Jennie DeVoe

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Beyond DeVoe's compelling sound, her "soulful hippie-funk vocals," is her hypnotic, manic energy. She is capable of engaging totally, locking eyes, her conversation instantly confessional and intimate, wacky and profound as she rockets from topic to topic. With her pierced nose, bohemian affectations, there's a rowdiness and youth about her, and to make her laugh is to bask in her particular brand of strange sunshine. Fans, photographers, street vendors, babies and animals seem to lean into what she radiates, and work all the harder to keep the attention coming. Her fears are dying of boredom and wearing pantyhose and being tortured by the squeaky sound of balloons or Styrofoam. Her voice isn't the kind that's manufactured in the pop-princess factory. It's bigness is all about resonance and solidity. It's deliberate, not coy; controlled yet unpredictable. A music critic might say it has the texture and evenness of melted chocolate. Many fans compare her to Janis Joplin which DeVoe finds flattering but not quite right. On her latest cd, Fireworks & Karate Supplies, recorded in England with famed producer John Parish. DeVoe's vocals have a wise, raw, human quality that reveals her to be more than just a pretty-good-for-a-local-girl kind of talent. Her lyrics are smart, kooky and often pleasingly simple: I'm gonna need a limousine little bit of money and some kerosene and a driver who don't know my name Barbara Dacey, Program Director for WMVY on Martha's Vineyard begins an interview with Jennie at Radio & Record's annual Triple-A Radio conference saying, "Your performance last night was incredible. I'm impressed with your voice. I listened to your cd all night. I liked it, I liked it a lot." This is the general consensus among the radio program and music directors where Jennie is the only non-major label independent artist performing in Boulder, CO alongside John Mayer, Ray LaMontagne and other major-label artists. In an industry increasingly dictated by the tastes of 12 year olds, there are listeners who hunger for music with emotional complexity and depth and Jennie DeVoe has it. John Wittmann, DeVoe's drummer sums it up by saying, "To be able to work with someone who writes music this good-is truly rare. Jennie is an incredible artist, and her voice is an incredible instrument." - Indianapolis Monthly, December 2004

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Sep 08, 04:36 PM

Jennie at Indy Ribfest 2009
Aug 28, 06:52 PM

She says it so well, yo!
Jun 01, 06:35 PM

I have enjoyed your music since way back when you would open for "The Why Store"! You Rock girl!
May 05, 06:31 AM

I will Try Harder to spread the word among the Naked People Here on Earth.
Apr 26, 08:46 AM

Thanks for coming to the 4th Floor Blues Club in Richmond, IN last night! You were awesome as always. My little girl loves you too!
Apr 18, 06:57 PM

Hey Jennie-it was great seeing you today. After seeing your videos I arranged to have the day off to come see you-LOVED IT-it made my weekend.
Feb 10, 11:09 AM

Chris Coburn aka Mr. Wizard turned me on to you! He was right----YOU ROCK!!!!
Jan 29, 03:59 PM

Jennie just rocks, simply untarnished, and real. That's an artist !

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grateful head.: "when I said I'd give you everything I had to offer, you gave up on me too soon, when I said I'd give you everything I had, I just meant everything under the moon."