimer
PK Lavengood - acoustic guitar
Ken
Sorensen
- harmonica
Nicole
Atkins
- backing vocals
Sam
Bey
- percussion
John Lauer - slide guitar
PRODUCED
BY JOHN NOLL
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