Janie B. Mitchell

Hailing from Shropshire, England Janie Mitchell brings her folk music heritage of wild Welsh borders to New Weave. Drawing upon influences of Medieval church music and traditional acoustic aires of remote places, Janie Mitchells music recreates the ambient, timeless quality of ancient melodies coupled with new dimensions of synthesized sound and choral harmony. At the heart of Janie Mitchells style is a voice of emotional power and remarkable range. Searing bluesy wails, unusual intonation and trills display Celtic and Eastern European influences. Now this is a surprise, a British singer/songwriter putting together a gem of a debut that runs the gamut stylistically from Enyaesque atmosphere, to moody neo-folk, to pop, with some clever lyrics adapted from Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Ovid, recorded not in Jolly Olde but in Portland, Oregon. Janie Mitchells flexible voice resembles Kate Bush one minute (Renascence or Takilma Nic) and Dead Can Dance (if they sang intelligible English lyrics) the next. She gets a lot of good input from multi-instrumentalist Daniel Crommie (synths, drum programming, flute and penny whistle). From the Welsh border to Portland, Oregon ? hat?s off to New Weave Records for a real discovery. Review from Dirty Linen, 1993. Recordings available through Amazon: Psalm and Squall (1994) Timecode - New Weave Artists Compliation (one track: Near and Far)