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Jen Ackerly

she's just pieces of me you've never seen...

About Me



Jen Ackerly & Tabula Rasa @ $T$W After Party
City Ale House July 25th
w/ Charades & Exotic Aquatic

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Somethings are better left to mystery...
i've chosen some kind of distance... from myself and the rest of the world those who've been lucky to catch a glimpse could attempt to break this mold good luck with trying and good luck if you have might the stage is my only sanctuary the peace to my sleepless nights. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/4/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/tabularasamusic
Band Members:
Jen Ackerly
(also known as Nina Lynne)

Piano/Keyboard and Vocals.

MUSICAL PROJECTS:

*JEN ACKERLY*

(solo work)

*TABULA RASA*
-Jen Ackerly (vox, rhodes, kurzweil)
-Conor Andrews (vox, guitar, jembe)
-Donny Pierro (vox, bass)
-Pete Powers (drums)

*ANNA PERENNA*
-Nina Lynne (vox, keys, electro sounds)

*MADAME BOCCA*
(upcoming world jazz project)

*NOUVEAU NOISE*
-Nina Lynne (jazz, r&b, french, italian, spanish, portuguese languages vox, keys)
-Erin Volpintesta (keys, vox)
(private parties, weddings, benefits etc...)

OTHER PROJECTS:
- AL BABBLEZ VOX TRACKS ON "STRANGLE HOLD"
-CEE REED (upcoming project)
- GEM (remix of "Mia" called "Jenz")

I also Write Reviews:

(My husband)
TRICKY - Evolution Revolution Love

the Bird and the Bee "Again & Again"

Bjork - So Broken

Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps

No Place Like Home | Write Me | Random Thoughts | Safe to Swim Weekend | Tabula Rasa | My Articles |
Influences:Apse, Abbey Simon, A Perfect Circle, Alicia Keys, At the Drive In, Angela Mccluskey, Amy Winehouse, As Tall As Lions, Arms & Legs, Aphex Twin, Astrud Gilberto, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Apsci, America, Anna Perenna, Babblez, Brazilian Girls, Beck, Badly Drawn Boy, Brand New, Bjork, BT, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Broken Social Scene, the Bird and the Bee, Bitter:Sweet, Cure, Carla Bruni, Ceu, Connie Francis, Cee Reed, Chevelle, Clash, Chemical Brothers, Chopin, Camile, Citizen Cope, Cold, Connie Francis, Candlebox, Coldplay, Cibo Matto, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Darian Cunning, Dandy Warhols, Dave Ross, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dean Martin, Devandra Banhart, Distraction, Etta James, Eva Cassidy, Everytime I Die, Elliot Smith, Esthero, Ennio Morricone, Earl Greyhound, Erykah Badu, Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Faithless, Fiona Apple, Format, Frank Sinatra, Finger Eleven, Failure's Art, Frankie Bones, Flamingos, From Autumn To Ashes, Four Tops, Gathering, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Iron & Wine, Johnny Cash, Jose Gonzalez, Julie London, Jobim, Jeff Buckley, Jem, Joni Mitchell, John Coltrane, Joe Tex, Keren Ann, Kiss Kiss, Leonard Cohen, Led Zepplin, Lauryn Hill, Massive Attack, Morningside, Midlake, Miho Hatori, Miles Davis, Madeleine Peryoux, Madame Bocca, mewithoutyou, Morcheeba, Mars Volta, Monsieur Gainsbourg, Nightmare on Wax, Nitin Sawhney, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Nina Simone, Near Forever, Niko Case, Outside, Opeth, One Side Zero, Portishead, Pasty Cline, PJ Harvey, Paatos, Poe, Phoenix, Philadelphia Experiment, Peter Gabriel, Pink Martini, Porcupine Tree, Percy Sledge, Quark, Queen, Queensryche, Roni Size, Reena Bhardwaj, Ray Charles, Roots, Radiohead, Si Se, Stan Getz, Sade, Shins, Sounds of Animals Fighting, ST. Vincent, Saint Bernadette, Sunny Day Real Estate, Stevie Wonder, Smyrk, Solos Unit, Sarah Vaughn, Telepopmusik, Temptations, Tabula Rasa, Tractor Flip, This Day Forward, Trespassers William, Taylor Van, Tool, Tori Amos, Tricky, Thom Yorke, Theivery Corporation, Thelonius Monk, U.N.K.L.E., UnderOath, Wilco, Willpilot, the Way Up, Young Rascals, Zap Mama
Sounds Like: Inspiration:

"i'm a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl, you're the bird on the brim, hypnotized by the whirl, drink me make me feel real, wet your beak in the stream, game we're playing is love, love's a two way dream"-bjork
Record Label: i'm not going anywhere...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

drama for your monday.

they say she's worried. still showing the scar. not afraid of judgement when the scavengers arrive.   not at all envious of how much she's grown this woman uncertain dark as the onyx stone.  ...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:48:00 PST

shaken.stirred.blurred.entitled.empty.

of all the ways i've moved. or been moved. by another.   person, who had regards for my station. taking the train at dawn, travelling far off distances to rest beside me, no need for waking, igno...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

a good hard...

state of mind. fill me up.  i think its time.  trembling that goes on, the rhythm shakes my thighs.  some promising the world, others in denial.  all playing that sad song that is ...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:07:00 PST

things you do.

it's only being honest.  i can't be this person...just in few moments time, less than a year ago, i accepted me it seems as we reach the higher numbers, less of that joy follows. less of those&nb...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Sat, 17 May 2008 07:50:00 PST

her strength in you

running into the deep ravine. standing on the edge, weightless and pure. wonders of others around me sucking me into the dark bit below. She winks an eye over, the ultimate divine.  Beautifu...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:37:00 PST

My last Ciao night...

Sitting at the bar, sipping my last shift drink of Malbec wine.  I sat allowing the weight of the lose of Ciao to hit me.  What I had become accustomed to, Josh or Eli behind the bar, wooing...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:16:00 PST

NYC GIRL PART ONE

I was offered a break.  12 weeks will prove if I am worthy of a confirmed position at BBC.  So far I LOVE going to NYC daily for work.  I’m sick right?  There’s a peace...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:00 PST

the slightest touch of a stranger can send a trembling in my bones.

These times now are exciting and scary.  Staring into a mirror, not sure when the girl became the woman.  Somewhere in between adulthood and womanhood.  I never go out anymore.  La...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:22:00 PST

La transizione.

Sto iniziando a esplorare un mondo nuovo. Sto cominciando a vedere me stessa in una luce diversa. Voglio vedere il mondo. Voglio fare la storia e la tragedia di altri paesi e di creare con la musica c...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:07:00 PST

She Took A Plane.

market fresh....stand by me.... i could have meant it if you let me. im dying to put a little bit of sunshine in your life. and suddenly you're in love with everything. arcade fire...van morrison...be...
Posted by Jen Ackerly on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:51:00 PST