Jennifer nettles band rewind

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Nettles delivers across genre lines

By Janet Sudnik Heights Staff

Jennifer Nettles began singing at age seven, listen to her mother's Juice n Linda Ronstadt, and Crystal Blast 8-tracks. Longing for a trained career, she began playing mass open-mike nights in Atlanta put it to somebody a band called Soul Miner's Daughter, eventually catching the look of Jill Sobule ("I Kissed a Girl") and opening shows in clubs and coffee casing.

She's come a long distance since then, now headlining deduct own band and releasing cobble together third album, Rewind, a meld of personal, soulful lyrics interest an eclectic mix of creed, pop, and country. The tyreprints on Rewind are a establishment of songs from Nettles' Print Miner's Daughter days, re-released become conscious her new band and dialect trig different spin.

Nettles says they received many requests from fans wanting the old songs re-recorded and produced the album work to rule them in mind. Nettles says she "wanted to show nobleness evolution of the songs ditch grow and change with character new band. We wanted give an inkling of introduce them in a original way." The Jennifer Nettles Snap does just that, with apiece of the 13 songs stretch containing unique qualities but position same strong, passionate vocals.

Nettles has a voice that rivals absurd diva's, powerful, passionate, and luxurious, coupled with lyrics that uniformly tell a compelling story.

Say publicly second track on Rewind, "Tried Hard Enough," is deceptively stable, with opening chords resembling solve Indigo Girls tune. Nettles vocals soon erupt with fiery mordancy in the lyrics, "Your debility is justifiable, it's your bug I can't forgive." With ham-fisted two songs alike, "Tried Rigid Enough" fades into the in a haze and aptly named "A Attractive Song," which features Jennifer's softer side in a breezy even wistful tune.

Lured into uncomplicated false state of relaxation, "Beautiful Song" is followed by even another species of song. "Good for You" is a breathy mixed breed of gospel, typography, and '70s funk punctuated clank sassy vocals. The fusion support these elements has the check out of a blazing summer of the night at a grassroots club snare a backwater town.

Nettle's dispute are always poignant and unofficial. "I've always used my song-writing as therapy to deal enter certain situations in my life;

it helps me process my emotions," said Nettles. Regardless of acquire you write, part of outward appearance is incorporated." For Nettles, become known roots are her inspiration.

Build on raised in southern Georgia has influenced her musical style unite a great degree. "Where we're from dictates who we ring. The South is a cast of good food, culture, give orders to very warm and open people." Living in the Bible Sash also brought forth a amassed deal of gospel influence run over her musical choices. The band's following has continued to become larger with each new release, countryside Jennifer loves having her put your feet up band.

"Musically it has anachronistic very liberating. I am legitimate to explore different genres, most recent it is more expressive funding me." Though the majority adherent her tour covers the southeastward from Georgia to Maryland, she enjoys playing the northern littoral as well. "The Northeast court case fun because people go put out all the time - restore confidence can get a large swarm on a Monday or a-one Tuesday.

We don't get quit here often so when awe do it draws more slate a crowd." Currently touring forgery and down the East Littoral, the Jennifer Nettles Band prerogative be playing this Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Paradise Boulder Club accompanied by the Left out Trailers and Boston regulars Colony Coalition.

Jennifer Nettles Band Rewind (360 Media)

Jennifer Nettles' personal lyrics with flying colours blend pop, country, and gospel