Jenna Nicholls New Video!

So I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile and finally got around to it… I first saw this a few months ago and thought it would be a cool pairing with this song, I think its pretty cool…Enjoy! Also, Dont forget that “The Blooming Hour” would make an AMAZING Stocking Stuffer!!

All the way from France….

Hey everyone! So Brendan O’Shea and I are here in Nice! OMG Amazingly beautiful. I’ll post some pictures soon of our gig that we had last week in Holland!
But just a quick check in to let you know that the Irish tour will be starting next week! Check out my website at upcoming shows for dates and times! Dublin, Dundalk, Cork, Killarney! We’ll also be doing an in store performance in Dublin at Tower records on Thursday at 1pm…if you’re in town swing by! Much love to all and we’ll be posting photos and videos soon! Stay tuned!

the creative lull….

hey everyone,

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine brought an unfinished song to me so that I might help him get out of his “jail” as he called it. He’d had the song for awhile and had recorded it a couple of times in demos and just couldn’t get it moving. I suggested that he swing it, if for just hearing it in a different way…(sometimes changing your groove when its not working can help tremendously, in all things) Anyway, we worked with it, changed lyrics, shifted the form and by the end we thought we had something. He left, I went to bed. The next morning, I woke up with this feeling that I should keep pushing this song. I went to the piano, messed with some chords, started voicing it differently, and suddenly I’m in the middle of this creative rush where time doesn’t exist and I look and all of a sudden its 2am and I haven’t eaten or showered and I don’t care because I’m in heaven.
The song came out beautifully (and my songwriter friend liked it too) so hooray! However, after it was all over, and that creative rush had gone away, I felt completely lost, like for a brief moment I’d had it all and then it was gone. I was at the lowest I’d been in a long time. Then, that same week another songwriter friend posted a speech that he’d enjoyed online and wouldn’t you know it was EXACTLY about this. A wonderful speech by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of “Eat Pray Love” I’m posting it here,

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

I loved this speech, but more so I loved that my friend (who is quite an accomplished musician himself) posted it. I was reminded in all of this that we are never alone, even in our darkest hours, when you think no one understands, there are more people than you could possibly imagine who do, and that is such a comfort.

A Great Review of “The Blooming Hour” from Babysue.com!!

Here is what Babysue.com had to say about “The Blooming Hour” in their August Issue! Thanks so much Babysue!

The ongoing influence of Kate Bush seems to be increasing these days. We’ve heard several artists over the past few months whose music seems heavily influenced by Ms. Bush’s recordings from the 1970s and 1980s. Jenna Nicholls makes music that fits in this category…but she is by no means a copycat artist…she’s just a young lady whose music has many of the same warm endearing qualities that made so many of us fall in love with Kate. The Blooming Hour features nice smooth slick pop music with personalized lyrics and exceedingly genuine lead vocals. Although we did not hear Ms. Nicholls’ last album, apparently up to this point she has been making mainly folk music…so this is a bit of a departure for her. These highly stylized tunes feature nice dreamy moody sounds and haunting melodies. This is not the kind of processed pop you hear on cable television programs. And it’s a far cry from the generic techno churned out by so many fake modern musicians. Jenna’s music is the real deal. Cool flowing compositions include “The Getaway,” “Mayfair,” “Just How Much,” and “Long Goodbye.” Top pick.

Rockwood Music Hall Wed Aug 10 9pm!!!

Hey everyone! So here’s what’s happened in the last 2 months…I quit my day job, and I’ve taken up playing the ukelele…and writing writing writing…Its amazing how the tunes start flowing once you give yourself a little space for it…Anyway the heat is on and I’m gonna be playing some of the new material at the Rockwood (Stage 1) Aug 10 at 9pm…I may be joined by some special guests! Its gonna be a very COOL night of music and just a plain ole good hang. So come on down!!

XM RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE LIVINGROOM SAT, JULY 9, 8PM

LIVINGROOM POSTER

OMG That Dress!!!

I know I know, I’m supposed to be telling you that my record, “THE BLOOMING HOUR” is available on itunes, cd baby and amazon, but instead I’m looking at clothes, (one of my favorite things to do) and I found this totally inspiring blog called OMG That Dress! If you love gorgeous garments as much as I do, you will love this blog. Some of the images here make me want to cry. The detail is insane and the artistry…don’t get me started.
In other news, the next big gig is on July 9th at 8pm…its going to be a LIVE RADIO Broadcast from the Living Room!!! I’m super excited to have the band with me, and if you come to the show, you’ll be able to see us dressed to kill…you know they say you sound better when you wear couture…:))
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Its finally time!! CD RELEASE PARTY MAY 23!!!

OMG well its about time!!! Finally this freakin thing is ready to be unveiled!! We’ve (the band) and I have been rehearsing and its sounding good…now we just have to figure out what to wear!!!

So come one and all (preferably all) to Jenna Nicholls CD RELEASE May 23rd at the Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 1)
9pm…Its a Monday…followed by a lovely get together after at the Scratcher! (our local haunt and for me a 2nd home)

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!! Its a Scratcher Sessions Video!!

Last night after Mark Geary’s stellar performance at the Scratcher, we all sat around and sang some songs…some of us well into the morning! A great time was had by all and our good friend Patrick Glennon was able to get some impressive video clips from the evening. Here is one of them…Thanks Patrick!!

A Cool Spring and Time to Shop!!

Recently I’ve been discovering some really amazing fashion blogs. A new season is here and I like to see what others are up to!)
(and plus I thought it might be nice to talk about other things that I love here as well as my NEW UPCOMING CD RELEASE ON MAY 23rd! heh heh heh…)

Images from The Sartorialist Blogspot

Oh couldn’t we all look this good? Anyway, CD release is on May 23rd!! Rockwood 1 9pm!!! Mark it in your calanders everyone and stay hip!! xo jenna

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