Jennifer Warnes News  
Jennifer Warnes by David Rubin and Bettina Hagen
 
With Sister Mary Mark Lowenstein
Dee Perez
August 2008

This woman, who now works in Northern California, invited me to join her choir when I was eight years old and she was a young nun, barely entering womanhood, of nineteen or twenty. She taught me to read those funny little square notes of Gregorian Chant and to sing in Latin with feeling. She taught me to serve the song, rather than the other way around. Through her presence, example and guidance, I experienced the collective soul of a choir, finding that harmony is a matter of love, as well as technique.
This gentlewoman, set the tone for my life in music, and showed me a place to stand within song, where voice and soul/spirit are simply one and the same. But she had no worldly idea of her influence on me.

Last week, former students gathered to honor and thank our earliest mentors for their lifelong service: Sister Mary Mark Lowenstein, our music teacher and Sister Mary Peter Traviss, her mentor in education and wisdom, and our former Principal. I admire and love them very much and was honored, at last, to thank them wholeheartedly, in person.
--Jennifer

   
Sister Mary Mark Lowenstein The eight year old student Sister Mary Peter Traviss
 
July 10, 2008

Ignatius Press has announced the release of a new edition of the feature film "Bernadette" on DVD.

Special Features:
* Re-mastered new Widecreen edition
* Includes French language film version (first time available) and English language version
* English and Spanish subtitles
* Film interview with actress Sydney Penny on playing Bernadette
* Audio interviews with Sydney Penny
* Collector’s Booklet.

Includes music CD with acclaimed "Song of Bernadette" by Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Warnes.

Details and link to purchase HERE.


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July 7, 2008

The 180 gram Vinyl LP of Famous Blue Raincoat 20th Anniversary made its debut this past Saturday on Amazon's top album list at #7 (...even with a "pre-order" status!) surrounded by Beatle vinyl LPs.

Buy (pre-order) the 180 gram Vinyl LP of Famous Blue Raincoat 20th Anniversary HERE.

Product Details
* LP Record (Release date-August 12, 2008)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
* Label: Cisco
* ASIN: B0015NORB4

 
June 22, 2008

Jeffrey Pevar
With bandmates, Chris "Kazz" Caswell, Steve Postell, Jeff Pevar.
Prepared for first concert in Calgary, Alberta. Pictures HERE.
 

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June 2, 2008
Mastering 180 gram vinyl re-release of The Hunter at Bernie Grundman Mastering Lab.


L to R:
David Fonn, Larry Marks, JW and Chris Bellman

 

Rick Cunha
April 1, 2008
Springtime in the recording studio!
Jennifer sings on Rick Cunha’s beautiful brand new love song titled "You’re Gonna Break My Heart".
 
Famous Blue Raincoat:20th Anniversary Edition
Photo Gallery
February 8, 2008
The 20th Anniversary Edition of FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT in the top ten Favorite Reissues! "Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (a perfect intro to Leonard Cohen)" from Michael Giltz' Grammy Preview : The Best CDs of 2007
Read the full article HERE (Huffington Post).

Visit our page dedicated to The 20th Anniversary Edition of FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT for audio interviews, conversations, online reviews and more HERE.
 

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December 6-7
Jennifer performs and records with the YCCA in Rome, New York.
See YCCA.

Jennifer wishes to thank Mr. Frank Tomaino of The Oneida County Historical Society and Mr. Hank Leo, CEO of the YMCA, in Rome, New York. They helped her discover the origins of the Warnes family in the U.S. (emigres from Wales in the mid 1800's) in Utica.

"On December 9th, 2007, on a very cold and snowy day, in an empty cathedral where music dealer William Warnes (my great-grandfather) was a chorister in the 1800's, I sang in HIS choir loft. I have fallen in love with Utica, for all the right reasons. Thank you Frank and Hank and my ageless and charming ancestral home, Utica, New York." --Jennifer


Rome, NY - Dec. 2007

 
Jennifer Warnes with Bob Edwards-Photo by Bettina Weisenthal-Birch
Photo by Bettina Weisenthal-Birch
October 30, 2007
Long live Bob Edwards!
The great and powerful Bob Edwards of XM radio interviewed Jennifer to discuss the re-release of Famous Blue Raincoat:20th Anniversary Edition. She reports that Mr. Edwards is totally delightful, witty and erudite.

The program was originally aired:
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
XMPR Channel 133, 8-9 a.m. ET.
To hear the interview, go HERE.
 

Sunday, October 28, 2007
Jennifer is featured in a nostalgic look at her early career and the technical aspects of The 20th Anniversary Edition of FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT HERE.
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Jennifer singing "Help Me Make it Through the Night" video HERE.
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With Bill Medley August 2007
CNN.com Entertainment update:
The Screening Room's Top 10 Songs from the Movies
Jennifer at #8 HERE.
 

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