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JSJBF is open to anyone interested in supporting Jazz and Blues!

There are different types of membership levels, all memberships come with a Subscription to our quarterly newsletter Jazz & Blues Notes as well as other membership benefits.

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Membership Meetings

All JSJBF Members and prospective members are welcome!

If you want JSJBF to know WHO YOU ARE and that you're looking for work, this is the best way you can make your availability and skills known. You also can network with other artists and potentially venue owners that can help you out. This is one of the single most important things you can do to market your group (and you can have a great night out)!

Meetings are scheduled for the third Wednesday of the month.

Monthly Membership Meeting

Back to the usual place!

Wed., 15 Apr. 2009, 8:00 - 11:00

Upstairs at The Downtown
10 West Front Street, Red Bank


Music by: Eryn Shewell

"Eryn Shewell successfully blends rock, blues and jazz influences to create a unique sound that showcases her incredible voice and songwriting skills, while remaining true to her acoustic roots and pop sensibilities."
- Eugene Foley, Foley Entertainment Inc.

In venues such as the legendary Stone Pony, The Saint, The Cutting Room, Bluebird Café, Café Coco, Six Flags theme parks, as well as popular clubs throughout New Jersey, New York City, New Orleans and Nashville, many crowds and hearts have been won over by the unique power and sweet sound of the young talented singer and songsmith, Eryn Shewell.

Her unique sound is often compared to her musical influences: the bluesy sound of Susan Tedeschi; the sweet sensitivity of Jewel; the power of Eva Cassidy and the raw grit of Etta James.

Born in Washington, DC, Eryn moved to New Jersey when she was eight. Inspired by her musical family (her parents and aunts all sing; her grandfather is a bluegrass musician), Eryn chose music as her career at an early age. She has always known she would work in the music industry. She has been singing publically since she was ten, wrote her first song at fourteen and hasn't stopped writing since. She taught herself guitar to help facilitate her songwriting and performing and even trained as a sound engineer so she could better understand some of the science behind the perfect sound.

"Music has always been my passion, my therapeutic outlet. I’m not just chasing fame; this is my career. I will always work in the music industry in some capacity," she says in her soft speaking voice that belies the powerful tonality that is her trademark.

Eryn began singing professionally at age thirteen when she started a ten year run singing with country band Sundance. By sixteen she was also singing backup with Jody Joseph and the Average Joes.  In 2005 she spent several months in New Orleans winning over audiences while singing with national touring band Soul Project.

Eryn's main focus now is her own Eryn Shewell Band (ESB).  Founded in 2007, ESB is a group of up to nine pieces that showcases her original compositions with a few of Eryn’s favorite cover songs thrown in for fun. Within the first year the band was nominated for three Asbury Music Awards: Top Female Vocalist, Top Americana and Top Blues Band. She has kept the band busy playing all over New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania as well as recording her debut album.

Eryn pours her heart and soul into her music and puts it all out on display for anybody who will listen. Her songs are personal yet easily accessible. Addicting melodies and catchy hooks draw you in to the experiences of her young life. Her blues-rock songs like "Anymore" are full of attitude, songs like "Simple" are comforting, while "I Don’t Know" and “One More Melody” reflect the doubt of her younger years and “I Want You for Breakfast” is just plain old naughty fun.

Eryn embraces every opportunity to perform and is sought out by other artists as a backup singer because of her natural ability to harmonize. While in New Orleans she was honored to record vocals for blues veteran Walter "Wolfman" Washington's album Doing the Funky Thing. “I love working with other artists and experiencing their music. I have learned something from everyone I've had the pleasure to perform or write with.  It’s not the same if I can’t share it anyway,” she says, smiling as she quotes a line from one of her songs. 

Read more at the Eryn Shewell or her website

Open-mic jam to follow.

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May 2009 - TBA

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