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Jenn Butterworth

Singer, Guitarist & Composer

About Me

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Jenn is from Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, and is an outstanding guitarist and vocalist.

She is one third of The Anna Massie Band, a formidable female trio performing Scottish music. The band has performed worldwide and at festivals such as Celtic Colours (Cape Breton), Celtic Connections (Glasgow) and the Cambridge Folk Festival (UK). They also won 'Best Folk Band' at the Scots Trad Music Awards 2006. While she spends most of her time performing with The Anna Massie Band, she also plays in new band The Laurels. She has also appeared with Eddi Reader, Breabach and won a prestigious Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections with Skye fiddler Sarah Naylor.

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Member Since: 3/4/2006
Band Website: jennbutterworth.co.uk
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Portpatrick

Visited Portpatrick this weekend for the folk festival, and saw a lot of old friends I haven't seen for a long, long time.  It's a great part of the world, once you're past the crazy roads!! ...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:13:00 PST

Portpatrick Tonight - first home gig!!

The Anna Massie Band will be playing for the first time in my home region of Dumfries and Galloway tonight, at Portpatrick Folk Festival. If you're around come and say hello!! Jenn x...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:15:00 PST

Recording tomorrow...

Just arrived back from a very thundery Italy!  The gigs were great fun, and we had lots of lovely food and wine.  We were staying in a hotel up a mountain (with a lot of pretty crazy roads o...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:50:00 PST

Lorient

Just returned from a crazy but wonderful 10 days in Lorient.  Had a great time, and will try and put some photos on my website very soon.  Heard a lot of great music and met some fantastic p...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:27:00 PST

Lovely Dumfries and Galloway!

Just sitting in my garden drinking tea and playing fetch with the dog.  He's not very good at it!! Written a couple of new songs recently, things have been quite hectic travelling between Carrbri...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:35:00 PST

Wimborne recovery!

Just recovering back home after a great weekend at Wimborne Festival.  Lots of sun, music and frisbee playing.  Oh, and a few drinks too.  Will hopefully have a few photos on the websit...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:52:00 PST

In Inverness this week??

If you're in the Inverness area this week, I will be playing sessions tonight in Dores and tomorrow in Blackfriars in Inverness.  They are open sessions so feel free to join in!  Also, Anna ...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:17:00 PST

Band name needed

Also, need a band name for this new project with Mairearad and Mhairi.  Any ideas, please let me know!!
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:08:00 PST

Latest news and new projects!!

Well, it's a Sunday afternoon, I'm sitting in a cafe in Glasgow and thought I'd have a go at writing a blog. So, recently I've been really busy with life in general.  Moving house, bills, cars, r...
Posted by Jenn Butterworth on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:04:00 PST