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Amanda Jayne

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About Me


Buy "Swoon" online right now from the following services:
You can now also buy the cd with swell artwork and lyrics!!! in TONIK. C/ Ferlandina 35 Barcelona, Spain.
Born in Smalltown, Pennsylvania, Amanda Jayne soon became bored with trying to talk to the trees and went out into the world in search of more stimulating conversation. So she put on her shoes and grabbed whatever portable instrument happened to be on hand--in this case, the accordion. After winding around the States a few times, she ended up in Europe hitch-hiking through Bulgaria and busking in Greece, until she landed in Barcelona, Spain.
What started off as a fairly innocent love affair with the city turned into a 8-year long relationship. While playing on the street in Barcelona, Amanda met Dumbala Canalla, a local gypsy-circus-folk band. Eventually she was asked to join them in their mad circling of Catalunya and Spain, France, and Italy.
After 4 years of playing with Dumbala, she gathered her 30 some-odd songs she had written during her travels and funneled them into her solo project; a masterpiece called "Swoon." It's available NOW through Whatabout Music!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/28/2007
Band Members: Amanda Jayne voice and accordion; Claudia Gomez miniature piano, toys and voice; Paco Mendez guitars and banjo; Sasha Agranov cello and saw; Marc Mena trumpet; Miguel Serna standup bass; Oriol Roca drums and kitchen utensils.
Influences: Tom Waits, Ani Difranco, Taraf de Haidouks, Fiona Apple, Kaizer´s orchestra, hanne hukkelberg, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Andrew Bird.....
Sounds Like: a music box that´s been run over by a truck
Record Label: Whatabout Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

greetings earthlings

greetings.   i heard about this blog shit and thought, well, ok, i..ll try it out.  it..s like talking to blackness at night.  probably no one listening but talk anyway.  i ca...
Posted by Amanda Jayne on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:55:00 PST