Jennifer "Jen" Turner | |
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Genres |
Alternative rock Indie rock |
Instruments | Guitar, bass, vocals, |
Years active | 1991–Present |
Associated acts | Natalie Merchant, Furslide, Inner, Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts, Here we go magic, Thrillionaire, Exclamation Pony, High Desert Fires |
Jennifer "Jen" Turner is a singer/songwriter musician and producer.
She first became popular for her work and touring with Natalie Merchant on her album Tigerlily as guitarist and backing vocalist alongside Peter Yanowitz on drums and Barrie Maguire on bass guitar.
In 1997 she formed the band Furslide alongside bassist Jason Lader, and drummer Adam MacDougall and released their Album Adventure in London's Metropolis, Olympic and Abbey Road studios.
Jennifer Turner broke from Virgin to form an independent record label, Caboose Music. In 2001, using Inner as alias she released two records on her own independent record label. Inner's first release was the EP Dog Demos followed by the full length album Lovetheonlyway the year after
Through the middle of the 2000's she kept a lower profile mostly working in bands but not as frontperson. Starting 2006 she worked with Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts, and joined Here we go magic playing bass and keyboard. Turner produced and engineered the bands 2010 Album Pigeons and 2011 The January EP. The same year Jennifer Turner and Henrietta Tiefenthaler, both having a faible for Krautrock founded Thrillionaire – with Joey Waronker, Cedric LeMoyne and Marius de Vries taking part. In 2012 she formed Exclamation Pony- consisting of Ryan Jarman as lead guitarist & vocalist and Jen Turner on bass & vocals. In 2015 Taylor McLam (drums, vocals) and Chris Traynor (Guitar, Vocals) started working on some music together. Jen Turner (guitar, vocals), Gabriella Da Silva (Vocals), Drew Broadrick (Piano, Vocals) and Sibyl Buck (Bass, Vocals) joined in, forming High Desert Fires. They released their first EP in 2015. Also in 2015 she joined the lineup of The Lemonheads for several shows.