She is woman, hear her roar! Singer-Songwriter-guitarist-keyboardist JILL CAROLE belts it out this week on local stages before setting out on a UK tour next month with former Zombie Colin Blunstone. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music, Carole just released her new CD entitled The Easter Bunny, Sex and Santa Claus and it's a doozie. Her lyrics are smart and sassy, with enough humor to offset the serious subject matter-love, betrayal and revenge, sung with a bittersweet resonance that reverberates in the heart. Her vibrant independence is reminiscent of Kate Bush or Tori Amos or maybe a mature Fiona Apple, but Carole knows not to take herself too seriously and delivers a smile after the heavy stuff. Onstage, she commands attention with a whipping head of hair and that alluring voice. Catch her now, before she's off across the Atlantic. Jill Carole will perform Thursday, April 9 at New George's in San Rafael at 9 pm with guitarist/bassist Paul Robinson. She and Robinson are also scheduled to perform Tuesday April 14 at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley as part of the Local Gold showcase and Friday, April 24 at Borders Books in San Rafael. For tickets and times, call the venues or visit www.jillcarole.com-JF, PACIFIC SUN - April 8 - April 14, 1998
Although Jill Carole says she has probably been writing songs since she could talk, at one point she tried to become a novelist - unsuccessfully. "I didn't like all the time and solitude it took," she explains.
Instead, Carole prefers the immediacy of music and the gratification of performing. Raised on Beethoven, Mozart ,and the Beatles by her mother, an opera singer, Carole says "there was always music around" when she was a kid.
Now that her husband guitarist/producer Paul Robinson has pulled Carole out of her self-described "reclusive shell,' it looks like she won't have to worry about feeling solitary anytime soon. She was recently signed to a U.K. label, Mystic Records, and will be embarking on her very first tour this May in England, as a supporting act for former Zombies lead singer, Colin Blunstone.
Band name: Jill Carole
Type of music: Moody pop with Southern belleisms.
Musicians and their hometowns: Jill Carole, Corte Madera. Born and raised in Birmingham, Ala.
CDs: "The Easter Bunny, Sex and Santa Claus," which is available at Border's, Tower and Amoeba (see our current list of Music Stores that carry it). Produced by Paul C. Robinson (guitarist for Al Stewart and Dan Hicks) and Steve Savage (recorder and mixer of three Grammy-nominated Robert Cray albums).
Next shows:Day jobs? I am a professional slacker. But... currently,I'm recording new songs during the day with Paul Robinson and Steve Savage. My former day job was as a test subject for a sleep researcher. That's when I was a professional sleeper.
- Thursday April 9 at New George's, San Rafael;
- Tuesday April 14 at Sweetwater, Mill Valley;
- Wednesday April 16 at The Freight and Salvage, Berkeley; Wednesday
- April 22 at The Paradise Lounge, San Francisco;
- Friday April 24 at Borders Books and Music, San Rafael;
- Wednesday April 19 at Hotel Utah, San Francisco'
Musical influences: The Beatles, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, Sylvia Plath, Beethoven, the Pretenders.
What do you do after the show? Buy all the fans a few rounds of drinks, sell massive quantities of CDs, circuit train, read a Dickens novel, sleep with the guitar player (my husband), dream.
Hobbies/interests: Sleeping with the guitar player (my husband), film, novels, snorkeling, animal rights, animal dreams, mind reading.
Web site: I can be visited at www.jillcarole.com. There are samples of the CD, photos. CD ordering information and supplemental band biographies.
- Michael Miller, Marin Independent Journal, March 26, 1998
Home New CD | Press Release | Engagements | Recent Articles |