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| | Member since | May 09, 2009 |
| Website | http://cdbaby.com/cd/JanHauenstein |
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| Location | Goettingen, Germany |
| Influences | John Stewart, John Prine, Warren Zevon, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Harvey Andrews, Gordon Bok, Tom Rush... |
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efolkMusic Community News: New Music Issue
A "curated MySpace" for folk and Americana musicians and music ... Oct 29 , 2009
Featured Album (Free Downloads)
Late Bloomer by Jan Hauenstein
Late Bloomer is Jan's best work to date, fifteen songs, eleven originals, some of them co-written with Fred Grittner, Terry Lee Ransom, Rex DeLong and Jim Clare and four covers, two songs by the great John Stewart, one by Martha Ann Brooks and one by Jim Clare and Mark Teachey Listen to some tracks and get free MP3s on Jan's artist page...
Jan Hauenstein's Artist Page / Free MP3 Downloads
I was born in 1955, grew up with the music of the 60s, early 70s. Singer-songwriters, folk rock, folk, some rock, some blues, outlaw country. The words were always as important as the music. The music – some songs recorded solo, some with my friends, singer and player Charlie Woodward, and Art Faller, vocals. We make transatlantic cyber music. But we have met in person and played and recorded together twice now. Other friends from the USA are John August Lee, Jim Klein and songwriters Fred Grittner and Rex DeLong, and two young people from Germany, Tamara Friedrich, who sings like an angel, and Ulf Oesterlin, sax.
Lately I have started writing songs with Fred, Terry Lee Ransom, Rex and Jim Clare.
Without you, folks, it would not be half as much fun.
Here is what people who have listened to my/our music have written:
Songwriting
You write in such a different manner than I've ever attempted. I'm very intrigued and touched especially by The Dead Heroes of Ergoldsbach - and the story behind it. Same Yonder Comes Ahmed, Forgiveness, 1000 Dead People in Her Hair, and Children.
Rex DeLong
The Trembling Scary song -- you tell the story too well.
Fred Mortensen
Yonder Comes Ahmed I loved it. I had the temerity to show it to a friend who is also a musician. He said, ‘It's haunting!’ Extremely sensitive and BRILLIANT!
Susan Winstead
The Dead Heroes of Ergoldsbach This is wonderful and so sad.. Your voice when you sing Bavarian sky sends chills.
Mary Mitchel
Come Summer And then there's your instrumental. It reminds me of the end of everlasting summer days, sitting on the front lawn after a day of playing with friends, exhausted, dirty, and just satisfied. Very evocative.
Fred Mortensen
The voice
Your voice wrapped round me like a warm blanket.... an auditory opiate, if you will.
Jody Lucas
I love your voice (deep and sexy) and the rendition of the song. It brought tears to my eyes.
Ellen Rosenberg
The voice - the centerpiece to it all. Very distinct, bracing, makes the listener pay attention, like all the good distinct and unique voices. You never push the voice too far, but I think you can go farther with it. It is the strongest asset, the most tuned instrument, your "special effect".
Scott Bradley
My wife says that your voice is the best of all the singers I listen to.
Mark Ecklund
Two of my heroes wrote:
It has that rooted European depth that I like. Well done!
Cheers, Harvey Andrews
I loved the CD you guys made. Very Euro – East Coastal.
John Stewart
I/we have recorded several albums, Late Bloomer, published in August 2009, is the best, I think.
15 songs, eleven originals, some of them co-written with Fred Grittner, Terry Lee Ransom, Rex DeLong and Jim Clare and four covers, two songs by the great John Stewart, one by Martha Ann Brooks and one by Jim Clare and Mark Teachey.
You can hear several demos for Late Bloomer here. Some of those songs have been remixed, resung, changed around a bit, all of them have been mastered by Fred Grittner. Thanks, Fred! He is here on Folk Alley, too. Great writer, singer, player, and a good man.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/JanHauenstein
or write me an email for a copy of Late Bloomer.
Full-length previews on
http://www.reverbnation.com/janhauenstein
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