Jana's voice is sultry....sinks under your skin." -The New York Times
NEW TRACKS!!! '45' and 'Enchanted' (featuring Mic Crenshaw) are up on bandcamp now! Click the link to listen and buy them and the 'Bend & Break' album as well!
B E N D & B R E A K is a patchwork quilt of favorite tracks from my previous three albums, a “Greatest Hits” for me. It features songs from my focused time as a solo artist, living in my small hometown in PA, and touring as a singer-songwriter throughout the East and West Coasts constantly! The title track Bend & Break describes the scene and feelings I had while standing on my porch in Lawrenceville, PA watching workers clear cut the trees and side of the hill I had been looking at my entire life to put in a new highway. The entire town has been affected by and some uprooted by this ‘progress’. I feel it’s relevance today as I hear news of dwindling
forests and environmental impacts. As the song says, “We can bend and we can break - you can turn us into your little pink houses - but in the end, you’re only hurting yourselves.” I chose the song for it’s personal importance, but also because the title describes the ups and downs I’ve had with my solo career. I'm glad to be able to focus more on music, reinventing myself yet again and hoping to be more a part of Portland's live music community.
forests and environmental impacts. As the song says, “We can bend and we can break - you can turn us into your little pink houses - but in the end, you’re only hurting yourselves.” I chose the song for it’s personal importance, but also because the title describes the ups and downs I’ve had with my solo career. I'm glad to be able to focus more on music, reinventing myself yet again and hoping to be more a part of Portland's live music community.