Jonatha Brooke
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Jonatha stopped by the CBS Early Show on April 10, 2004 and peformed three
songs. Full version of the vidcap you see on the left is
available on the
flickr image gallery.
Jonatha's
new album, Back in the Circus, is now in stores!!! The album
features 11 tracks, including covers of James Taylor's "Fire
And Rain," the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," and
the Alan Parsons Project's "Eye In The Sky." You
can hear tracks in their entirety on my online radio station (see
menu bar on the right) or scroll below for sound clips.
Visit jonathabrooke.com
to see behind the scenes video footage and rehearsals.
On June 22, 2003, the Washington
Post hosted a live chat with Jonatha. Click the link to
read the transcript.
A video for "Linger" as well as photos and video
of Jonatha in the studio are available on Jonatha's site. Click here
for the photos and for the video footage, visit her site directly,
where you can choose between Quicktime and Real Video (low and
high bandwidth available).
Vidcaps
and her Craig Kilborn, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien appearances are available on the Vidcap Page.
Concert Reviews
Borders In-Store Appearance
(Washington, D.C. 2/16/01)
Jonatha
made another stop in the Washington D.C. area, this time promoting
her new album, Steady Pull. She walked in front of the mic
wearing a light-blue sweater and some shiny, patterned
pants. I have no idea what kind of fabric it was, but they
looked pretty slick. She played a 30 minute set, performing
acoustic versions of "Digging," "Linger,"
"Red Dress," and "Your
House." She fielded a few questions between
songs, talking a bit about the upcoming DVD release, her delayed
plans for a songbook, and even her ballerina past.
Later, she enthusiastically announced that this was just a prelude
of things to come, as she would be touring with her full band in
Spring 2001.The story of the evening was her visit earlier in the day to a morning news show where she was interviewed by overenthusiastic anchors and filmed by cameras run by ghosts while performing. If that wasn't enough, during her performance, the studio had a couple of news feeds in front of her running, one with car accidents and one with Gloria Estefan. Jonatha wondered how she ever managed to keep her concentration. She even managed to get censored for wearing a Spam t-shirt, joking that they must have something against Hormel.
Although I had already ordered an autographed copy of Steady Pull from her website, I couldn't let myself leave without buying another copy (Borders is selling an exclusive version of Steady Pull which contains three bonus tracks.) To see a few pictures from her Borders appearance, visit the photo page.
Borders In-Store Appearance
(Vienna, VA March 1999)
The
third time was the charm, as I finally got to meet Jonatha at a
Borders appearance in Virginia. She was touring in support
of her Live album and arrived with a spankin' new haircut;
a real short one that she said her mom wasn't too happy
with.
She played about 6 songs, including "Is This All,"
"Annie," "Because I Told You So," and a new
one that I can't remember the name of. One of her memorable
anecdotes was about a reporter who made a comment about "the
glut" of women singers in music right now. She took offense
to that and commented about the glut of whiny boy groups.
Afterwards was an autograph/picture-taking session. She was
gracious enough to sign anything that was placed in front of her.
10 Cent Wings Tour
(Annapolis, MD 1998)
I was able to catch Jonatha perform in the middle of '98 at the Rams Read in Annapolis. It was my second time seeing her. The first time was when she was out promoting Plumb, and it was an acoustic set so I was thrilled to hear she'd be peforming this time with some musical accompaniment. Jonatha was joined on stage with Ingrid Graudins (background vocals, piano, and shakers), Nick D'Virgilio (guitar and drums) - thanks Mike, and Dee Carstensen (harp) for the encore.
Needless to say, it was a great show. She did
her usual tuning before each song and banter with the audience.
Even still mentioned the French disc jockey Maurice before
playing "No Better." I think she only mustered up one or
two high leg stretches this time though. (For those of you who've
seen her before you know what I'm talking about). The only
downside to the show was that drums were only used in a few songs,
and when they were used they were underplayed. I was hoping to
hear them played in full on the uptempo songs like "No
Better" and "Nothing Sacred."
Although I was not able to meet Jonatha after the show (I had a
camera with me too...), one of her crew was kind enough to give me
the set list.
Albums/Singles I Own
The songs with a 
are
the songs that I like the most on each album. This doesn't
necessarily mean I don't like the songs that aren't checked.
The album with a
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All sound clips in Real Audio 
Back In The Circus (2004)
Steady Pull (2001)
NOTE: Borders carries an exclusive CD that offers 3 bonus
tracks.
Jonatha Brooke Live (1998)
NOTE: Because this is not an album of new material, I didn't
check any songs.
10 Cent Wings (1997)
Plumb (1995)
The Angel In The House (1993)
3-Track CD-Pro (1995)
Angel In The House EP (1993)