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J DiMenna

About Me

HARP MAGAZINE:
". . . airy, wafting melodies; mellow hooks; discreetly adventuresome guitar . . . trance-inducing vocal (David Gilmour meets Jeff Buckley) . . ."
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO FOR "PREACHER" DIRECTED BY ROLAND BECERRA
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO FOR "RAGGEDY ANNE" DIRECTED BY JASCHA EPHRAIM
BOB BOILEN, NPR
“If you like like great pop music, the type of music you may hear Elliot Smith or Jeff Buckley write, you should listen to J DiMenna. Dimenna’s made a CD that’s infectious. Its the kind of infectious music that took time to grab me, the kind of infectious music that I find myself singing and not realizing what it is or how it even crept into my subconscious.”
NASHVILLE SCENE
"J DiMenna is skilled at understatement… His sonic palette is often hushed and vaudevillian, with fine layers of resonating guitars, wispy keyboards, strings and xylophone and subtle, sleepily intoxicating melodies.”
JOHN JAMES / Syndicated POSITIVELY YEAH YEAH YEAH
“Terrific debut from this talented, multi-instrumental songwriter.”
BILL EVANS, XM Radio
“Brilliant... I expect great things from him for a long time.”
TIME OUT NEW YORK
“On J DiMenna’s subtle singer-songwriter disc Awkward Buildings (Exotic), well-wrought lyrics and intricate writing provide a bridge between diverse styles, from Beatlesque to Waitsian.”
JONATHAN TAKIFF, Philadelphia Daily News
"J. DiMenna, a subtle North Carolina craftsman is making his national debut with "Awkward Buildings". DiMenna sings in a high, sweet voice evocative of Ray Davies and Elliot Smith in their respective primes. And his graceful, strings-endowed art pop is as richly endowed in atmospherics as it is in metaphoric meaning."
FLAGPOLE, Athens, GA
One of "Seven Bands I Learned to Love at SXSW".

THE WEEKLY ALIBI, Albuquerque, NM
"Plays music that falls somewhere between M. Ward,
Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits... Very beautiful songs."

THE CHATANOOGA PULSE, Chattanooga, TN
"Terrific debut".
LATITUDE 44.2N
Elliott Smith, Archer Prewitt, and Jeff Buckley sitting in a cabaret having a drink with Leonard Cohen.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/22/2004
Band Website: jdimenna.com
Influences: bert jansch, john renbourn, sun ra, davy graham, wizz jones, radiohead, leonard cohen, vic chesnutt, arvo part, django reinhardt, taraf de hadouiks, drew heller, tom waits, erik satie, neil young, wilco, nina nastasia, elliott smith, blonde redhead, jim o'rourke, brian eno, charles mingus, duck baker, pj harvey, the pentangle, rachels, nick drake, the beatles, will oldham, edith piaf, opera, john fahey
Record Label: www.exoticrecordings.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

IF HE COULD SPEAK NOW OUT TOMORROW!

If He Could Speak Now, a digital-only live EP comes out April 3rd at digital retailers everywhere.  Taken from an XM Café performance at XM Radio and a show in DiMenna's former home base of Ashev...
Posted by J DiMenna on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:42:00 PST

J DiMenna at The Deli Launch Party Saturday night

       
Posted by J DiMenna on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:28:00 PST

J DiMenna on NPR

    Indeedy, the public nationals of National Public Radio have recognized J DiMenna as one of their own.  Look for J's track "Prayer Flag" on this week's edition of All Songs Cons...
Posted by J DiMenna on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:57:00 PST

"Prayer Flag" featured in The Deli's 7th Issue Mp3 Compilation

The Deli is one of our favorite magazines as it is their express intention to write about all things in the Brooklyn/NYC music scene.  For the launch of their 7th issue, they have created a handy...
Posted by J DiMenna on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:07:00 PST

Critics Pick in Nashville Scene

TUESDAY, 11THJ DIMENNA J DiMenna is skilled at understatementthe Asheville-bred, Brooklyn artist goes simply by an initial. His singing is languid, airy and tenuous, seldom rising far above a half-whi...
Posted by J DiMenna on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:50:00 PST

J. DiMenna added to XM Cafe

Well, J is not one to brag, so he had to pass this one over to his big sis and label head.  And, in fact, I was the one to field the call from none other than Bill Evans himself, who told me that...
Posted by J DiMenna on Sat, 27 May 2006 09:37:00 PST

Live at Five Today on KXCI, Tucson, AZ

Hey there... The session that we recorded earlier this month will air this afternoon on KXCI, Tucson, AZ at 5 PM Pacific Time - for the 'Live at 5' segment. Folks can listen online at http://www...
Posted by J DiMenna on Thu, 25 May 2006 03:38:00 PST

Vote for J in Deli Magazine's Band of the Month

Deli Magazine has J DiMenna listed in their poll for next month's 'Band of the Month' feature.  Please take a second and vote for J! http://www.thedelimagazine.com/snacks.php Thank you!!...
Posted by J DiMenna on Mon, 01 May 2006 12:54:00 PST

WHERE YOU CAN BUY THE RECORD

If we're visiting, it should be in town, check the list and go get yours:   LAST UNICORN4575 COMMERCIAL DRIVENEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK 13413www.lastunicorn.comKIMS MEDIAPOLIS2906 BROADWAYNEW YORK, ...
Posted by J DiMenna on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:11:00 PST

HELLO CLEVELAND

Big thank you to WCSB in Cleveland for hosting J and the boys on the air yesterday. For all you in Cleveland who heard the show and want to buy the CD, it is now available at MUSIC SAVES, which we've ...
Posted by J DiMenna on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:10:00 PST