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Jenny Goodspeed
Acoustic / Folk

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Member Since4/6/2007
Band Websitewww.jennygoodspeed.com
Band MembersMe and my Martin

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Under the Ash Tree

JENNY GOODSPEED: Under the Ash Tree
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InfluencesAges 0-3: Carole King's Tapestry and the soundtrack to "Godspell";

Ages 4-7: Purchased my first 45s: The Theme to "Laverne and Shirley" and The Spinners' "Games People Play"; Also listening to "Free to Be You and Me" and "Godspell" alot on LP;

Ages 8-11: Discovered Top 40 radio and start using my little portable tape recorder to tape songs and bring them to school. Favorite group and first concert: Hall 'n' Oats.

Age 12: Our cable company gets MTV and I become obsessed with music videos. Start buying my first LPs: Styx Paradise Theater, Loverboy Get Lucky, The Police Ghost in the Machine, Duran Duran Rio.

Ages 13-16: Delve into alternative music informed by MTV - favorite groups The Cure and The Smiths. Start wearing lots of black.

Age 17: Hear Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me' on AM oldies station, buy 'Court and Spark' and life changes for good. Start digging through Dad's record collection and discover CSN and James Taylor.

Ages 18-21: In college and out of touch with the rest of the world. Stumble upon Jethro Tull and listen to lots of Stephen Sondheim.

Ages 22-23: Grad school and no TV, start listening to public radio and hear Shawn Colvin, John Gorka, Patti Larkin, etc. Spend the next few years listening to folk and acoustic music.

Age 24: Hear Bruce Cockburn's "Sunwheel Dance" while visiting the California Redwoods. Life changes again. Buy all his records. Soon after, discover Cindy Kallet.

Ages 25-29: Still listening to acoustic music. Take a loan out and buy a piano and take lessons - discover Chopin and Erik Satie

Ages 30+: Hear Ben Folds and wonder why I never listened to him before - buy all his records. Finally get Joni Mitchell's "Hissing of Summer Lawns" and "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" and listen to them almost exclusively for a year. Also listen to lots of Rufus Wainwright and Badly Drawn Boy.
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 8 2009 2:00P
Stoggy Hollow Restaurant and General Store - Jenny Goodspeed and Katie Clarke Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Nov 12 2009 12:00A
Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Kerhonksen, New York
Nov 13 2009 11:45P
Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Kerhonksen, New York
Nov 14 2009 11:45P
Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Kerhonksen, New York
Dec 3 2009 7:00P
Tupelo Music Hall - Tupelo Music Hall Open Mic Night Londonderry, New Hampshire
Jan 23 2010 8:00P
Driftwood Folk Cafe - Opening for Red Molly Plymouth, Massachusetts
Apr 10 2010 7:15P
St. James Coffeehouse - Boxcar Lilies opening for Bill Staines Greenfield, Massachusetts

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Recent Highlights
2009
~Regional Finalist, Mountain Stage NewSong Contest
~Emerging Artist, Falcon Ridge/Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase
~Winner, Ourstage.com Folk Channel out of 478 entries and third place overall out of 33 different genres competing
~Winner, Ourstage.com Americana/Alt-Country Channel out of 410 entries and third place overall out of 41 different genres competing
~Winner, American Songwriter Lyric Contest Honorable Mention
2008
~Winner, Portland Songwriters Association Songwriting Contest, Folk/Acoustic Category
~Finalist, Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest
~Finalist, Rose Garden Coffeehouse Songwriter Contest
~Showcase Finalist, Plowshares Coffee House Songwriting Contest
~Finalist, Solarfest Songwriter Showcase
~Finalist, Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival Songwriting Contest
~Under the Ash Tree added to over 100 folk/AAA stations in 31 states
~No. 12 debut on the Roots Music Report Folk Top 50
~No. 4 peak on the WUMB (Boston) airplay chart

"Jenny Goodspeed is just folk enough to sound authentic and just pop enough to keep the attention of the ever-shuffling iPod crowd."
--Fairfield County Weekly (CT)

"This is a sparkling folk-pop album guaranteed to brighten your day...her wry comments about relationships seem personal but universal enough that you'll find yourself nodding your head and thinking, "How did she slip into my life?
-- Minor 7th Reviews

ABOUT THE RECORD:
It's not often a new artist emerges with a debut record completely formed and beautifully produced, full of tender and concise language, all executed in a gorgeous, mature voice. Singer-songwriter Jenny Goodspeed has achieved just that rare feat on her debut CD Under the Ash Tree - a sparkling fusion of folk, pop, and Americana drawing on influences from 70s era singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, and Laura Nyro. Well-crafted lyrics, exquisite vocals, and heart-breaking melodies abound as Goodspeed explores the intricacies of love and longing, all definitively steeped in her beloved New England landscape.

Engineered and co-produced by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds Studio in Pomfret, CT, Goodspeed is joined by an impressive group of musicians including Jim Henry (Tracy Grammer, Mark Erelli) on acoustic guitar, Richard Gates (Patty Larkin, Suzanne Vega) on electric bass, Eric Platz on drums, Duke Levine (Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Jonatha Brooke) on electric guitar, Seth Glier ..boards, and Beth Amsel on harmony vocals.

