JENN LINDSAY: The Last New York Horn

Jenn Lindsay

The Last New York Horn

© 2004 Jenn Lindsay (753114006122)

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Feisty folk tunes for the jobless, brave, and indignant.

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"ONE OF THE BEST FOLK CDS OF ALL TIME" --Derek Sivers, CD Baby

"DELICIOUSLY EARNEST...LINDSAY'S BEST SONGS ARE EMPOWERING BATTLE HYMNS FOR THE PERPETUALLY DOWNTRODDEN." --Entertainment Today (Los Angeles)




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Other Jenn Lindsay releases:
FIRED, www.cdbaby.com/jennlindsay4
GOTTA LOTTA, www.cdbaby.com/jennlindsay3
THE STORY OF WHAT WORKS, www.cdbaby.com/jennlindsay2
BRING IT ON, www.cdbaby.com/jennlindsay

"If Jenn Lindsay's songs got the recognition they deserved, New York would be one receptionist short and the folk world would be one star richer" Nicky Rossiter, RAMBLES

When Jenn Lindsay played a women's music festival last year in Santa Cruz, CA, the 400-person audience was on their feet several times for good reason. In her 3-year involvement playing on New York City's underground folk circuit, Lindsay's music has ignited a substantial east coast following. She's just finished her fifth album, THE LAST NEW YORK HORN, and is touring nationally in support of it and her happy transient art-life.

Jenn's musical community is the NYC Antifolk scene, a hub of musicians based in the East Village's Sidewalk Cafe, who share a mutual distaste for mediocre, well-packaged mainstream music.

Read more at www.jennlindsay.com

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  • a terrific record of catchy, inventive melodies and spare, gutsy arrangements
    author: Victory Music

    If she doesn’t watch out, Jenn Lindsay could get pretty big. She’s a challenging artist who, after a few years and a couple of albums and EP’s has achieved that magic balance between undiluted personal politics and a sound so appealing that a general audience will dig it. Last New York Horn is a terrific record of catchy, inventive melodies, spare, gutsy arrangements and beguiling singing . . . and lyrics that are scary as you want them to be. Lindsay packs’em in at the small clubs that cater to “queer-themed” music, but her album has only a cut or two that is overtly gay (“Jill + Jill”), and the rest have messages that have general human applications. Her core audience gets what it wants from the live recording “Close,” but everybody else gets an intense acoustic rocker about the scary feelings everyone has as a relationship is about to turn an important corner. Her snarling political manifesto, “Uncle Sam,” uses some startling sexual metaphors, but again, Lindsay’s views are inclusive rather than exclusive. Her achievement, then, is that which has sold millions for the Indigo Girls. If anything, Jenn Lindsay is more interesting and versatile than that duo, handling most of the instruments herself with the expertise and aplomb of one who has served a big league apprenticeship in SF and NY, hitting the stage all alone. Last New York Horn is nearly an all-solo effort, but for some electric guitar and drum flavorings here and there by Nan Turner and Casey Holford. This is a CD to get! (Tom Petersen)

  • North American Folk Alliance Conference
    author: In Music We Trust

    The 16th annual North American Folk Alliance Conference was held this past February 26th -- 29th, 2004 in San Diego, California...Later in the afternoon we caught a few songs from the humorous and edgy Jenn Lindsay. Her satirical take on her visit to New York and another song called "Jill and Jill" had the audience grinning throughout.

  • author: ectophiles guide

    An Ani Difranco comparison is inevitable. Jenn Lindsay is a kind of cross between early Ani Difranco and early Jewel before the success of Pieces of You created a monster. Lyrically she sometimes reminds me a little of Regina Spektor. Just when I start to think that I just don't like contemporary folk anymore, someone like Jenn Lindsay comes along. She got a nice, versatile voice, excellent lively creative songwriting and smart, sharp lyrics. My faith is restored. I gather she's part of the New York Anti-folk crowd. More power to them! (Neile)

