Jennifer Goree

A folksinger from rural upstate SC, Jennifer Goree is an excellent addition to the Southern gothic college of folk-rock which includes the Lousiana-born non-sisters Lucinda Williams and Victoria Williams, aswell as (spiritually, at least) Canadian moodists Cowboy Junkies. Supported by the good (and aptly called) music group Appalachian Spirit (guitarist Glenn Cannon, who doubles on banjo and mandolin, tranquility vocalist Bunny Goree, keyboardist and accordion participant Andrew Dark brown, bassist and cellist Paul Rucker, and drummer Tag Nimmons), Goree mixes acoustic folk and bluegrass with electrical rock and roll, with her magnificent voice (which highly recalls that of Emmylou Harris) usually at its middle. Given birth to in the small city of Six Mile, SC, in 1972, Goree was raised inside a musical family members. She developed a pastime in music young and had been performing her personal material with an acoustic guitar constructed on her behalf by her uncle by age 17. Through the first ’90s, she became an integral part of the SC folk scene, using various local music artists in a number of lineups. When she sang back-up vocals on vocalist/songwriter Tony Tidwell’s self-titled debut in 1995, Tidwell’s label loved Goree enough to provide release a her first recording. Jennifer Goree premiered to crucial acclaim in 1996. The follow-up, YOU SHOULDN’T BE a Stranger (acknowledged to Jennifer Goree and Appalachian Spirit), made an appearance in 1997. Goree and Appalachian Spirit continuing playing the Southern folk circuit following its discharge, and Goree also became a member of with Celtic folk vocalist Karl Mullen being a tranquility singer, showing up on his 1999 record Mercy Me With Curses and touring along with his band Ploughman’s Lunchtime.