Search - Jamie Green :: Truce

Using organic and sometimes retro instrumentation, loops and light electronica to present her well-crafted, thoughtful songs, Jamie forges her own brand of contemporary pop that is funky, folky, moody, meaningful and soulful. About half of the album was written in New York City, where Jamie lived for five months following the World Trade Center Tragedy. "Soul Connected" tells the story of an unlikely pair who meet in the subway and fall in love, only to be separated for reasons beyond their control. "Taximan" starts off where Tracy Chapman?s "Fast Car" left off, musing on the American Dream from an immigrant?s perspective in post-9/11 NYC: Where are you from? they ask/and he always dreads the question/He came to NYC to git with Lady Liberty/and the flag he displays prominently/shields him from the vigilantes/they don?t know that he sings with Tracy/and he has a dream like you and me. Two beautiful and haunting odes to unconditional love between close friends appear on the album, as does the stirring social protest song, "Mantra," and the rockin? title track, "Truce." Much of the rest of the record explores the various stages and forms of romantic love: "Don?t Even Waste My Time" (a modern girl?s love song), "Birdz & Beez" (a trip-hoppy lust-song); and "Daddy?s Grace" (a shockingly honest testimonial), to name just a few. Two songs on this CD have received honors from the John Lennon Songwriting Contest?"Don?t Even" in the Rock category in 2001 and "Mantra" in the Folk category in 2002.