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"Janet’s charming and eclectic style is a heady cocktail. Blending chamber pop, jazz, and a dash of gospel, Janet’s songs live where Saturday night meets Sunday morning, and anything can happen.

'I find it boring to stick to just one style” Janet says, reflecting on how she got to where she is now, after experiments in R&B, the Broadway songbook, and jazz. “When I was trying just to create jazz, I got writer’s block.'

Classically trained in piano - including a music degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario - Janet loves the kind of artfully turned lyrics and surprising, yet hooky, melodies of singer songwriters such as Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright, and Joni Mitchell.

 In performance with the rest of her band, the soulful sounds of gospel shine through Janet’s music.  And although she says she’s not religious, spiritual themes weave their way through some of her lyrics, too.  'I’m interested in people’s reaction to religion, how people haven’t really moved forward from it,' she says, 'and yet, it’s also a beautiful, metaphorical thing.  I find it infinitely interesting.'  

While her music explores the range of human emotion, on stage, Janet’s lively sense of humour lights up the room.  She’s likely to break into a comic riff with the band, tip a musical hat to Elton John, or offer up a funky take on a country music classic.  'I hope my music comes across as optimistic' she says, smiling.  'After all, I'm going to take you down to the river and wash all your sins away, to a snappy beat!  You can't get more optimistic than that.'"                                                                                                     

~ Nora Young, Canadian broadcaster      

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