"I like your stuff kid"
Don Van Vliet - Captain Beefheart
"Universlia Jane's 'The oracles of Delphi' is my favorite album ever.Literally every song, from start to finish, is good."
Marni Portman - CKUW 95.9 Winnipeg,Canada
"Universalia Jane's voice is big and small,
gutteral and clear as water.Her music speaks of
lifetimes of the human condition, of battles and
truces, and of escapades that sound with eerie
familiarity.The universe is her limit, just listen."
Shannon Wells-Mountain Aire Community
Radio
"Universalia Jane has a sound inherently dark and
moody, but shining through it is a unique
vision:theatrical, melancholic, intense and cutting
edge.There are many different elements working to make
this music intriguing and glistening."
Valerie Pollhouse-Arizona Daily Sun
"Her engaging keyboard work coupled with her dark
alto vocals imbibes an entire structure of music that,
in want of a better comparison, is uniquely, gothic
blues.Her harmonious recordings profess a careful
orchestration of sound rarely formulated so
passionately."
Omar Victor-The Noise
Universalia Jane's music defies categorization.If
one were asked to compare her to another, it would be
difficult and would have to include a list of many as
her music, although stylistically consistent and
identifiable, is ever changing; morphing from one
mental landscape to another.That list might include
people like: Danny Elfman, Tom Waites, Diamanda Galas, Patti Smith, Rachmaninoff, P.J.Harvey,
Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Bush, and Siouxie and the
Banshees.
Jane's live show varies from solo performances with
just her keys , to full band with an array of
instrumentalists.No matter what the line-up, she
consistently captivates her audience.She has opened
for such groups as: Devotchka, Drums and Tuba,Two Ton Boa,Calexico,
Manuok, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, Life Garden,
Sugarbush, Fourway Cross, The Ponies, Mark Growden, Calexico,
Mr.Bungle, Blackfire, Two Gallants, Bitch and Animal, The Castinettes and
many more.
Her music appeals to a broad spectrum of listeners
as it encompasses a diverse musical background.That
history includes four years study with former
Metropolitan Opera resident Sheila Marks, master
classes with NYC Metropolitan Opera's Jerome Hines and
Giorgio Totsie,winning Columbia State Jazz Festival's
Soloist's award two consecutive years, juried by
Bobbie Mcferrin, and performing in numerous bands in
and around California and Arizona.She has been aired
on radio stations across the country and multiple
foriegn radio stations.Her single "Ode For
Emancipation" reached ..23 on the alternative charts of
mp3.com and three others held in the top 100 for over
a year.
"The Oracles of Delphi", features full
instrumentation (with the exception of one solo piece)
including: piano, cello, bass, drums, violin, saw,
turntables, sax, and guitar.It travels from a haunted
carnival to a soulful lounge to a Wagnerian opera set,
into the realm of the industrial and out into the
depths of space.Universalia Jane is true to herself
and to her music and it shows.You be the judge.
