Jennifer Porter - Sun Come and Shine Redux

Artiest/Band: Jennifer Porter Album:  Sun Come and Shine Redux Release: 14 February 2025 Label: Overton Music Dist: Select-O-Hits-Orchard The luminous voice of songstress Jennifer Porter shapes the elegant tapestry of her lyrics into a musical style that blends its worldliness into other-worldly dimensions. Her seductive vocals breathe intimate stories of love and loss against a backdrop of sublime instrumentation......

The luminous voice of songstress Jennifer Porter shapes the elegant tapestry of her lyrics into a musical style that blends its worldliness into other-worldly dimensions. Her seductive vocals breathe intimate stories of love and loss against a backdrop of sublime instrumentation. All of this imaginative and original magical music comes together again on Sun Come and Shine Redux, the remixed and remastered reprise of Porter's impeccable 2021 release, “Sun Come and Shine.” The title song was then honored with the We Are The Music Makers award for Best Roots/Americana/Blues song.

The title song itself, “Sun Come and Shine,” which opens the album, features multiinstrumentalist Porter on the Hammond B-3, and a delicate harp and piano intro leading into the mystic of its lyrics: “Sun come and shine in my door / Let your light creep gently cross the floor / ‘Til my thoughts don’t scare me no more.” On “Show Me Your Love,” Porter provides her own backing vocals as well as B3 and Fender Rhodes work, highlighting ethereal vocals in a tender love song: “In the tone of your voice and the words that you choose / In the moves and the grooves that you use / Won’t you show me your love.”

 

A lilting melody envelops the dreamy optimism of “When It’s All Been Said And Done: “Let’s roll the rug back and we’ll have a dance / I’ll bring you violets and we’ll take a chance.” A gorgeous burst of horns slips into “Satin Shoes,” with its esoteric imagery: “We’ll feel sad when we sit very still / To ask for joy and pray for time / We can’t recall we ever knew / How desperately we need a happy ending.” The sultry-voiced, upbeat “Stop Your Talkin'” is an earthy warning framed in jazzy horns: “You better stop your talkin’ talkin’ / Or I’ll be going, going, gone.”

The bluesy “In And Out With You” is a rhythmic adventure of love featuring a razor-sharp guitar solo by George Naha punctuating delightful lyrics with and a joyous shout at the finish: “Cross the ocean dark on this night-light flight / Holding hands while cycling in the rain / Sleeping by your side on this midnight train.” Porter's airy touch on the B3 encircling a sensuous sax leads into the lovely refrain of a “Bitter New York Night” warmed by luscious vocals: “And when we’re old and dance real slow / I will dream…”

The rousing accordion of C.J. Chenier and a taste of Porter's honky-tonk piano introduce the New Orleans rhythms of “You're So Easy To Be With” and its colorful vibrations: “You’re so easy to get lost in / I forget to find my way.” The only non-Porter song, “Something On Your Mind,” with Christian Bride on fretless bass, is a poignant ballad by Dino Valenti: “I have seen the writing on the wall / Who cannot maintain will always fall.” The haunting strains of Cindy Cashdollar's pedal steel warm the finale, “I'll Be Here,” with its gentle promise of everlasting love: “I’ll take your hand and I’ll walk without shame / For as you go, so will I / ‘Til the day that I die.”

Sun Come and Shine Redux is layered with the sophistication of Jennifer Porter's smart, sensitive lyrics, and the eloquence of her unique voice. It's filled with expressive musical creations torn from Porter's personal vision for you to experience with her. Let her explore your mind. Jim White (a former music writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & now writes the Blues Roadhouse)

BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer Porter is an award-winning musician, actor, and screenwriter. A musician's musician blessed with a beautiful voice, Jennifer has performed a repertoire that spans from Jazz and

Blues to Country and Opera. She has sung with Classical and Jazz Orchestras, including the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. At heart though, Jennifer considers herself a roots musician and is still most at home singing at the piano while banging out an old blues tune in a red-hot 88 style.

Jennifer has recorded ten albums to date. Her last, Yes, I Do, was well received by media and radio alike. The album placed #1 on Roots Music Report’s Jazzy Blues chart for over 20 weeks as well as charting in the UK, Australia, and Canada. Reviews and features were obtained in North America, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany.

Jennifer is also an esteemed actor, with more than ninety professional stage credits, including Patsy Cline in Always...Patsy Cline. She starred in, and composed and performed the film score for BALLAD OF IDA AND DOOB (1999) and wrote, starred in, and composed and performed the film scores for the critically acclaimed MR. BARRINGTON (2003), and the multiple award-winning 40 WEST (2011) for which Jennifer received awards for acting, original score, original song, and original screenplay. Jennifer holds a second-degree black belt in Tai Jujitsu and has advanced training in Kali and Jeet Kun Do. In 1989 Jennifer was the first vocalist in Maine to be inducted into the prestigious musical honor society, Pi Kappa Lambda, which recognizes excellence in both musical performance and academics. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening and learning new languages. Association.

Full bio at https://jenniferportermusic.com/bio

WEBLINKS
OS: www.jenniferportermusic.com

Tour DATES
Starting January 30, Porter will be touring Germany and Netherlands.
Details at https://jenniferportermusic.com/calendar

For more information:  Betsie Brown, Blind Raccoon, betsie@blindraccoon.com