BUY JENNIFER O'CONNOR RECORDS ON: 
PRESS FOR HERE WITH ME:
"..full of brave and invigorating songs" - Elle
"O'Connor's greatest strength as a songwriter is her surgical choice of detail, her ability to render a moment both terribly personal and easily relatable by picking just the right minutia to focus on." - Pop Matters
"[Jennifer O'Connor's] intimacy is honest, not staged. Ditties that revolve around finger-picked acoustic guitar and gentle dynamics pop out of the mix rather than getting lost in the shuffle. On 'Landmine,' O'Connor even executes a beguiling bait and switch, starting off soft and building to a gorgeous climax of cascading white noise. Most impressive of all, O'Connor accomplishes all this on an album composed primarily of love songs. She brings the same unvarnished honesty that colors everything else she does to the oldest subject in pop. And it works." -The Advocate
"[O'Connor's] unflinching lyrics and stunningly strong voice leap from distressing folk ballads to buzzing rock with ease. [Here With Me] peers into romance with the bittersweet dexterity of Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann" -Spin
"[Here With Me] is so understated, that it's almost too easy to take for granted how good she is at what she does. Her lyrics are plainly stated yet indelibly scene-setting and moving. O'Connor moves through twelve songs of love and anguish with a grace that could be a detriment-though it would be the listeners' loss if they ignored her because she makes fantastic songwriting look easy." -CMJ
PRESS FOR OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE VALLEY AND BACK TO THE STARS :
"...tidy and infectious songs." -The New York Times
" Some people may have found her near-perfect 2006 album, “Over the Mountain, Across the Valley and Back to the Stars” (Matador), because of its guest stars—James McNew, of Yo La Tengo, and Britt Daniel, of Spoon. O’Connor would be just fine without them."
--- The New Yorker
"...one of the best records of the year." -The Village Voice
"...more rewarding with each listen." -Harp Magazine
"OConnor beautifully mines the tough terrain created by the twin demons of love and death." Out Magazine
"Sure, it might sound like a no-brainer, but there's a fine art to being plainspoken and eschewing metaphor and florid prose while still having something meaningful and original to say&ldots;. Otherwise you end up sounding like REO Speedwagon. I'll opt for Jennifer O'Connor instead. This New York indie folk rocker has made herself the envy of nearly every other confessional singer-songwriter out there, thanks to the genuinely affecting ruminations on love and loss of last year's Over the Mountain, Across the Valley, and Back to the Stars (Matador). Offering an invitingly elemental production that focuses on the bumps and bruises of O'Connor's slightly world-weary voice, the album is riveting in its quietly devastating candor." San Francisco Bay Guardian
BOOKING
Frank Riley at High Road Touring
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