NY: Nick D'Amato (bass), John Caban (guitar), Ethan Eubanks (drums), John Deley (keys)
FINLAND: Jarkko Toivanen (bass), Mikko Kosonen (guitar), Antti Lehtinen (drums)
Influences
Bill Withers, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Jackson, Prince, Milton Nascimento, Keane, Death Cab for Cutie, Amel Larrieux, D'Angelo, Coldplay, Travis, Neil Young, Marvin Gaye, Dolly Parton, Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Caron Wheeler, Faith Evans, Radiohead, Jill Scott, Patty Griffin, The Weepies, Depeche Mode, Dionne Farris, The Fray, Young Disciples, Prodigy, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Rapture, Mr.Fingers, Serge Gainsbourg, Sean Lennon, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Feist, Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Guster, Hem, Jamiroquai, Joni Mitchell, K.D. Lang, Raphael Saadiq, Blonde Redhead, Otis Redding, Police, Roots, Roy Ayers, Rufus Wainwright, Terence Trent D'Arby, love, longing...
Janita is a veteran of the music business, having started her career at the early age of 14. An overnight success story in her native Finland, she became a celebrity and toured the country extensively until deciding to move to New York at age 17.
To this day, NY is still her home--the city continues to inspire and fascinate her. Janita has realized her childhood dreams and built herself an international career as an artist. She continues to travel around US, Japan and Europe performing her unique, soulful music.
For the last two years, Janita has been working on a new album, which will be released in the first quarter of 2009. Life-changing transitions in her personal life have prompted her to delve even deeper into her emotions than before. This is to be a deeply touching album, where Janita lays bare her fragility, sensitivity, sadness, resentment and anger, hate and love. As a common thread throughout her albums, Janita's music, even in its darker moments, is marked with a hopefulness and a belief in the future. This is her strength, which lies beneath her melancholy.
FOR INFO ON CONCERTS AND UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS PLEASE VISIT WWW.JANITA.COM AND SIGNUP. NEW MUSIC WILL BE ADDED SOON; STAY TUNED!
Past reviews of Janita's music:
BILLBOARD: "A sensual, musical mosaic.Immediately snag a copy."
MARIE CLAIRE: "Janita keeps listeners hooked...HEAR IT!"
VILLAGE VOICE: "This belle can belt and pen. Janita teems with vocal wattage and knows it."
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Hello Janita. Hope your doing wonderfully. You are still one of my favorite vocalist of all time. You move me. I may be in New York at the end of the month, and wondering if you are performing live?
Thanks for adding my friend request! I see similiarities in what is being described about your musical personality and mine. I'm looking forward to the new album! hugs, w.
Janita, thanks for accepting my request. Your talents are quite apparent on your page and it's a great pleasure to meet you. Have a wonderful rest of the week!
Hi Beautiful, Loooong time. Haven't been at a computer in quite a bit. Love the new pictures and songs! Hope all is going great. Peace and Love, Rebecca
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