Winner - Clonmel National Song Contest 2007
Winner - Dublin’s NOISE Concerts Battle of the Bands 2007
Jezzebelle are a two-piece from Dublin, Ireland.
"...Their high octane-propulsion, and driving dogmatic rhythms mark them out from the crowd…"
- Siobhán Long, The Ticket, Irish Times (Dirt Tracks album Review)
In June 2008 Jezzebelle headed to Los Angeles for 3 months where they completed a 55-date tour, playing support to Yogi (guitarist - Chris Cornell), Lisa Harrington (keyboardist - Smashing Pumpkins), and shows at The Rainbow Bar & Grill and main stage House Of Blues Anaheim. March 2008 saw the release of The Potential Collection Vol. 2, an acoustic compilation of upbeat songs by Irish acts associated with The Zodiac Sessions (named Dublin’s finest Open Mic Night by Hotpress Magazine). Jezzebelle song Bad Seed is the opening track on the album:
"…You can hear the passion stream from this track (Bad Seed) with a nice upbeat acoustic folk blues feel. The vocals stand out pretty well as they simmer a bit like Janice Joplin early blues number but a sweet little tune..." *****
- T. Halpin, MusicReview.com (Potential Collection Vol. 2 album Review)
"…A powerful and potential song…"
- Danny McElhenny, Daily Mail (4 star review of The Potential Collection Vol. 2)
To coincide with this release, the music video for Bad Seed was launched in February '08 and has since been featured on TG4’s POP4, City Channel’s Pure Music and on the web by YouTube, MySpace and Music Scene Ireland. The album was also named Album of The Fortnight by Jackie Hayden of Hotpress Magazine following the release.
In May '08 Jezzebelle played The Carlsberg Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival for the 2nd year running and after winning last years Dublin’s NOISE Concerts Battle Of The Bands, appeared as special guests for Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy), Don Baker and Rob Strong. Right now they are writing and recording material for their new album, the follow up to their 2007 debut - Dirt Tracks.
"…Dirt Tracks; a marriage of Acoustic Country Sass, Rock n’ Roll rhythms and Seductive Story Telling from two distinctive vocalists…"
- John Cleary, Kilkenny Advertiser (Dirt Tracks album Review)
"…Katie Carpenter is in possession of a powerful, soulful instrument…"
- Killian Murphy, Hotpress Magazine (Dirt Tracks album Review)
Following the release of Dirt Tracks, Jezzebelle won The Clonmel National Song Contest 2007 with their song The Road Ahead. This brought them to be a featured act on both MySpace and The Independent Artists & Musicians websites as well as local and national radio play including appearances on Newstalk’s Taste, FM104’s Open Mic and Phantom FM’s Access All Areas.
"…Absolutely Great! Jezzebelle don't sound like anybody else around…"
- Fm104’s Open Mic with Ruairi Carroll
