Jezzebelle – Down & Out

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In their own words….

Jezzebelle is Katie Carpenter & Gary Burke from Dublin, Ireland. They began writing & performing together in 2006. Mainly influenced by Fleetwood Mac & Bruce Springsteen their music is an original blend of Rock, Roots & Country.

“…Their high octane-propulsion, and driving dogmatic rhythms mark them out from the crowd…” – Siobhán Long (Irish Times)
“…This is one live act that have an unique sound, Jezzebelle have a sweet southern blues feel and the crusted soulful vocals from Katie adds that special ingredient. Class stuff… ******”
- Trevor Halpin (Music Review Unsigned)
2010 will see a brand new album from Jezzebelle. They hit the studio in 2009 with new songs and a new rhythm section, taking the acoustic sound of their first release; ‘Dirt Tacks’ and pushing it into a new realm. ‘Down & Out’ is the first single from the new album and has just been released for download. The promotional tour for the single includes shows in Vicar St. with Jack L, and at this years Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival.
January 2010 saw the release of the ‘Ruff’ EP – an acoustic collection of one-takes put together to give fans a “souvenir” to take home from their live shows. Shows with Jennifer Batten, Juliet Turner & Freddie White followed the release of Ruff.
In August 2009 Jezzebelle made their second trip west to complete a 45-date Californian tour with American songwriter Jinx. The resulting “Fall Tour” video diary became a fan favourite both sides of the water. That year also saw them play the Cork Jazz Festival, Dublin City Soul Festival, Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival, National Song Contest Final, JD Set Final & compete as a finalist in the All Ireland Battle of the Bands.
“…Katie Carpenter is in possession of a powerful, soulful instrument…”
- Killian Murphy (Hotpress Magazine)

In June 2008 Jezzebelle headed to Los Angeles where they completed a 60-date tour, playing mostly on the Hollywood songwriter scene including an appearance at House of Blues. March of that year saw the release of ‘The Potential Collection Volume 2‘, an acoustic compilation of upbeat songs by Irish acts associated with The Zodiac Sessions Open Mic. Jezzebelle song ‘Bad Seed’ is the opening track on the album:
“…You can hear the passion stream from this track with a nice upbeat acoustic folk blues feel. The vocals stand out pretty well as they simmer a bit like Janice Joplin early blues number but a sweet little tune…” ***** – T. Halpin (Music Review Unsigned)

“…A powerful and potential song…*****” – Danny McElhenny (Daily Mail)

To coincide with the release, the music video for Bad Seed was launched in February and was featured by YouTube, MySpace and Music Scene Ireland.

In 2007 Jezzebelle released their first album – entitled ‘Dirt Tracks‘. They won the National Song Contest (Ireland) with their song ‘The Road Ahead’ and won Ireland’s NOISE Concerts Battle of the Bands.

“…Dirt Tracks; a marriage of Acoustic Country Sass, Rock n’ Roll rhythms and Seductive Story Telling from two distinctive vocalists…” – John Cleary ( Kilkenny Advertiser)

“…Absolutely Great! Jezzebelle don’t sound like anybody else around…”