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Slideshow - JillJack - Opening for Bob Seger - May 2011 JillJackTunes 629 views Want to get a cool up-close and backstage view of Jill opening for Bob Seger at the Palace of Auburn Hills and the Labatt Centre in London Ontario? Well photographer Michae...
Jill Jack at The Palace - "Makes Me Wonder" JillJackTunes 217 views Opening for the Bob Seger at The Palace of Auburn Hills was a fantastic night for Jill. This video was shot by DetroitDan2 (http://www.youtube.com/user/DetroitDan2)
Jill Jack - "Songwriter Sessions" montage JillJackTunes 558 views JIll Jack's "Songwriter Sessions" cd+dvd 2 disc set is now available at http://jilljack.com . With an innovative approach to recording, Jill Jack releases her 7th full leng...
Jill Jack - 1997 DMAs JillJackTunes 221 views Recently re-discovered video of Jill Jack performing at the 1997 Detroit Music Awards with Sister Seed and Jan Krist
Jill Jack - "I'm a Believer" Montage by Dee Carpenter JillJackTunes 4,680 views January 11, 2011 was the official launch of the Detroit "I'm a Believer" Campaign, and what an event it was!! Jill Jack performed her "I'm a Believer" anthem, backed by Bet...
DMA Winner Jill Jack Plays FOX 2 JillJackTunes 382 views Jill Jack on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Nolan Mendenhall on bass, Brian Lord on electric guitar and vocals, Mark Iannace on percussion and vocals.
Child Within.mov JillJackTunes 154 views With an innovative approach to recording, Jill Jack releases her 7th full length CD. Fourteen new songs recorded for the first time, but Jill dared to let her fans in on th...
Thy Will.mov JillJackTunes 109 views "Thy Will" from Jill Jack's 7th CD/DVD "Songwriter Sessions" With an innovative approach to recording, Jill Jack releases her 7th full length CD. Fourteen new songs recorde...
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Jill Jack - "Songwriter Sessions" JillJackTunes 2,542 views JIll Jack's "Songwriter Sessions" cd+dvd 2 disc set is now available at http://jilljack.com . With an innovative approach to recording, Jill Jack releases her 7th full leng...

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"She's got the stage presence, the voice, the ability to interpret songs passionately ... there's a lot of soul in what she does" -- Billboard Magazine

When talking about the creative process, Peter Gabriel once commented, I think you plug into this electricity. Its like a river in a way, no question. When the magics in the air, everyone in the room feels it. For some people, creativity is a solitary thing. For Jill Jack, its as simple as breathing, as everyday as vacuuming, as open and natural as Jill is herself. And when it came time for her to record another record, it was natural for Jill to invite her audience in to experience some of that creative magic. And so, for two nights in April 2009, Jill and her carefully selected musicians created an event that everyone in the room felt a part of. Jill Jacks seventh record is the result.

Songwriter Sessions was recorded over those two nights in the historic Hartland Music Hall in Hartland, Michigan 15 previously unreleased songs in two concerts specifically crafted around the theme of songwriting. Each song was introduced with a story on where and how the song came about. So many people would ask me how I came to write a certain song, or tell me that they remembered the story behind the writing of a song and thats why they bought the record, that I thought it would be a good idea to just show that process. People are extremely curious about the songwriting process, and I thought having an audience share the experience a little through me telling the story behind each song, and then to perform it in pretty much its virginal state like I said, it was a huge undertaking, she laughs, but I thought, if I pulled it off, itd be really good!

"She's sharp, she's witty, and she's got soul. Most important, I think based on her songwriting and style, she's got staying power" -- WDVR-FM in New Jersey

When youve conquered your market, won a gazillion awards and developed a devoted fan base that follows you everywhere you play, opening a window and shining a light onto the entire process of songwriting for your fans is, really, an inevitable extension of the kind of relationship and communication Jill has with her fans. Jills career is firmly founded on that deep abiding current of empathy and excitement between her and the audience, the warmth and generosity that flows both ways during a show. Her genre-blending style of folk, rock, country, Americana and just plain good songwriting reaches out and connects wherever she goes. Jill has also worked with the burgeoning Michigan film scene both as an actor and as a soundtrack contributor. But Jills strength has always been her live shows and the connection with her audience. Songwriter Sessions

"Her voice can soar like opera and smoke like the blues ... one of the strongest voices in Detroit, or in the country for that matter." -- The Detroit Free Press

Discography: Coming off a great ride with her national release of Moon and the Morning After (2006 UpHill Productions), Jill has released her seventh collection of songs, Songwriter Sessions. Recorded live and directed by award-winning Nashville producer Colin Linden, the record is packaged with a full-length DVD of the event.

Performances Highlights: 31st Ann Arbor Folk Festival, sharing the stage with Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Grffin, Buddy Miller and more. Meadowbrook Theater opening for Lorretta Lynn. Headlining the WYCD Downtown Hoedown (the world's largest free country music event) as Budweiser's Artist of Choice, Blissfest Music Festival (one of the largest folk music festivals in the Midwest), opening for numerous National Acts at DTE Engery Music Theatre (Detroit), as well as performances at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, The Ark in Ann Arbor, and The Living Room in NYC.

Awards: Jill has received a total of 24 Detroit Music Awards across three different genres (Acoustic/Folk, Country, and Pop/Rock) for vocalist, songwriter, album, and artist.

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