Jenny and the Mexicats
Mexico City, The Federal District, Mexico | Established. Jan 01, 2008 | INDIE
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Jenny and the Mexicats
Este segundo trabajo refresca su sonido fiestero. La fusión de nacionalidades, culturas y sonidos los distingue nuevamente.
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Ome
Jenny and the Mexicats
This second production is a freshening up of their well-known partying sound. The fusion of nationalities, cultures and sounds distinguishes them again. - rolling stone mexico
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 7 de junio.- Los integrantes de Jenny and the Mexicats celebraron su éxito en México durante el concierto que ofrecieron la noche de este viernes en un centro nocturno de la Ciudad de México, en el que además recibieron Disco de Oro por su álbum homónimo.
Ante más de 400 personas, los intérpretes del éxito "Verde más allá" también presentaron nuevos temas musicales que estarán incluidos en su siguiente material discográfico.
Previo al "show" principal, la agrupación argentina Toch abrió la velada e invitó a Icho, Pantera y David, integrantes de Jenny and the Mexicats, a interpretar a dueto el tema "Sonido de las ciudades".
Minutos después, Jenny Ball, vocalista de la agrupación anfitriona, se unió a esta dupla con el grupo Toch durante el tema "Niña rasta"; desde su aparición en el escenario, la rubia cantante arrancó una fuerte ovación de los asistentes.
Después de una pausa, Jenny and the Mexicats se apropió del Voilá Acoustique para amenizar la velada con los temas iniciales "Starting something", "Me voy a ir" y "Macey and Jules".
Los fanáticos de esta agrupación multicultural no pararon de bailar y cantar temas como "No dejes de quererme" y "Llueve en el mar".
De pronto, la presentación fue interrumpida para hacer entrega al grupo del Disco de Oro por más de 30 mil copias
vendidas en México de su álbum "Jenny and the Mexicats".
“Muchas gracias por tratar así a los ‘Mexicats’, yo los conozco un poquito antes y les tengo mucho cariño, son increíbles, gracias por confiar en ellos, por comprarles el disco y por seguirlos en todos los conciertos", comentó Juan Pablo Toch, productor musical de la banda.
Al término de lo anterior, la vocalista deleitó a los presentes con la trompeta durante el tema "Me and my man", al que le siguieron los cortes "Head in my heart", "Freddy", "Anthem song" y "Me duele al caminar", entre otros, con los que hicieron vibrar al recinto.
Mientras la cita llegaba a su fin, los fans no dejaban de pedir más temas a la banda, que deleitó con sus sencillos más recientes "Flor" y "Verde más allá".
Momentos antes, el grupo declaró ante los medios de comunicación, que su nuevo álbum saldrá a finales del verano y contará con 13 canciones entre español e inglés, parecido a su álbum debut, con sonidos del huapango, reggae y country, entre otros.
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MEXICO CITY, 7 June.- Jenny and the Mexicats celebrated their success in Mexico during the concert they gave this Friday night at a nightclub in Mexico City, where they also received a Gold Album award for their self-titled debut album.
With an audience of more than 400 people, the performers behind the hit “Verde más allá" also presented new songs that will be included in their next album.
Prior to the main show, the Argentinean group Toch were the openers of the evening and invited Icho, Pantera and David, members of Jenny and the Mexicats, for a duet of their song “Sonido de las ciudades".
Minutes later, Jenny Ball (from Jenny & The Mexicats), joined the opening act for the performance of “Niña rasta"; and right from her appearance on stage, the blonde singer invoked loud applause from the audience.
After a brief pause, Jenny and the Mexicats took over the Voila Acoustique to liven up the evening with their songs "Starting something", “Me voy a ir" and "Macey and Jules".
Supporters of this multicultural group couldn’t stop dancing and singing songs like “No dejes de quererme" and “Llover en el mar”.
Suddenly the presentation was interrupted to deliver the group's Gold Album award for more than 30 thousand copies sold in Mexico of their homonymous album "Jenny and the Mexicats".
“Thank you so much for treating the ‘Mexicats' this way, I know them from a little bit before and I am very fond of them, they are incredible, thank you for trusting them, for buying their album and supporting them at every concert," said Juan Pablo Toch , music producer of the album.
