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About Me

Jack and Jill went up the hill....while jackandginger enjoyed the drink, became musical compadres and wrote heaps of tunes.The duo named after the drink (not the people) formed in 2005 when Jack (aka Colleen Hixenbaugh) returned from touring the globe for 6 plus years as a member of 'BY DIVINE RIGHT'. She met Ginger (aka Paul Linklater/THE SCRIBBLED OUT MAN) somewhere just beyond her backyard--- a coach house to be exact.One of them has never seen the ocean, the other has swam in every sea-- hence they naturally struck up a perfect balance of melodic, boy/girl harmonies and effortlessly and blissfully created tune after tune. With songs full of hard edge sonic axe grinding by jack, combined with gingers slightly wierd kaleidescopic picking its never a dull moment and the drums are the hot seat for these two guitarists, as they take turns switching from guitar to drums and back again. Their tendency to morph and combine maximizes their small numbers and their live set ROARS with the ferocity of a fullband sound. jackandginger are sure to lull you into beautiful and somewhat alien dreamscapes. With their extremely visual lyrical content delivered with honeydripped harmonies and whiskey infused straight up edgy indie rock vibe a good time will be had by all.........including jill who was last seen tumbling after....

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Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Members: JACK (aka Colleen Hixenbaugh) and GINGER (aka Paul Linklater)
Influences: ice cubes, limes
Sounds Like: "The songs are bittersweet, but incredibly infectious indie pop where melody and minimalism meld into a mix of The Ronnettes simplicity and the raucous adventurism of The Jesus And Mary Chain" - Ric Taylor, The View Magazine, Hamilton
Type of Label: None

My Blog

sleep will come

....ah the sounds.....so weve been recording....and smiling.....and recording....and smiling....paul played the trinity church recently and beat up the PA and mic and we all delighted in the bliss of ...
Posted by jackandginger on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:51:00 PST

off on a whirl

hey its jack here off on the usual jetsetting whirl- ive manged to bypass a lot of that toronto tundra for the winter--but im now wondering when ill find the ground again?perhaps a spring tennis matc...
Posted by jackandginger on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:09:00 PST

Hamiltons 'THE VIEW MAGAZINE' feature article : by Ric Taylor

Colleen Hixenbaughs musical history was selfadmittedly next to nil until her 20s, but since then the latebloomer has let the stars seemingly guide her to a life rich in as many musical mates as the...
Posted by jackandginger on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:22:00 PST

"IM MELTING!"

heya who turned out the lights? oh where did we go? BP helium tour rocked our world ginger saw the sea and jack morphed into a sea creature and almost drifted out with the tide for all eternity (maybe...
Posted by jackandginger on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:11:00 PST

LIVE SHOW REVIEW-soulshine.ca

www.soulshine.ca review By writer: Angelica Blenichjackandginger at the Gladstone jackandgingerGladstone HotelMay 5, 2006Take a step inside the Gladstone Hotel and you are instantly met with a collabo...
Posted by jackandginger on Sat, 13 May 2006 03:10:00 PST

LIVE SHOW REVIEW-www.geekent.com

www.geekent.comMay 5th Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, OntarioThe first thing I noticed was how sharp the Gladstone looks. I hadn't been there since their big budget renos completed back in 2005. The perf...
Posted by jackandginger on Sat, 13 May 2006 03:14:00 PST

she so mini

huge week in muzik (fr. the diary of ginger)Sun april 30th: Selina Martin at Relaxomonday:day of restTues: launch of Devon LT Armstrong's rad nano-label  JIBCUT   (www.jibcut.net)wednes...
Posted by jackandginger on Tue, 02 May 2006 01:20:00 PST

spiders don't do nuthin'

JIBCUT:new micro label...I'm on it (with my interestingsideband called Jan and Steve)...the gutfolk/synth troupe Dancers is on it as well!...get an eyeful of: www.jibcut.net
Posted by jackandginger on Tue, 02 May 2006 01:07:00 PST

grunge middle eight

allo,,,p link here...me first blog....current fave programme: project runway...gurm!a tuff confession!  Show's over, gonna go lock meself in bathroom and work on new song: working title: In Mis'r...
Posted by jackandginger on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:12:00 PST

CALLING ALL MARINE BIOLOGISTS!!

NEWSFLASH HOLY COW!! Ginger has announced he has never even seen the ocean????!!! what?whoa..... wow!!! this summers east coast tour is gonna be a good one. we will stop at every roadside dipping spot...
Posted by jackandginger on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:10:00 PST