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Ginny Owens

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About Me

“My songs are my journal entries. Sometimes they’re simply my observations of the world around me; sometimes they’re the conversations that I’m neither brave nor articulate enough to have with others.”Ginny Owens has been turning those journal entries and otherwise inarticulate conversations into music and lyrics for a decade now. Four critically acclaimed studio projects, a live CD and DVD recorded at the House of Blues in New Orleans, and a Christmas album have comprised Owens’ first ten years of musical offerings.Ginny’s story is decidedly as inspirational and hopeful as her music. She began playing the piano at the tender age of two--just around the time she lost her eyesight. Being blind never frightened Owens away from pursuing life, though. As a child, she climbed trees and rode bikes with the neighbor kids. In high school, she was a varsity cheerleader and the class Valedictorian.Owens was never quite as confident in her musical abilities, however. She began composing her own songs at the tender age of eight, but figured she’d make a better teacher than performer. Upon completion of a degree in Music Education at Belmont University, Owens felt prepared to become the world’s best high school music teacher. Unfortunately, school administrators were not so easily convinced.In an unusual turn of events, Ginny landed a publishing deal with BMG Music before she could find a teaching job. Soon afterward, music mogul Michael W. Smith’s Nashville-based boutique label Rocketown Records added Owens to its roster of incredibly talented singer-songwriters, and the rest, as they say, is history.During the past ten years, Owens has sold nearly a million records and performed more than 1500 concerts, including sets at prestigious events like Lillith Fair, The Sundance Film Festival, and the White House. Her songs have been featured in a wide variety of television shows, and she has received numerous awards from Ascap and the Gospel Music Association.In 2005, Owens founded the Fingerprint Initiative, a non-profit service organization whose montra is “Bringing hope to the world one touch at a time.”“The heart of Fingerprint is to serve in our local communities and around the world. We’ve built Habitat houses, raised support to aid in freeing slaves, and visited families in third-world countries. And every day I realize how much more needs to be done.” Fingerprint Initiative.Bring Us Peace was released in November of 2006. This is Ginny’s first Christmas project. It is being used to raise funds for her non-profit The Fingerprint Initiative. For more information on Ginny Owens and The Fingerprint Initiative, visit www.ginnyowens.com or www.fingerprintinitiative.org. The Fingerprint Initiative was founded in January, 2005 by singer/songwriter Ginny Owens. The purposes it serves are as follows: To aid in the creation and development of humanitarian programs that would benefit the needs of individuals and communities as Christ would do; To work alongside of and provide support for other nonprofit organizations engaged in such programs; To partner with concertgoers and fans in providing financial and physical aid to specific non-profit organizations, communities, or individuals whose needs directly relate to Fingerprint's annual focus and theme Upon adoption of its annual theme, the Fingerprint Initiative's work will be divided into two dimensions-Fingerprint Projects and Fingerprint Events.

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Member Since: 7/3/2005
Band Website: ginnyowens.com
Band Members: Ginny Owens



For booking contact:
Street Level Artists Agency
107 E. Center St.
Warsaw, IN 46580
Phone: 574-269-3413
Fax: 574-269-6658
[email protected]

Influences: Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, James Taylor, Jonatha Brooke
Sounds Like: Joni Mitchell meets Norah Jones meets India.arie

Ginny Owens Discography

Bring Us Peace Released Nov. 2006

If You Want Me To:Best of Ginny Owens Released Aug. 06

Long Way Home Released Nov. 2005

Live from New Orleans Released May 2005

Beautiful Released April 2004

Blueprint Released Nov. 2002

Something More Released March 2002

Without Condition Released July 1999

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My Blog

The Fingerprint Initiative

Bring Us Peace was released in November of 2006. This is Ginny's first Christmas project. It is being used to raise funds for her non-profit The Fingerprint Initiative. For more information on Ginny ...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:26:00 PST

MusicFaith.com

Just an FYI... Christian music news site MusicFaith.com has just launched its first ever Readers Awards.  The Turning, Ginny Owens and Hyper Static Union are all nominated in a few categories. .....
Posted by Ginny Owens on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:14:00 PST

Partnering with Mocha Club to help bring hope to Africa...

Dear Friends,   We have an incredible opportunity to partner together during this season of giving!  I have recently teamed up with an amazing organization called African Leadership, and if ...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:35:00 PST

Ginny Owens to be recognized for outreach efforts

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Nov. 21, 2006Critically acclaimed, award-winning singer/songwriter Ginny Owens will be honored by the Nashville Mayor's Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities at its 25th ...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:49:00 PST

Dear Friends

I present to you Bring Us Peace, my maiden voyage in to that colorful, daunting world of Christmas music.  As all artists will tell you, their holiday collections are not like the others& but in ...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:47:00 PST

If You Want Me To: The Best of Ginny Owens

Below is a synopsis on the new record.  Enjoy!  "After four studio releases, an acoustic EP and a live album, Rocketown Records is releasing this summer the definitive collection of Ginny O...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 05:34:00 PST

Updates!

For those of you who didn't know, Ginny has a Best of Collection album being released August 8th!! To commemorate this event we would like to ask a favor... Choose a song that you want to hear most on...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 01:42:00 PST

CONQUERING THE ROTO-TILLER AND MEETING THE PREZ

I awoke that morning hoping for one thing but expecting something else. There at the Jimmy Carter Build for Habitat for Humanity in Benton Harbor, MI, I thought I had a pretty good idea of how thing...
Posted by Ginny Owens on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST