When I started browsing artists that I might want to see at SXSW, not sure why in particular but I punched in Jennifer O'Connor's name almost instantly. I think I was listening to one of her cds earlier in the day or something. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised to see that she was playing several times.
I saw her play in a small coffee shop first, it was an acoustic set. The small venue setting allowed me a chance to talk to her and I found out that she had started her own label. This was fantastic news as I know it gives the artist more control over what happens and they aren't beholden upon anyone else to take care of things.
Jennifer's website: http://jenniferoconnor.net/
Kiam Records, her label: http://www.kiamrecords.com/
A link to a Kiam Records sampler that I highly recommend checking out: http://soundcloud.com/kiamrecords/sets/label-sampler-1
This is the only official video, I think, that she's done and it was on her album Here With Me on Matador Records
I cannot recommend her new album enough though. Already Gone, Hidden Hill, and especially Running Start are my favs so far but the whole album is strong from start to finish. I normally don't even pick out specific songs as I put an album in and just let it play and play and play until it's worn out but given SXSW I was paying attention to the specific song titles for some reason.
She has put up her entire album up on Soundcloud to listen to:
I highly recommend her music as she is awesome! You can buy the album over on Bandcamp @ http://jenniferoconnor.bandcamp.com/ or I'm sure Waterloo Records has them in Austin. I'll check on that next time I'm there.
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