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Jenny Bruce

Jenny Bruce is an American Singer/Songwriter

Jennifer Tamara Bruce was born and raised in New York City. Bruce has performed all across the country both as a solo artist and with her band. She headlined in 2007 at the Transbordeur in Lyon, France.

Her song, Music To My Ears, was featured on Dawson's Creek (episode title: Show Me Love) and other songs were featured on ABC's All My Children, Fox's King of the Hill, CBS's Ghost Whisperer, The Today Show and Jake 2.0, Glory Days, Six Degrees, Meet My Folks. Several of her recordings were featured in the independent Film, "Sex and the Other Man" staring Stanley Tucci and Ron Eldard. Bruce's song "Home" was included on Martha Stewart's "Sleepytime" compilation CD also featuring Alison Krauss, Barenaked Ladies and Lucinda Williams among others. Her song Amsterdam won the Billboard Songwriting Contest grand prize in 2001.

Discography "Jenny Bruce" - 1998 (independent) "Soul On Fire" - 2001 (independent) "Left Of July" - 2005 (independent) Sleepytime - 2002 - Rhino Records

Songwriting Awards & Honors

Billboard Song Contest
Great American Songwriting Contest
Songwriter's Hall Of Fame Award
John Lennon Songwriting Contest
Just Plain Folks Song Contest
Unisong Songwriting Contest
USA Songwriting Contest
Windrift Songwriting Contest
Compo 10 Song Contest

References

Dawsons' Creek:
http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=107
http://www.amazon.com/review/RKVU0CZ28EJR6
http://www.blog.collectedsounds.com/?p=2779
http://www.indie-music.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=1250
http://www.tv.com/dawsonand039s-creek/show-me-love/episode/2863/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/jenny-bruce-soul-on-fire/ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/soul-on-fire/id20836657


"Jenny's Soul: New York-rooted rock ingenue Jenny Bruce is building a cult following with her Smokejumper CD, Soul On Fire. Produced by Kevin Bents, the set showcases the artist's broad style, which has been drawing comparisons to Annie Lennox and Shawn Colvin, among others. "It's fun to be viewed is such eclectic terms," Bruce says. "I've always preferred being versatile over doing the same song again and again." - Billboard Magazine 10/27

"New York's Jenny Bruce has just released her second CD independently, but already she's had much success... Hers is an intelligent record full of pathos and gentle ironies; sort of like Paula Cole, but not nearly as whiny. This is Triple A as good as it gets, which means it's right on the verge of being pop." - Music Connection 10/22-11/4

"[Jenny Bruce's] songs contrast memorable melodies with surprising pathos...She brings the uncertain edge in song and performance that brings us back to our real side. Jenny's songwriting may be rooted to her Manhattan upbringing, as she writes on the subway, but her urban tales have a resonant spirit of strength amidst the survival of sorrow that informs all our lives." - Dale Hardman, Greenwich Village Gazette Online
"Her self-titled debut is a delirious mix of emotional, narrative, and stream-of-consciousness writing powered by her elegant, but wizened vocals. A lot of women picked up guitars to join the Lilith trend, but Bruce is the real thing." - Don Moorehouse, Springfield Union News

Website

• [1] http://www.jennybruce.com

Discography

Jenny Bruce - 1998
Soul On Fire - 2001
Left Of July - 2005
Sleepytime - 2002 - Rhino Records
New Arrivals - Vol 1 - MPress Records
New Arrivals - Vol 2 - MPress Records
Nysc Vol. 1-Best Of Nysc CD - EMI Records