Jennifer Turner (musician)

Jennifer "Jen" Turner is a singer/songwriter musician and producer.

Jennifer "Jen" Turner
GenresAlternative rock
Indie rock
InstrumentsGuitar, bass, vocals,
Years active1991–Present
Associated actsNatalie Merchant, Furslide, Inner, Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts, Here we go magic, Thrillionaire, Exclamation Pony, High Desert Fires

Career

1991–1997: session and touring guitar player

She first became popular for her work writing and touring with Natalie Merchant[1] on her multi-platinum album Tigerlily as guitarist and backing vocalist[2] alongside Peter Yanowitz on drums and Barrie Maguire on bass guitar.[3] She then went on to play acoustic guitar on the Mary J Blige album Share My World. In 1997, Jen was invited by Miles Copeland III to join Sorayas live band on guitar.

1997–2007: lead singer

In 1997 she formed the band Furslide alongside bassist Jason Lader, and drummer Adam MacDougall[4] and released their album Adventure [5] on Virgin Records, recorded in London's Metropolis, Olympic and Abbey Road studios.[6] [7]

Jennifer Turner broke from Virgin to form an independent record label, Caboose Music, a subsidiary of the Virgin group. In 2001, using Inner as alias she released two records on her own independent record label. Inner's first release was the EP Dog Demos followed by the full-length album Lovetheonlyway the year after.[8]

2007–present: band member, producer and engineer, actor

Through the middle of the 2000s she kept a lower profile mostly working in bands but not as frontperson.[9] Starting 2006 she worked with Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts, played guitar in Santigold’s band and joined Here we go magic playing bass and keyboard. Turner produced and engineered the band's 2010 Album Pigeons and 2011 The January EP. The same year Jennifer Turner and Henrietta Tiefenthaler, both having a faible for Krautrock founded Thrillionaire[10] – with Joey Waronker, Cedric LeMoyne and Marius de Vries taking part. In 2012 she formed Exclamation Pony- consisting of Ryan Jarman as lead guitarist & vocalist and Jen Turner on bass & vocals, releasing a single on Julian Casablancas label Cult Records.[11] Also in 2012, Turner played herself in the movie/biopic Greetings from Tim Buckley. In 2015 Taylor McLam (drums, vocals) and Chris Traynor (Guitar, Vocals) started working on some music together. Jen Turner (guitar, vocals), Gabriella Da Silva (Vocals), Drew Broadrick (Piano, Vocals) and Sibyl Buck (Bass, Vocals) joined in, forming High Desert Fires.[12] They released their first EP in 2015. Also in 2015 she joined the lineup of The Lemonheads for several shows.[13]

Discography
Furslide
Inner
  • thedogdemos EP (2001)
  • lovetheonlyway (2002)
Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts
Here we go magic
Thrillionaire
  • Wie geht's, Single (2013)
Exclamation Pony
  • Pseudo Individual/Mazes, Single (2013)
High Desert Fires
  • Light Is The Revelation, EP (2015)

Collaborations/producer/engineer

References
  1. "POP REVIEW; Natalie Merchant, Barefoot, Dancing and Emoting". Neil Strauss, The New York Times. 1995-10-11. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. Rotondi, James (November 1995). "Hands for Hire: How to Be a Sideman to the Stars". Guitar Player. Vol. 29 no. 11. New Bay Media. ISSN 0017-5463.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington – Morphine. Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 5 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 711. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001. ISBN 9780195313734.
  4. Kenneally, Tim (November 1998). "Exposure Furslide". Spin. Vol. 14 no. 11. SpinMedia LLC. p. 62. ISSN 0886-3032.
  5. "Single of the Week – Love Song". Birmingham Evening Mail. 16 March 1999.
  6. Molenda, Michael (March 1999). "Furslide – Adventurous Spirit". Guitar Player. Vol. 33 no. 351. New Bay Media. ISSN 0017-5463.
  7. Hogg, Karen (2001). Guitar Styles – Women in Rock. Alfred Music Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 9780739020166.
  8. Ammann, Ana (2002). "Inner". ROCKRGRL. Vol. 43–49. p. 127.
  9. Paoletta, Michael (12 May 2001). "Farell, Tricky Deliver Sizzling Sounds For Summer". Billboard. p. 102.
  10. "Henrietta Tiefenthaler: Das Chormädchen als It-Girl". Samir H. Köck, Die Presse. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  11. "Meet Julian Casablancas' Latest Signing: Exclamation Pony". Kim Taylor Bennett, Noisey. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  12. "Premiere: High Desert Fires, 'Azrael'". Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  13. "The Lemonheads review – Dando junks old habits in glittering homage to back catalogue". Dave Simpson, The Guardian. 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  14. "In Limbo". TEEN Bandcamp page. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  15. "Be Here When You Get There". Setting Sun Bandcamp page. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  16. "Katie Burden, "My Blind Eye"". Sjimon Gompers, Impose. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  17. "Start My Center". American Anyman Bandcamp page. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  18. "Strange Moon". Katie Burden Bandcamp page. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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