Jude Johnstone is The Sound Cellar's most recent featured artist. Below is information about Jude and her great new album "Mr. Sun," which is in heavy rotation on our program, "Over Easy."Songwriting Career
Jude Johnstone immersed herself in songwriting and has enjoyed a successful career for more than 20 years. Her songs have been praised and covered by an impressive list of artists including Emmylou Harris (Hold On), Stevie Nicks (Cry Wolf), Bonnie Raitt (Wounded Heart), Jennifer Warnes (The Nightingale), Bette Midler (The Girl is On To You), Trisha Yearwood (Hearts in Armor), and Johnny Cash (Unchained), the title cut to his 1997 Grammy-winning album. Johnstone also wrote the number 1 song, "The Woman Before Me," for Trisha Yearwood’s debut CD, which was recognized with a BMI Songwriters Award.
Recording Career
With the desire to promote her songs to a wider audience she and longtime manager Bob Burton decided to go into the studio aided by Garth Fundis, (Yearwood's longtime producer), to record an album of her own. They released her debut CD Coming of Age in 2002 on BoJak Records. Coming of Age received critical acclaim leading to an interview on NPR's Morning Edition and was #6 on Amazon's Best Seller's List. Her songs "Wounded Heart" and "The Nightingale," from Coming of Age and "In This House" and "The Hereafter," from her 2005 sophomore CD On a Good Day, have been featured in Lifetime/ABC’s television hit series "Army Wives." On a Good Day generated impressive media buzz which led to Johnstone's national television debut where she performed the title track on CBS's "The Early Show." Johnstone’s most recent CDs, 2007's Blue Light and 2008's Mr. Sun, are jazz/blues influenced projects possessing the distinctively sensitive and soulful qualities found in her previous two discs. In 2008, Jude's song, "In This House," from her On A Good Day cd, was nominated for an Independent Music Award in the "Film, TV, Multimedia Soundtrack" category.
Discography
- 2002 - Coming of Age
- 2005 - On A Good Day
- 2007 - Blue Light
- 2008 - Mr. Sun
Contact: Burton Entertainment, Bob Burton www.burtonentertainment.net
You can purchase Jude's new album from the link below. All purchases help defray broadcasting costs and support our featured artists.