  • effortlessly enjoyable
    author: Altar Magazine

    The Last New York Horn is the fifth release from anti-folk singer and songwriter Jenn Lindsay. It’s an intimate, highly personal affair, featuring reflections on her own life, national politics, and as hinted in the title, New York City. The album mostly features acoustic instrumentation and gives center stage to the singing and lyrics. Lindsay’s voice is strong and pleasant and at times she demonstrates remarkable control. Her vocal flourishes provide the highlights of some songs, but her singing is never overdone or distracting. I found her vocals to be very engaging, and her obvious accomplishment is a big part of what makes this album an effortlessly enjoyable listen. Lyrically, the album is introverted to a fault. The songs all, to a greater or lesser degree, revolve around Lindsay’s life, and this is both a strength and weakness for the album. While songs like “Jill + Jill,” an account of Lindsay’s exploration of her homosexuality, are interesting and affecting, others, like “Doggy,” yes, about dogs, tried my patience a little. The best tracks on this album feature enough wit to make the heaviest subject matter easy to approach, but others, like the aforementioned “Doggy,” strangely seem to approach their subject all too earnestly, as when Lindsay sings, “do not leave your doggy alone/do not leave your dog alone at your home.” My sense of the album is that Lindsay will either win you over with her insight, well-expressed emotion, and bare-all approach to writing or she won’t, either making songs like “Doggy” charming and forgettable or else fatally irritating. I think most people who are open to singer-songwriter acoustic music will fall in the former group, as I did and find this to be a good disc overall. It certainly helps that the music is very well crafted and almost never feels like an afterthought to the lyrics, an all-too-common pitfall in this genre of music. She succeeds in evoking a variety of moods while varying the tone, rhythm, and instrumentation from track to track. The production is quite sympathetic, balancing the various instruments against Lindsay’s voice well. This is a very enjoyable and easy listen. Lindsay is a talented and engaging singer, and The Last New York Horn is a good bet for those looking for personal and emotional acoustic rock music. (Review by Chris Sherman)

  • author: Jilly P

    This CD was my first introduction to Jenn, and it blew me away. "I hope it's enough for them, 'cauz it's enough for me." Jenn, it's more than enough. In fact words can't describe...thank you.

  • author: San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center

    One of the Antifolk scene's favorite ambassadors... a unique brand of witty, irreverent accoustic folk.

  • author: Splendid--Matthew Pollesel

    Three songs into The Last New York Horn, Jenn Lindsay commits heresy. You won't notice, of course, unless you heard her last full-length, Gotta Lotta, and are aware that she's a part of New York City's Antifolk scene. Even so, right in the middle of "Dry Heat", Lindsay delivers lines you wouldn't expect to come from her, of all people: "It's very clear where I wanna be / Ooh, sugar, out of New York City", after which she explains why she's decamping to California. For someone whose best song, "I Am Not Going Home Yet", was about being a New Yorker dealing with 9/11, it doesn't seem to bode well for the success of her new album. Of course, being the intelligent, erudite folkie that she is, Lindsay goes on to show that while her geographic space may have changed, she hasn't lost her ability to comment on whatever is going on around her -- or, as is the case in many of the songs here, what's going on inside her head. So what does that mean she sings about? Topics as varied as you'd expect from someone who sings "Gotta lotta voices in my little head" (as Lindsay does in opener "White Room"). There's politics, both in the Bush-bashing sense ("Uncle Sam", with the lines "Alone in a room with Uncle Sam / You can guess where he tried to put his hand / And I said, 'Screw you Uncle Sam!! You're a dirty old man!'") and in the more personal sense ("Beauty Queen", in which Lindsay sings of the need for protest singers). There's sexual identity (the gender questioning of "Jill + Jill"). There are songs about wanting to leave ("Close"), and songs about feeling dislocated ("Califorlornia" and "The Question Changed", the latter featuring the beautiful opening lines, "I walk in this city, I thought this city would be my friend / It hasn't failed me yet, but I failed it again and again"). There's even a song about Lindsay's dog (the appropriately-named "Doggy"). As with Gotta Lotta, one song here stands above the others -- in this case, album-closer "Story". Much like "I Am Not Going Home Yet", it's long and rambling...but Lindsay is one of those rare artists whose ramblings make good lyrics. The song follows the arc of a relationship from beginning to peak ("When I sang I sang about your body cuz it's the one thing I understand") to the first sign of trouble ("You an I are so different / Mission drama and mission control") to end, showing that Lindsay's musical palette (essentially just voice and guitar) has little bearing on the scope of her lyrical ambition. Whether Lindsay's move to California (if, in fact, she's still there -- her website makes no mention of where she currently resides) will have any effect on this ambition remains to be seen -- after all, the West Coast is hardly known as a place of deep introspection. Nonetheless, based on the strength of The Last New York Horn, if anyone can stay true to an artistic vision, Jenn Lindsay can.

