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Hometown: Nashville, TN
Management: Liz Ficalora
Website: www.jillsissel.com
Sounds Like: Heart, Fleetwood Mac
Genre: Americana
Jill Sissel Guitarist/Singer/ Songwriter
Jill is an award winning songwriter and has been writing and performing her acclaimed Americana/ Blues music in the Nashville area for more than 18 years. Jill's talent and skills as a guitarist and vocalist show experience that is very hard to match. Since the age of three, when the guitar was bigger that she was, she taught herself how to record and sing for her mom. When one hears of someone's passion showing up so early, you know that it is a calling. Just check out the wear on her guitar.
Jill recorded her first CD, “The Builder”, in Salt Lake City, in 1998 which JPFolks nominated for Best Americana Album. Her 2nd CD, “Love Knows No Distance” , also garnered a nomination for Americana Album of the Year by JPFolks in 2001. From the 2003 CD, "Out of Nowhere", the song, "Too Soon to Say" was noticed by JPFolks as a top finalist in the female singer-songwriter category.
This year in 2017 her album, "Haunted Highway" has been nominated by JPFolks for Best Americana Album, and the 5 songs from that album are also in contention for Best song in four categories including "Here She Comes" (COUNTRY); "The Bottle or the Bible" (SPIRITUAL); "Texas Moon" (NEW FOLK); "One Foot in Front of the Other" and "Now's the Time" (POSITIVE).
In addition to the four recognized CDs, Jill released a soulful and evocative blues album, "Tell the Truth" in 2013. Her band mates, Richard Bell, (guitar); Ted Wagner (bass); and Liz Ficalora (drums and production/engineer) were all part of the tracking. Jill has opened shows for Tracey Lawrence, JoDee Messina, Dan Seals, and Ty England. For further information please visit www.jillsissel.com
Liz Ficalora is a producer, author, and software business owner of "EASY DRUM CHART". Liz has produced the last four of Jill Sissel's albums and plays many parts on them as well including drums and percussion, engineering, arranging, mixing, and MIDI performance. Together they are a live team of percussion, guitar, harmonica and vocals with a punch. Liz has worked in past performances with : Stella Parton, Grand Rivers Variety Show, Carnival Cruise Lines, Sterling, Pam Tillis, Walter Egan, Charlie Louvin.
"It was just another Friday night in Bowling Green and we had just finished dinner with a friend. As she rose to leave, she stated that she was meeting friends at Molly Shannon’s Irish Pub on Broadway to hear Jill Sissel. Her recommendations were so glowing that we decided to follow her over and to our surprise and delight we ended up staying most of the evening listening to this unique performer who was playing on the patio. I soon realized that I had to talk with her."
see the complete interview on the published web site below.
Jack Montgomery - The Amplifier
“Her voice is soft and alluring, her guitar playing is solid, and her lyrics are evocative with a slightly playful undertone. To make that long story a bit shorter, Jill Sissel’s got it. The proverbial “it.” Not just talent—although she certainly has enough of that to go around—but a drive and earnestness that so many talented people seem to lack in today’s music industry. Just looking at the liner notes is enough to make me feel inadequate. Jill Sissel is the lead vocalist; she’s the guitarist (acoustic and electric); she plays the keyboard, the bass, the mandolin; she either wrote or co-wrote every song on the album. Is there anything she can’t do?
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Vince Gaetano - Nashville Underground
“CD - Love Knows No Distance - "The 10 songs on this CD are all co-written by this multi-talented artist. Sissel has a warm, sexy voice and sets the tone of the album with the title song. She also gets to show off her guitar pickin' skills on every track as well as her other instrumental talents.”
Brad Fisher - Nashville Music Guide
“I Googled, “Jill Sissel!” WOW! Six pages of info choices immediately slapped me in the face! She is an incredibly talented and prolific music machine! She does it all. I learned quickly (YouTube never lies) that Jill is an accomplished blues guitarist.”
Tim Ross - Nashville Music Scene
“Music Row, Robert K. Oermann
Single Review for "Love Knows no Distance" written by Jill Sissel (ASCAP) and Steve Bigler (BMI). It's a little under produced, but the song has a cool hook and the wha-wha electric guitar behind her "dry" vocal is teasing and wonderfully ear-catching.”
Robert Oermann - Music Row
