ION INDIE MAGAZINE December 2014, Volume 7 | Page 76

Music by JENN JOHNSON “Piano”

Interview and Photography by CeeJ
You’ve gone out to see a band you’re
familiar with and you’ve gotten there
early to enjoy the whole night.
Normally, you’re not there for the
opening acts, and rarely do they
impress you. Tonight though, the
opening act is this beautiful woman
with a hauntingly beautiful voice and
piano playing abilities that will blow
you away. Tonight you’re hearing
incredible
compositions
with
gorgeous, deep, meaningful lyrics
that will leave you astounded. Tonight
you are witnessing a woman perform
her beautiful original compositions,
as well as some jaw dropping rearrangements of hit songs you would
NEVER have thought would go over
well on piano, but tonight, are doing
JUST that. Tonight…you are
witnessing JENN JOHNSON.
My husband and I have seen Jenn a few times now, and have always thought she was ION caliber material. With her
new album on the horizon, I took some time to chat with Jenn about her history in music and the new album.
CeeJ: Music is a huge part of your life...tell me a little about how long you have been singing, writing and playing
piano?
Jenn: Music and I have been together practically since infancy. Seriously! Somewhere, there is video footage of
toddler-me singing my heart out to Christmas carols. And probably my earliest memory is of going on a road trip with
my parents to visit family...and my little four year old self was singing away in the backseat to HEART’S "All I Wanna
Do is Make Love to You", that was playing on a mix tape! (Clearly I was too young to understand the meaning. LOL!).I