Country/rocker Jennifer Brantley Just finished her second solo CD "Break Down" with producer Bil VornDick.
Bil has worked on Grammy-winning recordings and 43 Grammy finalists. Though Bil is best known as the producer who developed Alison Krauss, he has also worked with Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Ralph Stanley and many others.
In 1998, he produced“ Clinch Mountain Country” one of the largest collaborative recorded projects in Nashville that was awarded #1 Country Album of the Year by Rolling Stone.
The CD, which was released Sept 4, features Nashville guitar hero Johnny Hiland, fiddle legend Aubrey Haney, Gray Morris and Sonny Garrish.
It's first single "blonde Girls" has quickly gotten on radio play list. It has climbed to number 6 on New Music Weekly's Up and Coming Main Country charts and is on over 150 radio stations worldwide. Please check out the music files to hear song samples.
Jennifer has been working hard in recent years and some of her efforts have paid off. Already in 2006, she has been selected by Clear Channel Radio for its new artist promotion campaign called NEW! She won an the Honorable Mention Award in Billboard's World Songwriting Contest. She has sold over 5,000 tapes and CDs, selling 2500 in seven months at performances alone. She has received radio play from independent stations throughout the U.S. and even Hawaii. She has played in front of crowds of over 4,000 in venues in California and the South. She has played the Thunderbird Theatre in Branson, MO, and the Talladega Super Motor Speedway. In 1997, she recorded her first full length CD with the help of producer Tommy Allsup.
Through the past several years, Jennifer conquered the internet via Mp3.com and Garageband. “You Left Me Crying” shot up to #11 on Mp3.com’s Country General charts, (which like radio is based on plays) within a week of being uploaded, and remained ahead of names like Dolly Parton and Nickel Creek for over a month. “ I Need A Place also grabbed a #12 spot on the same charts. “She’s Just Fine” hit #1 on Mp3’s Americana charts and “Did It For You,” “ Oh Why Did It take So Long, “ and “She Will Survive” hit #2,3,4, also on the Americana charts. “I Need A Place” hit # 1 overall on Garageband.com, the second largest internet music site. With a chart system based on listener reviews, she also grabbed a #2 slot on the site’s Folk/country charts. Also see Jennifer at www.myspace.com/jenniferbrantley and www.breakdowncd.com
