Jennifer Clarke
Cork, Munster, Ireland | SELF
Music
Press
'FOUR STARS!' (Evening Echo review of the album 'Jennifer Clarke')
'Jennifer has the whole package-a great voice, a top-notch music sensibility and the looks to match...Closer is a killer track...She brings the listener on a journey of emotion throughout her songs, making the lyrics both heartfelt and poignant...' Kieran Dineen (Downtown, Evening Echo)
'Jennifer's star is in the ascendant...clearly pro-active when it comes to her career she has been successfully paddling her own canoe since the early days' Colette Sheridan (Journalist)
'One of the brightest young singers to emerge from Cork in recent years' Bill Browne (The Evening Echo)
'A plucky singer with talent and ambition' Stephen Milton (The Irish Sun)
'A singer with a unique combination of talent, stubborn resolve and a certain amount of good fortune, Clarke's single 'Closer' captures just what is so beguiling about her music; her clear, sweet voice, her tasteful musical arrangements and her emotional lyrics' Sinead Ni Chonchuir (The Irish Post, London)
'A rising artist of proven pedigree...(Jennifer is) successfully forging a career as a solo artist of integrity, ability and originality' Niall Stokes (Editor, Hot Press Music Magazine)
'A treasure...Jennifer's voice will give you chills...magical' Doug Morris (IMAG)
'A sublimely beautiful voice...personal, insightful and intellectually seductive (songs)...hauntingly gorgeous to the ear' Music Zephyr (musiczephyr.blogspot.com) - Various Publications
Discography
'Right Back at the Start' - 2005
'It's Alright' - 2006
'Closer' - 2007
'Shine' - 2008
'Jennifer Clarke' - 2008
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Bio
I have had my debut album reach number 3 in the download charts and Number 2 on the RMG Bestsellers list in Ireland
Toured Europe and North America five times as opening act for Michael Bolton
Opened shows in Ireland for Ronan Keating of Boyzone
Sang with Meteor Award winning Irish artist Mick Flannery
Written and recorded songs with Grammy Award winning and hit songwriters Marcus Hummon (Dixie Chicks, Rascal Flatts), Victoria Shaw (Lady Antebellum) and Liz Rose (Taylor Swift)
Received extensive radio airplay throughout Ireland, the UK, the US and Germany
Appeared on Irish day-time television talk show Seoige and O’Shea
Set up my own record company and had major label distribution in Ireland
Been and currently am an endorsee of Gibson Acoustic guitars throughout Europe
Been selected to play with Toploader in Eastbourne
Played the City of London Festival
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