JENNY BRUCE
Born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Jenny Bruce comes from a musical family where everyone -- parents, sister, uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and beyond -- sang, played instruments and harmonized. Music was the glue. The Bruce family religion.
Bruce began playing piano by ear, writing songs and poems at the age of five as a necessary outlet for her overflowing emotions and thoughts. A shy introvert, an awkward misfit. Music was her sanctuary. It still is.
Coming of age in New York City during the 80’s wasn’t boring and Bruce experienced a colorful “youth” that included dancing beside Madonna at a nightclub (Le Jardin) and chatting with Andy Warhol and Truman Capote at Studio 54. On a dare, she once invited John Cusack to dance at the China Club (there was a kiss!). Later, in college, she studied and lived in France for four years (speaks fluent French) where she sang in the metro to make enough money to eat baguette until she was found a job as a singing waitress in a Paris restaurant/nightclub (Hollywood Savoy). It was also in the city of lights that she met the man she would later marry.
As a pop-folk singer/songwriter, Bruce has released four independent albums and has won many songwriting awards (Billboard, ISC, John Lennon and dozens more). You’ve heard her songs on Dawson’s Creek, Ghost Whisperer, The Today Show, King of the Hill, All My Children, Jake 2.0, Children’s Hospital and in several independent films including, “Sex And The Other Man” starring Stanely Tucci and Ron Eldard for which she composed original songs. A 1999 Lilith Fair Talent Search finalist Bruce’s song “Home” from her 2001 release, Soul On Fire was included as the only track from an “unsigned” artist on a popular Martha Stewart compilation CD, featuring Alison Krauss, Barenaked Ladies, Lucinda Williams and other well-known artists.
More than ever, music remains Bruce’s sanity and salvation. Music and the occasional Macallan 12 Year.
Jenny Bruce’s songs are available on iTunes and everywhere...
Lately, Bruce has been having fun, creating new sounds as Ghoste - come visit!
Bruce began playing piano by ear, writing songs and poems at the age of five as a necessary outlet for her overflowing emotions and thoughts. A shy introvert, an awkward misfit. Music was her sanctuary. It still is.
Coming of age in New York City during the 80’s wasn’t boring and Bruce experienced a colorful “youth” that included dancing beside Madonna at a nightclub (Le Jardin) and chatting with Andy Warhol and Truman Capote at Studio 54. On a dare, she once invited John Cusack to dance at the China Club (there was a kiss!). Later, in college, she studied and lived in France for four years (speaks fluent French) where she sang in the metro to make enough money to eat baguette until she was found a job as a singing waitress in a Paris restaurant/nightclub (Hollywood Savoy). It was also in the city of lights that she met the man she would later marry.
As a pop-folk singer/songwriter, Bruce has released four independent albums and has won many songwriting awards (Billboard, ISC, John Lennon and dozens more). You’ve heard her songs on Dawson’s Creek, Ghost Whisperer, The Today Show, King of the Hill, All My Children, Jake 2.0, Children’s Hospital and in several independent films including, “Sex And The Other Man” starring Stanely Tucci and Ron Eldard for which she composed original songs. A 1999 Lilith Fair Talent Search finalist Bruce’s song “Home” from her 2001 release, Soul On Fire was included as the only track from an “unsigned” artist on a popular Martha Stewart compilation CD, featuring Alison Krauss, Barenaked Ladies, Lucinda Williams and other well-known artists.
More than ever, music remains Bruce’s sanity and salvation. Music and the occasional Macallan 12 Year.
Jenny Bruce’s songs are available on iTunes and everywhere...
Lately, Bruce has been having fun, creating new sounds as Ghoste - come visit!