Event Listing - Music

Sun May 11

Judith Owen

Tel. 831.646.1415
Website

Location	Date and Time
Monterey Live 414 Alvarado St. Monterey, CA 93940 district: Monterey	Sun May 11 (8:30pm)

Description

Since her late-Nineties emergence on the world stage, fans, critics and Hollywood have been captivated by the truth-seeking lyricism and all-encompassing artistry of Judith Owen. With her newest album, "Happy This Way" (2007, Courgette Records), on the heels of the acclaimed "Here" (2006), Owen is in the midst of a breakthrough period, earning a critical and popular embrace that situates her in an even more rarefied group of distinguished artists.

Following the release of "Here," which earned her an appearance on NBC's "Today Show" among many other accolades, Owen performed the material live in major cities across the U.S., Canada and the UK. Reviewing her at NYC's great launching pad for singer-songwriters, The Living Room, The New York Times raved that she "has the kind of wailing folk-jazz voice that slices away surfaces to touch vulnerable emotional nerve endings and leave you quivering."

Now comes Happy This Way, a layered homage to Owen's native Britain, co-produced by Owen and her longtime cohort John Fischbach, engineer of Stevie Wonder's classic 1976 album Songs In "The Key Of Life." The new recording ranges in mood and style from the fun British Invasion pop-rock of "Painting by Numbers" to the wistful chamber-pop of the strings-laden "Conway Bay."

Over the course of Happy This Way, Owen calls upon her pop, rock, jazz, classical, R&B and theatrical influences which culminate in a singular artistry, equal parts musicality and wit.