The Hootenanny ft Jean Rohe, Kristin Ford, and Ruth Theodore

The Hootenanny ft Jean Rohe, Kristin Ford, and Ruth Theodore at Cafe Wha? | Thursday, May 23rd | 5:00PM Doors, 6:00PM Show

Jean Rohe bio(325 words)"Not only does she make astoundingly beautiful music but she is thoughtful, reflective, andcourageous."-No DepressionJean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the interior lives of hernarrators as with the wider worldaroundthem. Jean recently won the 2022 Kerrville Folk Festival NewFolk songwriting contest with her deeply personal and timely song“Animal”.Her duo Robinson &Rohe’s latest album,Into the Night,“has all the vibes I love about folk music” (Ani DiFranco) andcame outthis spring on Righteous Babe Records.Herlatest album as abandleader,Sisterly,won bestAdult Contemporary Album at the Independent Music Awards.A prolific songwriter, Jean is perhaps best known for her video single,“National Anthem:Arise! Arise!”an aspirational alternative national anthem performed live with brass ensemble andchoir, which has now been covered hundreds of times by soloists and choirs across the US. Her co-write with Liam Robinson, “The Longest Winter” was featured on the 2020Hadestowncast holidayalbum. And her award-winning 2013 debut releaseJean Rohe & The End of the World Showwas hailedby an Elmore Magazine reviewer as “enchanting” and “remarkable in so many ways I can think of nocomparison.”Her writing and performancestyles are the product of 20 years of experimentation and practice,learning on her feet as a side-person and bandleader in New York's wide-ranging music communities.“I grew up in a household where music-making and storytelling––far from a rarified vocation forprodigies and professionals––was an act woven into the social life of our family and friends, ” she says.“I carry that spirit with me into the music I make today.”Jean is also a devoted songwriting mentor, working with adult writers and youth alike to fostera love of the writing process through Carnegie Hall, The New School, and in private class settings.This year Jean debuted her song cycle / memoir,74 Corridor,a project for which Jean won a2022 Brooklyn Arts Council Grant. Additionally,Jean recently won a 2023 NYC Women’s Fund forMedia grant, the Pamela Phillips Oland Excellence in the Art of Writing Lyrics Award and was a 2022Jonathan Larson Grant finalist.Jean lives in Brooklyn, NY

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