NEW MUSIC:THE Jennifer Evans fan club is set to gather many new members in the coming months. Her Salient PointsEP is released at the end of March and there will be a bunch of dates to coincide with it. And you won't be alone in cheering Evans's soulful, ethreal noir-folk, striking voice and perfectly pitched majestic songs.
Born in Washington DC, Evans moved with her family when she was a nipper, first to Waterford, and then Dublin. “Both my parents were Pentecostal and involved in music,” she explains. “I kept the music drive and dropped the rest.”
By then, she was in rock bands covering Pantera and Rage Against the Machine tunes, though it was her solo version of Tori Amos's Iciclethat gave her other ideas. Soon after, Evans put together a band – "a very minimal folk trio".
An epiphany of sorts occurred in her early 20s when she immersed herself in old folk and jazz records and “the gorgeous melodies of Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention; Buffy Sainte Marie’s conviction; Grace Jones and Kate Bushs courage to try something different; Captain Beefheart and David Bowie’s ability to always make me smile.”
There is, Evans says, “plenty of material” for an album, it’s just a question of “where and how”.
For now, grab the EP, catch the live shows and check out the animated video for Scatteredas done by the And Maps and Plans collective.
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