Jenee Halstead Single Release Party with Special Guest Melissa Ferrick
From the moment you listen to Jenee Halstead’s music you are transported. One song might take you down a lonely stretch of road in a desert town; the next song evokes a basement bar in New York City; and yet another takes you to church, body swaying and hands clapping. You hear joy and pain and heartache. Doubt and lust and regret. It takes more than talent to effortlessly bridge pop, folk, gospel, and rock; it takes an observant and soulful musician who thinks deeply about what she wants to create.
Halstead’s musical journey began on the West Coast, in Spokane, Washington where she grew up the daughter of hippies who gave her the freedom to explore all kinds of music in whatever ways were meaningful to her. She traveled across the country to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, but she quickly realized that her real education was going to come from immersing herself in clubs and venues in Boston and Cambridge. Diving into the folk music scene, she sharpened her skills and began to zero in on her unique sound that draws on influences ranging from Patty Griffin to Led Zeppelin and Dolly Parton. And like any great songwriter, Halstead takes threads from these influences and weaves them into her own, beautiful set of stories.
In a sea of songwriters, Jenee Halstead stands out. Not just because of her dreamlike and alluring voice, but because she writes about meaningful and relatable subjects, while keeping her music accessible and honest. She will open the door and welcome you in as friend and co-conspirator on her musical journey.
www.jeneehalstead.com
Special Guest Melissa Ferrick! Ms. Ferrick is currently a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University. She’s released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and has won numerous awards for songwriting, production, and performance. From 2013 - 2019, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Ms. Ferrick holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.
Melissa was the named plaintiff of the class action lawsuit, Ferrick v. Spotify for willful infringement of copyright. Her publishing catalog is administered worldwide by the Raleigh Music Group.
Signed to Atlantic Records in 1992 at the age of 21, after opening up for Morrissey in the US and UK, she released her debut and sophomore albums on Atlantic before moving on to Independent label W.A.R. Records between 1996-1999. In 2000 Ms. Ferrick launched the nationally distributed independent record label Right On Records.
Regarded in the industry and by her peers as one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the business, Ferrick still tours regularly playing throughout North America. She has shared the stage with Morrissey, Joan Armatrading, Weezer, Tegan and Sara, Mark Cohen, Paul Westerberg, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, k.d.Lang, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and many others.
https://www.melissaferrick.com/
Halstead’s musical journey began on the West Coast, in Spokane, Washington where she grew up the daughter of hippies who gave her the freedom to explore all kinds of music in whatever ways were meaningful to her. She traveled across the country to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, but she quickly realized that her real education was going to come from immersing herself in clubs and venues in Boston and Cambridge. Diving into the folk music scene, she sharpened her skills and began to zero in on her unique sound that draws on influences ranging from Patty Griffin to Led Zeppelin and Dolly Parton. And like any great songwriter, Halstead takes threads from these influences and weaves them into her own, beautiful set of stories.
In a sea of songwriters, Jenee Halstead stands out. Not just because of her dreamlike and alluring voice, but because she writes about meaningful and relatable subjects, while keeping her music accessible and honest. She will open the door and welcome you in as friend and co-conspirator on her musical journey.
www.jeneehalstead.com
Special Guest Melissa Ferrick! Ms. Ferrick is currently a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University. She’s released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and has won numerous awards for songwriting, production, and performance. From 2013 - 2019, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Ms. Ferrick holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.
Melissa was the named plaintiff of the class action lawsuit, Ferrick v. Spotify for willful infringement of copyright. Her publishing catalog is administered worldwide by the Raleigh Music Group.
Signed to Atlantic Records in 1992 at the age of 21, after opening up for Morrissey in the US and UK, she released her debut and sophomore albums on Atlantic before moving on to Independent label W.A.R. Records between 1996-1999. In 2000 Ms. Ferrick launched the nationally distributed independent record label Right On Records.
Regarded in the industry and by her peers as one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the business, Ferrick still tours regularly playing throughout North America. She has shared the stage with Morrissey, Joan Armatrading, Weezer, Tegan and Sara, Mark Cohen, Paul Westerberg, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, k.d.Lang, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and many others.
https://www.melissaferrick.com/
