Jenna (Witts) - "Hitchhiker" 2013
Jenna var bara 15 år när hon skrev "Seven Days" med Steve Knightley i Show of Hands och sjöng på deras album "Country Life". Året efter gjorde hon, Steve Knightley och Seth Lakeman en skiva, "Western Approaches", som klassades högt i brittiska medier. Elva år senare har hon tre egna solo-skivor i bagaget. Debuten "Barefoot & Eager" har väl bara ett enda "fel" och det är att hon inte är barfota på omslaget...(!)
"Hitchhiker" kom 2013 och har det mesta: Mycket bra låtar, vettiga texter och därtill Jennas härligt uttrycksfulla röst, till ett sound som påminner något om Catherine MacLellans fjärde album. Jenna själv spelar piano (hon har fem turnéer med Steve Knightley bakom sig) och gitarr och sjunger som sagt mycket bra.
"Halflight" är min favorit på skivan, en rakt igenom suverän låt med ett sound som Lucinda Williams hade varit stolt över. Men kvaliteten är överlag mycket hög. Tar hon ett litet steg till framåt i låtskrivandet kan hon bli hur bra som helst...!
Jenna Witts har valt att kalla sig 'Jenna' som artistnamn och det finns tydligen fler som gör det. På Spotify finns flera skivor, men bara "Hitchhiker" med Jenna Witts.
Så här lät det 2009 då Jenna och Steve Knightley framförde "Caught In The Rain":
Länkar:
Jenna Witts hemsida - med mycket att läsa och fler videos att se och lyssna på.
"Seven Days" - Show of Hands studioversion med Jenna som gästsångerska.
Intervju med Jenna Witts - från North Devon Journal 2013.
Jenna - Young and talented, but already experienced
SvaraRadera'10 Albums I should have written about '- Part 4:
Jenna (Witts) - "Hitchhiker 2013"
Jenna was just 15 when she wrote "Seven Days" with Steve Knightley of Show of Hands and sang on their album "Country Life". The following year she recorded an album with Steve Knightley and Seth Lakeman, "Western Approaches", that has been highly rated by British media. Eleven years later, she has already made three solo albums on her own. The debut "Barefoot & Eager" probably just has one fault and that is that she is not barefoot on the cover ... (!)
"Hitchhiker" was released in 2013 and has it all: Very good songs, sensible lyrics and Jenna's wonderful and expressive voice, with a sound that is reminiscent of Catherine MacLellan's fourth album. Jenna plays the piano (she has done five tours with Steve Knightley), acoustic guitar and sings very good.
"Halflight" is my favorite song on the album, an absolutely superb song with a sound that Lucinda Williams would have been proud of. But the quality is generally very high throughout. If Jenna continues to take small steps forward in songwriting, she can become just as good as it gets...!
Jenna Witts has chosen to call himself 'Jenna' as her artist name, and she is not alone. Spotify has many albums available, but only "Hitchhiker" is by Jenna Witts.
This is how it sounded in 2009 when Jenna and Steve Knightley performed "Caught In The Rain":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wecBy3KsmOE
links:
Jenna Witts website - with a lot to read and more videos to watch and listen to.
"Seven Days" - Show of Hands studio version with Jenna as guest singer.
Interview with Jenna Witts - from the North Devon Journal in 2013.