ABOUT ME:
In the late 60s and early 70s, thousands of baby girls born in the U.S. were named Jennifer. A subset of that group, myself included, were named, in particular, after Barbra Streisand’s song “Jenny Rebecca.” It’s been scientifically proven that having a song for a namesake destines one to living a life obsessed with music. Really.

This year I released my first full-length CD. Why now? When I was three, my mother asked me why I was engaging in some odd activity, like climbing into the kitchen cabinet to commune with the aluminum pots and liquor bottles, and I replied, "Not why mom, just because." Pretty wise for a three-year old. (It’s been downhill ever since.)

All but two of the songs were written when I returned to the Northeast after a 10-year detour in the Midwest and West. So, more than anything, the record is a love letter to New England and its infinite kinds of trees, rain, spring peepers, foggy mornings...everything I felt starved for while out West. I've been back for over eight years now and it never gets old.

Video courtesy of Elijah Rottenberg
Jonah - Mocha Maya's, Shelburne Falls, MA


   


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JIHO & TRILLE

jiho Holst



Oct 21 2009 6:04 PM


 


 



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Love & Hugs Trille & Jiho
Jacqueline Bartlett

Jacqueline Bartlett



Oct 7 2009 9:24 PM

Hi Jenny, Thanks for the Oct 23 gig update...can't be there...but keep me updated. I look forward to catching you live. :-) JB
Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith



Jul 29 2009 3:00 PM

your s-curved roads need no straightening, great stuff Jenny
JIHO & TRILLE

jiho Holst



Jul 27 2009 5:08 PM

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Love Trille & Jiho
Denmark
The Wolf Hongos

The Wolf Hongos



Jul 27 2009 5:08 PM

Hello! Thank you for adding us! I hope you enjoy the music! :)
figtones

figtones



Jul 10 2009 7:19 PM

THANKS FOR THE ADD!! LOVE THE MUSIC ON YOUR SITE.

FIG
 

Carl Corbett

Carl Corbett



Jun 23 2009 2:21 PM

Thank you for the add Jenny. Have enjoyed all your songs here.

Best Wishes
Carl
Greg Wright

Greg Wright



Jun 5 2009 8:44 PM

Hi Jenny
You are sounding as good as ever! I hope everything is good with you. Have a great weekend.

Greg
DRUID`S ASH

DRUID`S ASH



May 30 2009 4:19 PM

Hi Jenny,

just revisiting your site and listening to my favourite tune "broken" which is more than beautiful......
regards, helmut
GUSTAVO GODOY

GUSTAVO GODOY



May 18 2009 7:07 PM

Hi Jenny,

Thank you so much for the friendship.
it's nice to meet you.
A gift to you,
my first home video clip...

Hugs from Brasil!

Todo Mundo Quer Amor - Gustavo Godoy


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Mike Leonard

Mike leonard



May 18 2009 7:50 PM

Thanks for adding me as a friend. mike
Craig Wise

Craig Wise



Apr 25 2009 2:39 PM

Jenny
Great to see you've added "S Curve Roads" on here...!! Hope you have a wonderful week-end!
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Fabio Nosotti



Apr 27 2009 7:21 PM

great music..thank you for the add,,kisses
Fabio
ROBERT

robert higgins



Apr 27 2009 8:05 PM

Thank You for Your Friendship..PEACE..Robert..
Frank Hoßfeld

Frank Hoßfeld



Apr 21 2009 2:46 PM

Thank You very much for adding me! I love to listen to Your music!

Kind regards
Frank
Stormchaser - Official Site

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Apr 13 2009 6:02 PM

Hi Jenny

Many thanks for the add an' friendship, it's great to know you.

Great tunes !!!!!!!!

All the best,

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Adolfo

Adolfo Morales Servin



Apr 11 2009 2:15 AM

Thanks for the add!
DRUID`S ASH

DRUID`S ASH



Apr 7 2009 6:23 PM

Hi Jenny,

thank you for accepting. Your songs are very beautiful , with "broken" becoming a classic in my ears. This is an absolute superb song ! Will listen to this more often....
kind regards from ashtree to ashtree :-))
Sandy and Harry-Music and Video Page

Sandy and Harry-Music and Video Page



Mar 30 2009 6:37 PM

Thanks for adding our Music and Video Page! We wish you all the Best!



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pat

pat



Mar 29 2009 3:06 PM

another note from moi ;-) i was playing your cd yesterday ... my partner walked into the room and said, hey, that's joni mitchell ... from for the roses . sweetness on a saturday morning...your music serves as a compass to me, lovely friend.
xo
pat

pat



Mar 26 2009 3:55 PM

hey beautiful girl, just stopping by for a visit, it's been a long while ;-) all the very best to you dear Jenny. Still love your CD, each time I listen to it, I hear something new and fresh. I never tire of it.
Much love always ,
Mags
Black Cherry Blue

Black Cherry Blue



Mar 24 2009 10:27 PM

Thanks for the add from the Brian Conway Band.
Nice Voice! Long Live American Rock!
Greg Diaz

Greg Diaz



Mar 3 2009 3:38 AM

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thanks 4 the add , keep i n touch
Mike Davidson Recording

Mike Davidson Recording



Dec 30 2008 3:43 PM

Dig the tunes.
–Mike D
Jim Colbert

Jim Colbert



Nov 10 2008 2:58 PM

Well, if the idea's appealing at all, let me look for some possibilities.
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