Thank You!

I'm back in Austin after my East Coast tour! Big thanks to all the family and friends who helped me in my travels.

The venues were amazing too, thanks to The Corner Store, Institute of Musical Traditions, SOVA, Pete's Candy Store, House of Love Concerts and The Rinzler's for providing a space to perform.

Hope to see you down the road!

xo,
Jen

B - A - N - J - O

Who:

Meet Adam Kobetich, banjo player and wearer of hats.

This fine gentleman will be providing
the rolls & frails
my music has been
not so secretly longing for.  

You can witness this.

What: Music like wide eyed dreams

When: Saturday, September 15, 2012 8:00 PM 

Where:

Irie Bean Coffee Bar 

2310 South Lamar Boulevard, 

Austin, TX 

United States

Plus: The Sparrowmakers (Ms. Thais Perkins & Mr. Wilson Marks) (9:30 PM)

heading to song school

to mountains
cold waters
and core warming sun

by Wednesday no doubt
there will be tears
little prisms

to reflect the

color

blue sky
brown fence
red rock
green moss
black lights
switch on into
indigo night

Radio Interview & Houston Shows

It's a busy week!

I've got two shows in the Houston area:

Thurs, July 19 - notsuoH 
Set: 8:30 PM
 Doors: 8:00 PM
 21+ Tickets: $3
 - The Big Reveal (10:00 PM),  Mash McLain (11:00 PM) 

Fri, July 20 - Dunn Bros Katy
Set: 7:30 PM 
All Ages Free

Then on Saturday you can hear me perform on the radio!

Sat, July 21st, 1pm ET - The Lee Michael Demsey Show 
105.5 FM (DC) 93.5 FM (Hagerstown, Frederick)
listen online at http://BluegrassCountry.org
or with the iPhone app 

Here's a handy calendar link to add yourself a reminder ;)

I'll add the on-demand audio to my website soon after the 21st.

Tour Photos

Click on the picture for the full album

Miles of Music 2012

Brooklyn

Northeast Tour!

Miles of Music Camp

Oh my, I'm so excited to be heading on tour this month!

First up is the Miles of Music Camp on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. It's a week of rustic camping and music learning... I might not even have cell phone service, exciting!

Then after camp, I'm heading to Brooklyn, NY to perform a concert at the First Unitarian Unversalist Society of Brooklyn, Saturday, June 16th. It's an event targeted at people in their 20's and 30's (but all 18+ are welcome). AND there's a beer tasting... RSVP here.

NYC in 2011

Finally I'll be going back home to DC for a House Concert, Friday, June 22nd, at the home of Elise Foster in Columbia Heights. Let me know if you can make it...
RSVP here.

Elise & I at SXSW

Hope to see you down the road!

xo,

Jen

Spring in Austin

It's another rainy day here in Austin, we've had quite a few this week, this month. In the meantime, I'm crossing my fingers that it doesn't rain for any of my upcoming outdoor gigs... Below are my upcoming shows, I would love to see you out at one and I'd like to think I make it pretty easy, because the places I'm playing are well stocked with tasty food, cheap drink, and everyone's favorite; caffeine.

THIS FRIDAY, May 11th, 8-9 p.m.
Bouldin Creek Food Park
1209 S. First St (just North of the Torchy's trailer park)
 - this is the perfect place to bring the kiddos
 - this is the perfect place to get a delicious meal: Wasota African Cuisine, Soco to Go, Little Thai Food, and Phatso's Cheesesteaks (BYOB)
- the music starts at 6pm with Heather Miller and JUSTIF and then me!

WEDNESDAY, May 23rd, 6-7:30 p.m.
 Flipnotics Coffeespace
 1601 Barton Springs Rd
 - the talented Bethel Steele is heading down from Boston and will be playing right after me. 
 - most beer and wine is a dollar to fifty cents off during happy hour

Irie Bean Open Mic

Also, my regular Wednesday night Open Mic is still taking place, I always play a set at the beginning and then open it up to others, if you wanna play just send me an email or signup at 6:30. 

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 30, 7-9:30 p.m.
Irie Bean Open Mic
2310 S. Lamar Blvd
 - the beer is $2 a bottle (not just Lone star, but Shiner too)
 - good for the kiddos and the patio is lovely this time of year

I'm also working on my June tour schedule right now... if you're in Boston, Brooklyn, or DC, I'm coming to you!!

last night

I looked up

    the moon's a foggy smile

jogged to catch

the 3 bus, diagonally

across the empty street

holding (like a smooth pebble

in my bag) your thought,

    it was really good to see you,

a week later but you said it,

    briefly, Jen

briefly me.

