A fearless and exuberant performing songwriter, Jean Synodinos has a voice that's been hailed as a veritable force of nature. Dynamic and powerful, it's capable of changing from an insinuating whisper to a full-throated belt. Critics have called it [+]A fearless and exuberant performing songwriter, Jean Synodinos has a voice that's been hailed as a veritable force of nature. Dynamic and powerful, it's capable of changing from an insinuating whisper to a full-throated belt. Critics have called it "big-league," "blues smoky and rich," and "show-stopping."
Her debut solo studio CD, "Lucky," offers eleven tracks of groove, grit and grace, illustrating why Jean's been called, "... this sexy, soulful mix of Dusty Springfield and Joan Armatrading." "Lucky" features drop-dead performances by some of Austin, TX's finest players, including Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash) and Chris Searles (The Flatlanders, Shawn Colvin). See below for the whole list of luminaries!
Jean's list of awards attests to her artistry as a songwriter. A winner of the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk competition and the KRCL Founder's Day Festival Songwriting Competition, Jean's songs juxtapose elements of pop, folk, blues and jazz to tell her stories of surviving--and thriving. Her solo guitar work is formidable, and Jean consistently wows audiences with her particular mix of humor and heartache, delivered with unapologetic commitment.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT LUCKY:
"Synodinos is amazing... She has some excellent moves as a songwriter and is an accomplished acoustic guitarist, but ber big gun, and I mean .50 caliber made by badass Hellenes, is the marvel that is her voice." -- John Conquest, Third Coast Music
"As fine a vocalist as she is a composer,'Lucky' is one of the most overlooked albums of recent memory." -- Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle
"Wow! The vocals are amazing, and so's the content, instrumentation and arrangements. A very tasty offering, and for that, BOY am I Lucky!" -- Chris Darling, WMPG-FM, Portland, ME
"Austin-based singer-songwriter Jean Synodinos belts out the kind of bluesy vocal delivery that is paradoxically both bawdy and coy. There's just a hint-of-Texas mystery to her vibe that you can't quite define... is it down-home or come-hither? She's wisely surrounded herself on this CD with superb sidemen, including guitarists Charles Rieser and David Hamburger, and just the right mix of horns to perfectly complement her acoustic musical vision. Whoever is touched by a liste
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