Jamie Green
Jamie Green is an award-winning independent recording artist, having won L.A. Music Awards for her first two albums, and songwriting honors from the John Lennon and Unisong International song contests, among others. Writing on topics such as politics, relationships, spirituality and sexuality, Jamie’s lyrics have been described by Music Connection Magazine as “riveting and incisive.” Her latest single, “What’s Happening Here?” – a contemporary nod to Marvin Gaye’s political anthem, “What’s Goin On?”-- has been receiving frequent play on Pacifica Radio’s progressive news show, “Democracy Now.” She recently received the honor of Top Five bands of Santa Barbara from the Santa Barbara Independent (November, 2007).
Jamie’s musical influences include nearly all pop, rock and soul from the 70’s to the present (especially Earth Wind & Fire and Steely Dan), with contemporary influences including Peter Gabriel, the Indigo Girls and Tori Amos. She’s been compared to such artists as Jonatha Brooke, Desree, Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow, but Jamie forges her own brand of contemporary pop that is funky, folky, thoughtful, moody and soulful. She uses organic and sometimes retro instrumentation, loops and light electronica to present her well-crafted songs. With her passionate music and confessional lyrics, Jamie shows you the full range of human emotion, leaving your heart moved, and your body moving. She tells it like it is, from the perspective of a woman who is both strong and vulnerable, both confident and neurotic--a woman who is still trying to figure this whole life thing out.
Though Jamie graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in American Studies and an arrest record for political protest, she returned to her native Los Angeles to be a professional dancer and singer. Along the way her path veered to a series of manufactured girl groups. "What was I thinking? It just wasn't me!" Deliverance came in the form of the funk when she joined The Electric Booty Mob and played clubs across the suburbs of Los Angeles. It was during this period that she began penning her own songs, eventually going solo, and releasing her debut, “My Crime.” Known for her stage presence, Jamie continues to give what Entertainment Today calls a “high octane live performance,” whether acoustic at Border’s Bookstores or with her full band in L.A. clubs such as The Mint, Temple Bar and House of Blues. Since moving to Santa Barbara, she has been a regular at Northstar Coffee, Muddy Waters, and the Santa Barbara Songwriter’s Showcase series.
For the past four years, Jamie has received the ASCAPLU$ (American Society of Composers And Publishers) award which recognizes her as an active and promising young songwriter. Her songs have appeared in various network and cable TV Movies, on MTV and in several Billboard Top Ten Videos for Children, and have been heard on acoustic & indie format radio stations all over the world. Jamie is near completion on her third album, to be released later this year.