jeanni cioffi ~ violin, vocals, loops and lap top ~
Influences
kate bush, the beatles, tom waits, xtc, peter gabriel, miles davis, the waterboys, world party, U2, bruce cockburn, joni mitchell, billie holiday, tori amos, rolling stones, pink flyod, the police, bjork, simple minds, beck, elvis costello, emmylou harris, bob dylan, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, dire straits, fleetwood mac, yma sumac, george harrison, paul mcCartney, john lennon, radiohead, dave brubeck, loreena mckennitt, ravi shankar, django, stephane grappelli, anoushka shankar, elvis costello, aimee mann, the horseflies,,,
Sounds Like
kate bush, jimi hendrix, tori amos with some loreena mckennit meet something left of center as a whole, either a power trio with lilting vocals,,,or in a solo format, lots of layered violins, electronic sounds and rhythms..
"poor skeletons" is a name that describes the essence of what Jeanni has been seeking to uncover, reveal, admit to and understand within her songwriting as the tool, and living her life as the typical human, being the ultimate experiment.
There is a reverence to what is behind the ego, the shedding of the 'skin', what we 'wear' to survive in the twisted society of this world, even the underbelly of who we are,all of what we 'hide', this is the lure into this whole deal. To be in this world and to strive to not be 'of this world' has been creating this musical journey.
All the therapy in the world can uncover all of the problems, delve out several complicated solutions, yet leave a person, still, a poor skeleton, simply put, a bag of bones with all sorts of scary reflections when looking through the truest mirror that can be found. Music has been, the best therapy.
Having played bluegrass with several bands in her teens and into her early 20's, Jeanni discovered Classical violin to be a stronger addiction than the tasty licks that prevailed within the slickest of jam sessions.
Belmont was the college, and Violin was the instrument, after graduation, Jeanni was for hire and played for several major acts such as Natalie Cole, Bernadette Peters, Plant and Page to name a few. this was feeding the desire to become a lead musician she always dreamed.
As a three piece band, poor skeletons played all around Tennessee for a couple of years, but finding the 'song' and finding a deeper more straight forward voice became the search, hence, a solo leap, Jeanni travelled overseas for a few summers. This is what captured a renewed and a more refined desire which now continues as the solo show with some electronic sounds from the lap top as well!
Jeanni continues to go solo with a new batch of songs, finishing her "Addicted To Art" CD, within a later than expected time frame, and now within her next CD project already in the works, this is a show you will want to come and experience!
THERE IS AN AMAZING EVENT I GO TO EVERY YEAR CALLED THE DURANGO SONGWRITERS’ FESTIVAL AND THIS YEAR IT IS CLOSER THAN EVER TO NASHVILLE!! IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING NETWORKING OPPOTUNITIES OF THE YEAR AND IT HAS RESULTED IN PUB DEALS AND HIT SONGS FOR SOME OF THE ATTENDEES, INCLUDING THE CURRENT RASCAL FLATTS HIT, "EVERY DAY," WHICH WAS PENNED BY DURANGO ATTENDEE ALISSA MORENO IN A COWRITE WITH JEFF STEELE AT 1 OF THE DURANGO EVENTS. THE FESTIVAL IS MAY 29-31 IN ASHVILLE, N.C. AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. PLEASE GO CHECK OUT MORE DETAILS ON MY MYSPACE AND REGISTER FOR THE EVENT. AND BE SURE AND TELL THEM I SENT YA! - LALA
hey its' me again. love the new song. met you at the basement. oh well you don't remember and i'm not offended. cheers and hope all is well. thanks for the heads up on new music.
Hope you are doing well. I wanted to let you know i'm playing a benefit tonight in Leiper's Fork for a single mom who has been in an accident. She needs our help. We'd love to see you there. Further details are on my myspace blog.
Again, hope you are doing well, and come up and say hello if you make it.
Thanks,
Al
Hey poor skeletons! We just wanted to stop by and say hello and personally thank you for supporting our music. We try to get to every one of our friends at some point and say hello and see how things are going in their lives. So we hope all is good wit ya and please stop by and leave us your thoughts or just a simple hello if you'd like. We look forward to getting the opportunity to meet face to face while we hit the road at the end of this month. Thanks again for all the support and for being our friend! Talk at ya later!
