My CDs
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Give me a River is Janie's irst, a solo CD. It was released released in 2001, comprises a dozen original songs that range from the haunting “Red Sky,” to the ever-popular “Twiddles.” Read the Liner Notes.
Janie's second Chesapeake-centric CD, The Oyster Wife, includes instrumentation and back-up vocals from her Calico Jack cohorts, principally Paul DiBlasi (guitar and vocals, but also including tracks from Geoff Kaufman (concertina), Chelle Fulk (fiddle) and the Seattle-based duo of William Pint and Felicia Dale. From a ballad about a waterman’s untimely end in a winter storm — “Old Bill” — to the upbeat humor of “Toadfish” (Meneely’s paeon to tournament fishing), the songs on the album sparkle with Chesapeake Bay wit and wonder. Read the Liner Notes.
A more far-reaching collection of general maritime material is included on a third album, You Don’t Know Jack, released in 2008. Read the Liner Notes.