News | Jude Johnstone

0 Bill Bentley’s Bandstand

“There are certain artists who songs go so deep it’s like they’re heart surgeons.”
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2 Blues and Roots Radio Interview

Power Folk Episode 9 Featuring Jude Johnstone – Interview by Artie Martello. Listen Here

Jude Johnstone is a very special songwriter and someone who has been producing wonderful music under the media radar for many years now. Her experience in the music industry is second to none and it was a real treat to speak with her when she agreed to spend some time giving her insights and thoughts on the creative process and her career. If you have not heard her music, then the following interview should certainly have you looking to add her to your collection of important artists. Read Full Interview

0 Creative art of all kind thrives at Donegal’s Regional Cultural Center

Through a combination of vocal and piano-playing talent and down-home bonhomie bordering on delightful eccentricity, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Johnstone warmed the spirits of her attentive audience at on a recent wet and wintry Friday evening. Read Full Article

0 No Depression Review

“No Depression” article: Jude Johnstone on Clarence Clemons, Bonnie Raitt, and More… bit.ly/2dDWPsx

3 Jude Wins IAMA Award

We’re happy to announce that Jude won the 2013 best song with the IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) in the category Folk/Americana/Roots for her song “Quiet Girl.”

Check out their website and list of other winners — congrats to all!International Acoustic Music Awards

1 No Depression Review

A really nice review and interview by Henry Carrigan: No Depression review of Jude Johnstone’s Shatter

Thank you so much.

0 Praise from European Press

Thanks so much for these great reviews of Shatter:

From Roots & Branches/The Beat by Mike Davies

Album of the Week for Week 24 from Hemifran.com

0 The Morton Report Review

Thanks to Bill Bentley for this great review of Shatter on The Morton Report.

0 Behind the Songs “What A Fool” and “The Underground Man”

“What A Fool” and “The Underground Man” came from a visit I had with a brilliant composer/producer named David Ricketts. I had met him some 30 years ago in L.A. when he was in a duo on A&M Records called David and David. A few years ago, I was playing a set at Room 5 in LA and he was sitting in with the band after me so he heard my set. We hadn’t seen each other in many years. Then he e-mailed me a few days later and asked if we might get together and try and come up with something. So he drove up to my house on the Central Coast and played me some “starts.”

Listen to a Clip of: What a Fool

Two of them grabbed me immediately so I worked on them for days after he left until I had them arranged the way I liked them, and all the lyrics completed. Then I went into the studio and, using what he had already contributed instrumentally, I combined it with some of my players, sang and mixed them and e-mailed the finished tracks to him. I was very excited at his response, and I hope to write more with him in the future. Shatter really started to take shape after that collaboration.

Listen to a Clip of: The Underground Man

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