Jenie Oliver

Musicians: Joe Rocrosia: Guitars Gordon Mackay: Keyboards and Backing vocals Derek Olivier: Bass guitar Denver Furness: Drums Duncan Mackay: Keyboards on tracks 5, 8 and 16 Barry van Zyl: Drums & percussion on tracks 5, 8 and 16 Schalk Joubert: Bass guitar on track 16 Jesse Dyen: Backing vocals on track 16

When Jenie won the "Hope S.A." award for one of her original songs, she decided to put her acting career on hold and joined up with the number one hit singer André De Villiers. At this time she also worked as a session singer and recorded the childrens' series "Sounds Fun" with well-known Musical Director Ken Higgins. Some of the music shows Jenie performed in locally and at the Grahamstown Arts Festival were: Black and Proud, Jerry and the Trix, Vuselella, The Bob Dylan Tribute Show, Kiss The Sky, Nick Taylor's Titanic, Letters To Patient Essop, Graham Weir's Elastic Band and Sixty Something. Graham and Christine Weir offered her a part in the acapella show "The Stompneus Varkies" and then later she joined them in the hit show "Not The Midnight Mass" which toured SA and the UK to great acclaim. Determined to pursue her recording career Jenie produced "Pilgrims", a collection of songs which didn't sell all that well at the time. Undeterred, she recorded "Blackcurrant" and "Better Than Magic" which had pretty much the same result. Jenie decided to take a new approach and recorded "Live at the Leopard Lounge" which was much more gentle and vocal orientated. Similar in fact to Eva Cassidy style. This record sold out in no time at all and prompted the next and latest production "All this love" (released in December 2006).

The Twelve Apostles Hotel: http://www.12apostleshotel.com/ The Leopard lounge: Monday 6pm-11pm Tuesday 6pm-11pm Wednesday 6pm-11pm Azure restaurant: Friday 6pm-11pm Sunday lunch 12.30 till 4pm

All This Love sounds like... The style of "All this love" is gentle and laid back with a view to creating a “sit back and relax with your feet up” experience. Even songs like “Fix You”, which, in the Coldplay version, gets rather heavy in the refrain, has been given the light treatment but retains the deep-felt emotional pull. To hear Jenie sing is an experience on it’s own as many of her fans have commented; Her voice simply does something to one’s soul. Well, these tracks are Jenie at her best. From the beautiful “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to the light and airy “Nine Million Bicycles” the listener will be enchanted. The original track “All This Love” (also the album's title) is a Celtic hop with all original Irish instruments including the Bodran, features Savuka’s drummer Barry Van Zyl http://www.zildjian.com/EN-US/artists/artistDetail.ad2?artistID=1736 on Percussion and Duncan MacKay www.duncanmackay.com of Kate Bush, 10cc and Cockney Rebel fame on Keyboards. “Just For Today” has a counterpoint melody with lyrics that are reminiscent of The Beatles “I Am The Walrus”. "Just For Today" is a fascinating description of a daydream that takes place while driving in a car. Check out these enigmatic lyrics. “Crazy Without You” featuring American protest singer Jesse Dyen www.jessedyen.com who happened to be in South Africa at the time, is a whimsical account of a rather sultry singer who has to have her own way...

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PRESS REVIEWS ... "we listened to Norah Jones. Or at least I thought we were until Jenie Oliver strolled past us microphone in hand. At which point I nearly fell off the couch. She's that good .... a singer so good that a friend of mine saw fit to delay his departure in order to record with her." -- Hotel Magazine-- "Jenie has broken the mould and uses "self-taught singing techniques" to produce her very own style. Her popular repertiore includes a diverse range of genres..." -- Argus-- She has been described as "the artist about to unleash a storm of talent on the music scene". A former member of shows such as Sixty Something and Not the Midnight Mass, her play list takes her from sweet jazz to sensuous ballads and contemporary pop. --Top Of The Times--