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 Jen Chapin's Profile |
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...soulfully poetic urban folk music... (NPR) |
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| Location: | BROOKLYN, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 29, 2008 (143 days back) |
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Jen Chapin’s music is urban folk — story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk, soul and improvisation of the city. Critics have hailed her work on her albums Linger (2004) and Ready (2006) as “brilliant.. soulfully poetic” (NPR), “thoughtful.. worth-savoring” (People), “addictive” (Boston Globe), “smart, observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). JazzTimes has called her “a first-rate storyteller” while Relix regards her as “one of the freshest voices singing today." She has been featured on “Late Nite with Conan O’Brien,” honored by the USA Songwriting Competition, appeared on stage with Bruce Springsteen, and opened up for Bruce Hornsby and the Neville Brothers. Her performances are powerful, spotlighting the world-class musicianship and rare chemistry of husband/acoustic bassist Stephan Crump and guitarist Jamie Fox, with the frequent special addition of guitarist Liberty Ellman. As an activist, educator and mother, Jen also brings the knowledge and insight of varied experience (student/traveler in Mexico and Zimbabwe, BA in International Relations, longtime Member, Chair and Secretary of the Board of WHY – (http://www.whyhunger.org) to her workshops and presentations to college, community and church groups. Light of Mine: the new double-disc CD/DVD available now at http://www.jenchapin.com Strange days indeed: these years have brought us torture, wire-tapping, and a patriotism based on wearing lapel pins, shopping, and ignoring the constitution. Fear (or just the fear of fear) has made our thinking flat and closed and has perverted our national decision-making into something unrecognizable. We resign ourselves to powerlessness and fall into the arms of the strongman. We wait for answers to fall out of the sky. We keep our defiance safely contained to our blog screens. Or we remember to make some noise. We reclaim our own sparkling power and responsibility, and remember to seek the truth, to protest, to create a real future individually and collectively, and to dream. Light of Mine is 11 songs from the past 35 years that explore these notions of power and fear. The band is the critically-acclaimed “Rosetta Trio”, featuring double bassist Stephan Crump and guitarists Jamie Fox and Liberty Ellman. The songs are: Backdrifts, by Radiohead, American Skin (41 Shots), by Bruce Springsteen, Starman, by David Bowie, Insatiable, by Jen Chapin, Into the Mystic, by Van Morrison, Everybody is a Star, by Sly Stone, Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen, Sunny Sunday, by Joni Mitchell, Nobody Told Me, by John Lennon, You Haven’t Done Nothin’, by Stevie Wonder, Lullabye, by Jen Chapin. The DVD (live) performances are: Little Hours, American Skin (41 Shots), Me Be Me, Into the Mystic, Sunny Sunday, Passive People, Manchild, Nobody Told Me, Scream Laugh Cry, Strip it Bare, Go On, You Haven’t Done Nothin’, I Could Fall And videos: Let it Show, Election Day, Backdrifts Political subtexts aside -- or are they front and center? -- this album is a groovefest, a playground of spirited dialogue, passionate expression and forward momentum. Available now at http://www.jenchapin.com |
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Music:Member Since: 2/13/2006Band Website: jenchapin.com Band Members: touring with: Jamie Fox (one X, the original) on guitar and Stephan Crump on the bass -- just recorded with: the gentlemen above, plus Dan Rieser on drums (Tony Mason is second drummer along with Dan on "Time"), Peter Rende on piano and pump organ, Liberty Ellman on guitar, Todd Reynolds on violin, Caleb Burhans on violin/viola, Courtney Orlando on violin, and Adam Kolker on clarinet Influences: life Sounds Like: ORDER Jen's New CD "READY" Click To Order at Barnes & Noble Click here to download "Ready" iTunes: ORDER "LINGER" by Jen Chapin at Barnes & Noble Record Label: Hybrid Recordings Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk Rock / Soul / Jazz) |
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Posted by Jen Chapin on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:33:00 PST |
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Yikes! I've been hijacked. |
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| I've just learned that someone is sending out unpleasant ads from here -- not me! So sorry if you have been a recipient of some junk that is not from me. I am looking into it. Thanks so much for liste... Posted by Jen Chapin on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:39:00 PST |
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Growing Up with Hunger |
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| I grew up with hunger. Not that I was ever deprived of nutritious food, or was raised in one of the millions of families that have to make those impossible budgeting choices between rent, medicine, or... Posted by Jen Chapin on Wed, 31 May 2006 05:09:00 PST |
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Yes, Harry was my dad... and Jim is my grandpa, Tom is my uncle, The Chapin Sisters are my... |
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| Yes, Harry was my dad... and Jim is my grandpa, Tom is my uncle, The Chapin Sisters are my cousins. I am blessed to have a large, loving and interesting family, and many of them are musicians. My gran... Posted by Jen Chapin on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:59:00 PST |
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Stephan Colbert is an international hero |
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| Why? click on DemocracyNow.org Posted by Jen Chapin on Wed, 03 May 2006 11:47:00 PST |
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Sometimes I hate songwriting.. (the making of "Let it Show") |
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| SEE THE "Let it Show" VIDEO HERE ON MYSPACEas published in "Hot Moms Club" magazine -- ( and you thought myspace was an embarrasing online presence..)Sometimes I hate songwriting. Well, most times I h... Posted by Jen Chapin on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:15:00 PST |
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"Here are the symptoms of a food system that is sick.." |
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| (a recent note to my fellow board members at WHY www.worldhungeryear.org)Dear Board Members,In light of ongoing strategic planning discussions about our mission and programs, I would like to offer my ... Posted by Jen Chapin on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:01:00 PST |
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enough glory.. time to get paid |
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| "..enough glory -- it's time to get paid!" That was what Stephan and I joked to each other on the subway platform after a week that included sharing the stage with Bruce Springsteen and appearing on t... Posted by Jen Chapin on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:14:00 PST |
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gigs! |
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| so I'm floating around this wacky tacky myspace thing, seeing what various talented friends are up to, and starting to get this itchy feeling.. why is my schedule so empty? Where are my gigs and appea... Posted by Jen Chapin on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:02:00 PST |
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Stephan Crump, Jamie Fox friends page, Artists Against Hunger & Poverty, Victoria, The Bogmen, Gage Dole - A Real Life Super Hero, the chapin sisters, Liberty Ellman, Indian Andy, Dean Dyson, Glenwood Smith, Osaka Girochin, John Ford of the Strawbs, Soundsecrets, Natasha Suzuki, Bonney St. Jean, Smegma, Mark, R.S.V.P Event Planning, Daryl's Music Space, Bart Snel, Jim Snively, Rosetta Pebble, BaltimoreChop Books, Music & Coffee House, Mikey, Ninure da Hippie, AyJay's World of Photography, B Tapper, ~*Harry Chapin Obsessed*~ Dedication page, King Tex, LONG ISLAND, NY, alone, Holly, kevin, Universal Love, DownTown Mystic, JILL ZUTTY, Plasma Prophets, JT Rumble, (((Alison))), ~ v a l ~, Jovon, No Good Deed..., Jay Scott, John, Palemoonrose, Javi-ER!!, Akiko Pavolka, Don Treistman, Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun, Kaïgan, What about Bob?, NEWcastle, Republic of Letters, Ryan
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