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| Jude Johnstone Featured on Public Radio's "Art of the Song" Jude Johnstone has been a successful songwriter for over 20 years and will discuss her creative process when writing songs in the one-hour program public radio show, "Art of the Song, " airing the week of June 2, 2009. The show explores the universal truths common to the creative expression. Jude began playing the piano and writing songs at the age of eight. She started playing clubs at 16 and at 19 she surprised no one when she headed West to continue to hone her skills in the studios and nightclubs of LA, where she found herself collaborating with many of the city's top producers including Henry Lewy, T-Bone Burnett, & Chuck Plotkin. Johnstone immersed herself in songwriting and has enjoyed a successful career for more than 20 years. Her songs have been praised and covered by an impressive list of artists including Emmylou Harris (Hold On), Stevie Nicks (Cry Wolf), Bonnie Raitt (Wounded Heart), Jennifer Warnes (The Nightingale), Bette Midler (The Girl is On To You), Trisha Yearwood (Hearts in Armor), and Johnny Cash (Unchained), the title cut to his 1997 Grammy-winning album. Johnstone also wrote the number 1 song, "The Women Before Me, " for Trisha Yearwood's debut CD, which was recognized with a BMI Songwriters Award. With the desire to promote her songs to a wider audience she and longtime manager Bob Burton decided to go into the studio aided by Garth Fundis, (Yearwood's longtime producer), to record an album of her own. They released her debut CD "Coming of Age" in 2002 on BoJak Records. "Coming of Age" received critical acclaim leading to an interview on NPR's Morning Edition and reaching #6 on Amazon's Best Seller's List. Her songs "Wounded Heart" and "The Nightingale, " from her debut CD "Coming of Age" and "In This House" and "The Hereafter, " from her sophomore CD "On a Good Day, " were featured in Lifetime/ABC's television hit series "Army Wives.""On a Good Day" generated impressive media buzz which led to Johnstone's national television debut where she performed the title track on CBS's "The Early Show." The title track of her latest CD "Mr. Sun, " is featured in an episode of the Showtime series "Nurse Jackie, " airing in 2009. Johnstone was nominated for an Independent Music Award for the use of "In This House" in the TV/Film category for 2008. Johnstone's most recent CDs, "Blue Light" and "Mr. Sun, " are jazz/blues influenced projects possessing the distinctively sensitive and soulful qualities found in her previous two discs. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |