| Jennifer Terran | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Origin: | Santa Barbara |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter, pianist |
| Instrument: | Piano |
| Label: | Grizelda Records |
Jennifer Terran is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Santa Barbara, California. In 1996, she started her own music label, Grizelda Records. Her most critically acclaimed solo album is The Musician, which was licensed by Continental Record Services in the Netherlands, and recognized by The Sunday Times as one of its best albums of the year in 2002.
Terran plays the piano and sings on her records, often leading to her being compared to Tori Amos. She is also a hip hop dance instructor, as well as a producer, having established her own music label, Grizelda Records, in 1996.[1] [2] She has produced five solo albums: Cruel, Rabbit, The Musician, Live from Painted Cave and Full Moon in 3. In October 2012 she released her album Born from the Womb of Silence.[3]
Her album The Musician, first released in January 2001, was licensed the following year by Continental Record Services in the Netherlands, the European arm of Rounder Records. In 2002 the Sunday Times selected her album The Musician as its second best album of the year, and it was recognized as the "best pop record of the year" by Dutch magazine Heaven.[4] That year, Terran embarked on a European tour, playing at small venues in the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.
In December 2007, Terran's recording of "Que Sera Sera" featured in a commercial for Dell's XPS computer, accompanied by exploding monitors and wrecking balls.[5] [6]
In 2002, critic Mark Edwards wrote in The Times that The Musician was "An astonishing album by an almost unknown singer-songwriter". While noting similarities with Kate Bush and Tori Amos, he said that Terran "takes her songs into darker territories, especially on Mad Magdaline, her epic tale of revenge against the record industry by ... an unknown singer-songwriter". Music & Media compared Terran's "This Recording" as "reminiscent of Beverly Graven's hit Promise Me, only with a lot more lyrical depth".
Terran grew up in Los Angeles, California. Her father, trumpeter Tony Terran, was a successful session musician who performed with Frank Sinatra and The Beatles, and is credited on the I Love Lucy theme song.[7] Her mother was a dancer. She was raised as a Mormon and started off playing in bands from an early age. Terran is married to fellow musician Brendan Statom.[8] [9]
| Title | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Cruel | January 1997 | |
| Rabbit | January 1998 | |
| The Musician[11] | January 2001 | |
| Live From Painted Cave | January 2004 | |
| Full Moon in 3 | January 2006 | |
| Born From The Womb Of Silence | October 2012 |