Jenny Magnus
Country of origin:
U.S.
Type of music generally:
Musical theater pop
Status:
Most recent release, Songs from Shows [dimwit mandatory observations of an orchestrated catastrophe] (2008)
See also:
Jenny Magnus's siteSee The Ectophiles' Guide's entry for Maestro Subgum and the Whole, a previous project of Jenny Magnus
Comparisons:
Tom Waits, Veda Hille
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
Jenny Magnus makes compelling and strange music. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Recommended first album:
Songs from Shows [dimwit mandatory observations of an orchestrated catastrophe] is the first we've heard
Recordings include:
Songs from Shows [dimwit mandatory observations of an orchestrated catastrophe] (2008)
Songs from Shows [dimwit mandatory observations of an orchestrated catastrophe]
Release info:
2008—uvulittle Records—UVU-401
Availability:
See Jenny Magnus's site
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Jenny Magnus—paper fan, leather gloves, snare drum, digital recorder, grand piano, kleenex box, electric toothbrush, bell, Lena's crockery, bass drum, floor tom, xylette, flute, Lena's busted casio, coins, tablas, crummy old piano, barrel rolling down the ball, ukulele, vase, boots, floor sqeaks, Russian dolls, records, manual typewriter, kid's xylophone, farfisa, timpani, busted organ, matches, Swedish door knocker, voices
Comments:
Jenny Magnus performs pretty weird and theatrical songs on this record. These mostly short songs have an appeal even outside the theatre, since they are edgy and literate. Any comparison seems foolish, but there's a touch of Tom Waits to her restless experimentation and a flavour of Veda Hille. And how can you not like a record where someone plays a paper fan? (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Thanks to stjarnell@yahoo.com for work on this entry.
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