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Moon and the Morning After by Jill Jack
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fave it Acoustic | Folk Pop
12 tracks | 48 minutes
Released Oct 2005
on UpHill Productions
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 Find My Way Home lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 Find My Way Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 Find My Way Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 Gettin' On In Memphis (The Elvis Song) lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 Gettin' On In Memphis (The Elvis Song) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 Gettin' On In Memphis (The Elvis Song)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 Do I Dare lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 Do I Dare lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 Do I Dare
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 Drink The Dust lyrics BUY MP3 04:19 Drink The Dust lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:19 Drink The Dust
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:39 Virgil Greene lyrics BUY MP3 03:39 Virgil Greene lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:39 Virgil Greene
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:36 Full Circle lyrics BUY MP3 04:36 Full Circle lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:36 Full Circle
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:52 Runnin' lyrics BUY MP3 03:52 Runnin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:52 Runnin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:23 What Is It About Us lyrics BUY MP3 05:23 What Is It About Us lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:23 What Is It About Us
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:23 Roamin' lyrics BUY MP3 03:23 Roamin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:23 Roamin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:08 My Own Parade lyrics BUY MP3 05:08 My Own Parade lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:08 My Own Parade
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:20 Bus Don't Stop Here No More lyrics BUY MP3 04:20 Bus Don't Stop Here No More lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:20 Bus Don't Stop Here No More
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:49 Fallen (A Love Song) lyrics BUY MP3 02:49 Fallen (A Love Song) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:49 Fallen (A Love Song)
Sexy, smooth, sultry, well-trained yet twangy. . .a voice that's uniquely pretty and strong. Songs that blend Americana, folk, old country and rock.
Editorial review
Hopefully this is the one that gets people to sit up, take notice, and get on their feet clapping. Jill Jack is one of those canny and original singer/songwriters who has quietly built herself a following in her home state of Michigan, and amassed a recorded catalog of uncommon depth, passion, and vision. Moon and the Morning After contains 12 gritty new tracks that feature a host of Detroit's and Ann Arbor's elite studio hands, from drummer Ron Pangborn and acoustic string wizard David Mosher to Billy Brandt, Roscoe Gordon (who engineered the set as well as played on it), Nolan Mendenhall (who also acted as producer), Bobby Lewis, and Greg C. Brown, to name a few. But it's Jack's songs that lay the ground for the magic to begin. This is a tougher set than has come to be expected from her. She's written a slew of deeply moving and candid ballads for this collection, including the shatteringly beautiful opener "Find My Way Home" and the closer "Fallen," which bookends the album; but in between lie country, R&B, and straight-up rock & roll songs that are tough, literate, and emotionally searing. There's the funky, edgy strut of "Drink the Dust"; the rootsy, modern-day rockabilly paean to Elvis in "Getting' on in Memphis"; the sweet country stroll of "Do I Dare," with a lovely Mosher mandolin backdrop that stands in stark opposition to the clean, razor slash of honesty and confessional passion in the lyric. The unabashedly vulnerable "Fallen" is its folk song counterpart here. Then there's the straight-up lean and rock & roll manifesto to personal and spiritual realization and fearlessness that is "My Own Parade." It's not only inspiring but downright rousing in a Sunday morning church of the street way. There's a sheer, rough-edged poetry on this album that stands on its own -- as the revelation of life in the process of being lived through in all its guises, and not as simply a witness to it, but as a bloodied but unbowed participant in the journey. Songs such as "Roamin'," with its loose country stroll is actually a prayer. And it reveals the secret of Moon and the Morning After. The entire album functions that way, albeit in a labyrinthine manner. It digs through the past, accepts its struggles and blessings as a method and promise for whatever comes next. Acceptance and surrender are not easily revealed in popular song. They usually appear in some hidden corner inside reference, or as clich?, or cheap drama. Jack steers clear of all of this. She strips her lyrics and her song structures to the bone, cutting without precision, leaving a clear sign of the scars. She likes the look of truth, because in all honesty, its always comes as a ragamuffin calling incessantly from the dark and murky rivers of the human heart. That she can create a musical tapestry that allows elegance, grace, and rugged self-reliance equal to weight is a gift. That she can carry them all in the grain of her voice as the foundations of hard-won truth is beautiful. And beauty, in all its shadows and shapes is at the center of Moon and the Morning After. This is an exceptionally honest rock & roll record, but it's one that delivers musically as well as lyrically in spades and diamonds. Simply put, Moon and the Morning After is Jack's finest moment yet. And as a side note, to see her perform live is an electrifying and sometimes nearly otherworldly experience. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"Jill Jack has all the makings of a major talent. She's got the stage presence, the voice, the ability to interpret songs passionately ... there's a lot of soul in what she does" - Billboard Magazine
A woman with a strong drive and ambition, Jill Jack has a unique voice, with a distinct timbre that sets her apart. Fusing folk, rock, and country, Jill draws comparisons to such singers as Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crowe, Natalie Merchant, "and any other chick with a guitar," she laughs. The intuitive sensitivity of Jill's songwriting is often compared to Woody Guthrie and even John Mellencamp.
Her genre-jumping sound doesn't slide easily into any one format and keeps her free to write and sing what she wants, the way she wants, to create her own sound. "I am a folk artist and I'm proud of that. But I hope people will listen to my music and hear that I can do more than just a good folk song. I can go from singing a sweet ballad to rockin' the place out.
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