Jane Beacher

I am a singer, guitarist and songwriter who writes and plays a blend of music derived from folk, jazz and blues roots, occasionally peppered with latin influenced rhythms. The songs I write have been described as tough, compelling and powerful, tempered by a soulfulness that has an uncanny tranquillity about it.My lyrics are influenced by my own and others experiences, overheard conversations, politics, social issues, books , poems, etc and they focus on social and political issues, as well as relationships.I have been compared to Joni Mitchell, Michelle Shocked, Tim Buckley and Nick Drake and my set includes my own material and covers of artists, such as Nina Simone and Mary Coughlan.Recently I have made an attempt at developing my jazz vocal techniques and have performed with a jazz band, a Congolese artist "MackGyl"and have collaborated with DJs "God Complex" and "DJ Fresh" to produce dance music using samples of my music. I am currently playing with a Bass Guitarist, Simon, and a guitarist, Joe. We are known as "La-di-da!" performing our own interpretation of jazz standards as well as our own songs.I am also a member of the acoustic collective - (Please click on the AFC link in my friends) Above are some videos of our practices at my house so don't expect perfection. They are SUMMERTIME and a song I wrote LULLABY AND Now "My Funny Valentine" AND NOW The Kipper Song written by Tim Hunt and Phil Parratt