Songwriter Chapin Set to Perform at Café Arabica in Morristown

Jen Chapin is a New York-based singer-songwriter on the rise. Her 2004 Hybrid Recordings release, Linger, has earned the highest praise from sources as diverse as National Public Radio's All Things Considered, People, The Today Show, and Entertainment Weekly. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel lauded Linger as being "smart, observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive" while The Boston Globe called it simply: "addictive."

Now, 2 albums on, she is getting lit up to promote her new and highly anticipated album, 'Ready'.

She is set to perform at Café Arabica in Morristown on September 9th where she is accompanied by her trio band - including her husband Stephan Crump on acoustic bass.

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New York singer-songwriter Jen Chapin shares tastes and values with her husband, bassist Stephan Crump, when they work together on various music projects.

"We always set the ground rules early on as far as not stressing one another out," she said. "We try to keep things light and fun because we can both be pretty intense. But it gives both of us this arena where we can interact and share and respect each other's work ethic and artistry."

Chapin will perform with her trio (Crump on acoustic bass, Jamie Fox on electric guitar) at Café Arabica in Morristown Friday and again Sept. 9.

"It's all about performing with people you enjoy as individuals, not just as musicians,"she said. "The trio is a really great setting for being able to listen and respond to each other. There are enough elements to have richness and variety to the sound, but there are also moments where it's sparse and almost silent. We all have a great time."

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Source www.dailyrecord.com / by Robert Hicks

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Simon Fuller Not Sitting Idle

Music industry Mogul Simon Fuller has his sights on taking things to 'higher heights' with his vision of incorperating a songwriting competition in the pop idol show and producing it for the next 'American Idol' to sing.

Pop Idol - despite being a cultural phenomenon has had more failures than success, in terms of producing 'winning hit-making artists'. The successes of artists such as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood are a display of what the show 'can' produce - but on the whole there is more hype then musicianship.

Still, this won't stop Fuller from world domination. He's approach has always been one to admire - regardless of whether you like his public persona, or indeed despise the man.

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THE Mogul Who Swallowed Pop Culture is perched in his office high abovebustling Sunset Boulevard, scheming. His groundbreaking project is thebehemoth that has come to rule not only television, but also much ofthe entertainment landscape.

Butif you thought Simon Fuller, the British creator of "American Idol,"would be sitting back by now celebrating his success, think again.

"I'm hungry," he says, and he's not talking about his next meal.

Nextitem on his agenda: taking the unscripted talent show to, yes, evenhigher heights, this time with a songwriting competition that will beincorporated into the show and produce a song that will be sung by thenext "American Idol."

After that, he plans to revolutionize the entertainment arena furtherthrough his production company, 19 Entertainment, and otherpartnerships. He wants to start using unique strategies that, in hisview, will change the way talent is developed and exposed.

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Source www.latimes.com / by Greg Braxton, Times Staff Writer

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