Upon completion of the Award ceremony, the singer delighted the audience with her trumpet for the song "Me and my man", which was followed by their new songs "Head in my heart", "Freddy", "Anthem Song" and “Me duele al caminar", among others, which made for a vibrant finale.
While the event drew to a close, fans did not stop asking for more songs from the band, and they reveled in their latest single "Flor" and their smash hit “Verde más allá”.
Moments before the show was over, the group declared that their new album will be released later in the summer and will feature 13 songs in Spanish and English, like their debut album, and will draw inspiration from huapango sounds, reggae and country, among others. - excelsior newspaper.
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Jenny began playing the trumpet aged 7 and began singing at 15, alongside teaching herself to play the guitar. Playing both in Jazz and Classical bands as well as orchestras most of her life, she had an ear and a love for music. A fusion of nationalities and personalities, the band's story is a little unusual and more of an accidental occurrence rather than a planned adventure. Jenny & The Mexicats began life as Pachucos y la Princesa in June 2008, when Jenny was invited to Spain by a Double Bass player (Icho) she'd met two years previously whilst touring in Madrid. In search of something new, Jenny fell right into place in Spain, decided she wanted to call it home and set about starting a band. Icho contacted the best guitar player he knew - Pantera, a flamenco guitarist, whom Icho had known all his life and shared previous bands with, including a a Rockabilly band in Spain. The closest thing to a drummer they could find was David, the Spanish Cajon player extraordinaire, whom Pantera had played with in a Flamenco band. Thrown together in the midst of an English girl's urge for adventure, Jenny & The Mexicats were born. Their first gig was to be Wonderland, a small annual festival in the UK that raises money for cancer research, where Jenny had previously performed solo. .... Their musical roots had variety and spice and Jenny immediately fell in love with the combination of Flamenco, Acoustic Folk and Rockabilly and began writing constantly. They rehearsed nonstop for two months in the same Flamenco tablao they had met in, Jenny spoke no Spanish and David no English so it was left down to the universal love for creating music and some expert translating from the two Mexicans to bring it all together..... In England Jenny & The Mexicats created an immediate buzz and it was starting to look as though they may have stumbled across something special. They returned to Spain and continued in the same manner in which they had begun. They began booking more and more gigs and touring the whole of Spain. After a brief spell signed to an English record label Jenny and the Mexicats decided that in order to protect their sound and to be able to grow in a more natural way, they wanted to be independant and so Mexicat Records was born. In 2012 they moved to Mexico city and released their first album 'JENNY AND THE MEXICATS' which included a mix of English and Spanish songs. Some classics from the bands earlier days like Heaven knows and Starting Something, and had 3 hits on the radio, Verde Mas Alla, ME Voy a Ir and Flor. For high numbers sales, this independant band went Gold with their first album and just recently released their second album 'Ome' en autumn 2014. Ome is a fantastic fusion of rhythms, that varies from feel good dance-able songs to moments of sensitive and timeless musical expression. The nature of the instruments and way of composing of Jenny and the Mexicats opens a lot of doors to switch between genres and be able play whatever they feel in that moment and makes for some very fun live shows.
In Ome, the first single is Labios, a song chosen for the soundtrack of Amor de Mis Amores, directed by Manolo Caro. In Frenetico Ritmo and Boulevard they recorded Tuba, and you begin to notice a Mexican influence. J&TM covered a Mexican classic called No Dejes de Quererme and mixed English and Spanish in this version, that was so popular that they have just been invited to sing it with La Sonora Santanera in their latest material. The voice of David shines in Duele a Caminar, Labios and Boulevard and an essence of Inglaterra can truely be heard in Head in My Heart and Back to Basics. The latter of which Jenny recorded alone with her guitar. There is a song dedicated to the bands dogs, 'Sasha y Esteban' and included is 'Even it Out', a classic earlier song from the band that many wished to hear in their first record but was not recorded till the second.
The nature of their instrumentation and the style of music of Jenny and the Mexicats allows them to play from the biggest shows to the smallest shows. If you would like to hire J&TM wherever in the world, just write to the above email!
In 2015 J&TM will be touring.
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