  • EDITOR'S PICK
    author: Smother.net: J-Sin

    Matching the subtle intensity of her “Fired!” album would be a daunting task for your average singer/songwriter but Jenn casts all doubt aside with her album opener “White Room” not to be confused with the Cream song mind you. Her knack for writing about the things that your average Joe cares about is special and gifted. Sure her music is anti-folk but its pro-everything that anyone looks for in music. Nifty lyrics sung in a melodic and almost haunting voice that carries above the laid back journey of this sultry soft folk rock. “Jill+Jill” tells the tale of a self-realizing lesbian and all the confusion that arises from the so-called alternative lifestyle (how can someone question your sexual preference when its been around since the dawn of woman and man?). It’s these kind of tales that she weaves in her songs that will have you clamoring for more. This is a very special singer/songwriter. - J-Sin

  • what a genuine voice
    author: Sarah S Glazer

    I think that Jenn Lindsay has done an exceptional job about getting her voice heard. How can someone not be obsessed with her lyrics and beautiful voice. The way she is able to change her pitch and emotion with every other word is remarkable.. I am truly honored to have been able to see her live because she is just as honest and genuine as she is on her cd. Now, it's time to show the world.. I will definitely be passing her name around.

  • author: Coolgrrrls

    Jenn Lindsay is not afraid. Seemingly of anything. She sings with a commanding presence. In the song "Uncle Sam" when she says "you should listen," you do. She herself describes the album as "a cohesive meditation on change, ambition, cities, disappointment and, of course, being pissed at the Bush administration." Whether you agree with her political views or not, Ms. Lindsay must be commended for her ability to express her emotion. She is not a hider. I am familiar with Jenn Lindsay's work, I reviewed her one of her past cds, "Gotta Lotta." I can see a great progression in her music. It is morphing and molding into a beautiful work in progress, but never overprocessed or polished. It is raw, uninhibited emotion. There are two kinds of people in this world, those who make things happen for themselves and those who hide behind the first kind of people. Jenn Lindsay shows, through "The Last New York Horn," that she is the first kind of person and she is taking the folk music world by "horn." -Katie Kiedyk

  • By Adam McKibbin
    author: Entertainment Today (Los Angeles)

    There is something deliciously earnest, almost childlike, about “Doggy,” a stop-start song on piano that appears about halfway through Jenn Lindsay’s fifth album. “You’re so lucky your superintendent even lets you have a dog,” Lindsay sings, and the listener can take this at face value. But “Doggy” also touches upon the dominant themes in Lindsay’s songs: fighting against the blind cruelties of the world and fighting for a shot at storybook romance. As a young veteran in NYC’s underground folk scene, Lindsay’s best songs are empowering battle hymns for society’s perpetually downtrodden. Her unflinching lyrics are always a strength; she has perceptive and sympathetic eyes. She doesn’t spare herself from her razor gaze, but she recognizes the greater enemies (Dubya, I’m lookin’ in your direction). Other songs show that she realizes that even activists should find time to fall in love and be sexy and silly. Sometimes, however, she gets a little too precious, like when she sings about Jill and Jill coming down the hill or when she wistfully sings of “Califorlornia” (famous for our Californication?). And occasionally she is distracted by folk songs celebrating the unrecognized struggle/importance/dedication of folk singers (“Beauty Queen,” “Sidewalk Song”). On The Last New York Horn, surprisingly, it’s the varied instrumentation and melodic arrangements—rather than the words—that linger longest (“Cedar Trees,” “Winter”). But, in an election year, there is one line that rings loudest of all: “It’s your beat-up, bullied, bamboozled nation. It’s your people. And you should listen.”

  • author: tessa from amarillo texas

    I went to the Fringe Festival tonight. It was so great. Jenn Lindsey was there. She is this amazingly talented folk singer. She blew me away with her beautiful music. I got her autograph. It was so hilarious because I walked up to her and I said loudly "You're so great". She wrote, "You filled my gas tank" on my liner. I thought it was quite cute. You should know. Yeah, I think this CD is so good. Jenn Lindsay - "The Last New York Horn".

  • you sing it girl!!
    author: jayme

    this cd is not only great to listen to but fairly charged with what some of us can only wish we could say as loud and powerful!! i love love love the piano it is soft and melodic with richness of heart!! classy!

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