My SXSW 2012

March 17

Irie Bean St. Patty's Day Show

Head for the Hills

The Railflowers played 2nd

Rakosi

Jen Hitt!

with Jason Williams

Joy Kills Sorrow

March 16

The Dalles got all sweaty and seriously rocked the White Horse

A City By A Lake: Uplifting layered singable pop

March 15

Boris McCutcheon at the White Horse

March 14
Later in the evening Ray Wylie Hubbard just made it very clear, in case you needed reminding, that he is still a bad ass. It was too crowded to get a photo, same with the Steeldrivers set.

The Farewell Drifters in their SXSW debut

French Legation Museum: Contrary to the schedule this was not Niki and the Dove, they played dreamy rock with good vocal harmonies, two drummers and an accordion. 

J Irvin Dally = yes

March 13

I was not happy with the t-shirt advertising I was being asked to wear...

...so I put a bird on it!

SXSWoah!

Sarah Jarosz at SXSW '10

It's upon us, this crazy festival of music, film, and interaction.

In years past I've been the visitor and bounced around from show to show, but this year I'm going to be much more stationary. I'll be helping the local NPR affiliate, KUT edit their live performances for later air.

I'm also working on stage crew at the White Horse, March 14-16, so I'll catch all the official showcases there. I'm excited to hear:
The Farewell Drifters
The SteelDrivers
Jack Wilson
Shakey Graves
Brennen Leigh

Saturday (3/17), I'm playing at and producing a day show at Irie Bean:
2pm Head for the Hills
2:45 The Railflowers
3:15 Rakosi
4:00 Jen Hitt
4:45 Dave Mulligan
5:15 Joy Kills Sorrow

Dengue Fever at SXSW '10

Here are some of my other picks:

• Tuesday - The United States Of America's Greatest Open Mic of All Time
• Wednesday - Crash Avenue Media & Management Party with Kyle James Hauser and ComboPlate Booking Party with JT Nero & Allison Russell
• Thursday - Annie Street sxsw showcase with Elliott, Rose, da Costa
• Friday - GoGirl Showcase with Melissa Ferrick

Winter Tour '12

Well the road has been pretty kind to me so far. I've been in Memphis since Wednesday at the Folk Alliance Conference. It's a whirlwind event with music music music 24 hours a day and all kinds of industry seminars. Here are some of my faves (check out these people's music):

Bethel being awesome at Blue Plate Dinner

• best randomly determined roommate:
  Bethel Steele
• best reconnection:
  Jenna Lindbo 
• best fan-photo:
  Melissa Ferrick
• best music discovery:
  The Sweetness
• best elevator buddy:
  Connor Garvey 

Melissa Ferrick and me!

I'm heading to Nashville next, gonna spend some downtime with Echo and have more musical adventures. Oh and Echo needs to take me to the juice and salad bar. I need some carrot juice and some Kale to make up for everything I've been (happily) eating in Memphis.

Then on Thursday I'm off to DC, I'll be there March 1-6. I'll get to visit WAMU, perform a few times, and hug everyone thoroughly.

And I'm touring around with copies of my new short album, Tonight. I'll have some special hand-pressed copies for sale in DC.

Songwriting Club

I joined a very fun songwriting group, called Songwriters Anonymous, and yesterday wrote a song for the biweekly meeting. The title was picked by the group, so here's my take on it!

It features Duke the Fluke that the lovely Leigh Ann let me borrow.

In the Studio and In Memphis

I'm super excited!! I've booked studio time at Bruce Chandler's studio and will be recording a short, 6 song, album in the beginning of February. The songs I've picked out are Austin, Long Story, Here's the Thing, Superman, Tonight and a brand new one, Turn the Page.

I wrote Turn the Page sitting here in Austin thinking about my DC family of friends, it's a love story really. It starts with my usual walk to Chadwicks on Monday evening.

I'm also making preparations to head to the Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis in the end of February. Since I'll be travelling, I'm hoping to head to Nashville briefly after that and then on to DC and possibly Brooklyn.

I'll be sure to post dates on my tour page as soon as they're confirmed.

And I have a show in Austin coming up at the Irie Bean on Thursday, Feb. 2nd at 8pm. It's half price wine night, so it should be a blast.

Hope to see you out at a show!