Lost & Found by Banjo Jen

'Smart and sassy... a distinctly promising debut' - Maverick magazine

If you'd told me a few years back that I'd end up playing a banjo and writing songs on it I'd have just laughed at you. I still find it weird. It's not exactly a little girl's dream is it? It's not something I've done since being small. I'd tried a couple of instruments when I was younger and was always pretty rubbish. So I abandoned music for a long time and focused on other creative (but equally non-profitable) endeavors. Then for some strange reason a few years ago I decided to buy a banjo and found that after a while I could just about play well enough to enjoy it - and, miraculously, for other people to enjoy it. Then I threw my life up in the air, started writing songs and that was it... early midlife crisis that stuck, and suddenly everyone was calling me 'Banjo Jen'!

So this is my debut EP as Banjo Jen! I've got loads more songs which I hope to get recorded in the not-too-distant future, but these are the early ones that I started with. And I'm pretty proud of them so I hope you like them. The EP features my amazing double bass player Johnny Griff and the magic production of Mark Stoney. I play the traditional 'frailing' style of banjo, but am influenced by lots of different stuff so I hope that I push the boundaries of peoples' traditional banjo expectations / assumptions a bit and am one small step closer on my mission of making banjo (slightly) cool.

The 'Lost & Found' title comes from the first track on the EP. That's quite a literal track about an old banjo, but the more subtle (and cheesy!) subtext behind the title is that before I discovered I could write songs and perform them, I was definitely a bit lost. And not that I'm 'found' in any profound way (far from it), but I do feel like I've found what makes me tick and maybe what I was supposed to have a crack at in this crazy old life!

Thanks for your support. Hope you can come along for the rest of the ride :)

Tracklist

1.	Lost and Found	3:27

2.	The Tide will Turn	2:54

3.	Colour of the Devil	3:32

4.	Sold my Soul for a Dime	3:24

5.	Banjo Pickin' Girl	2:56

Credits

released April 14, 2018

All songs written by Banjo Jen, except Banjo Pickin' Girl (traditional, arranged by Banjo Jen)
Banjo / vocals - Banjo Jen
Double bass - John Griffiths
Guitar - Ash Gray
Percussion / piano / backing vocals - Mark Stoney
Recorded and produced by Mark Stoney

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