JONELL MOSSER: Biography

Jonell Mosser followed up her highly acclaimed Siren Songs debut So Like Joy with her CD, Enough Rope.
Co-produced with Tom Britt, and featuring a track produced by George Massenburg and John Hall, this record has been embraced by Americana and Triple A radio stations.

A Kentucky native who moved to Nashville in the 1980¹s, Jonell worked with the cream of Music City¹s players, singers and writers while building a reputation as one of the hottest performers in town. Her first album, "Around Townes", was a collection of interpretations of Townes Van Zandt songs. What started as a demo project for Townes to get cuts by Nashville¹s female singers wound up becoming a CD master when Jonell¹s "demo" performances knocked everyone off their feet.

So Like Joy was the culmination of a creative relationship that began when Jonell met John Hall in the late 1980's. It contains 12 of the 50 or so songs on which Mosser and Hall have collaborated. Produced by John Hall and featuring some of Woodstock¹s best musicians in addition to Jonell¹s Nashville stalwarts, the CD charted in the Triple A, Americana, and AC formats. It also established the formidable vocalist as a songwriter in her own right.

Jonell's CD, Enough Rope, broadens Jonell¹s resume to include production. Calling the shots with co-producer and guitarist Tom Britt, Jonell gathered a moving, personal collection of songs that show her as a blues shouter, a rock diva, a traditional singer of folk protest and gospel songs, always honoring the song before showing off her chops. Including one track co-produced by the legendary George Massenburg and John Hall, featuring bass wizard Victor Wooten and the late drum guru Larry Londin, Enough Rope continues to be heard on the airwaves of dozens of American radio stations. The latest track to receive attention, and to cross over to some country stations, is the prayerful "Peace Stories" which seems eerily prescient in the light of recent events.

Jonell Mosser has signed with Rockus Records. For information about Jonell's new CD, Time Will Do The Talkin',
go to jonellmosser.com.

Jonell Mosser has sung in the studio with Etta James, Rodney Crowell, Patti Smyth, Vince Gill, B. B. King, Wynonna, A. J. Croce, John Gorka, Waylon Jennings, Trisha Yearwood, Maura O'Connell, Lee Roy Parnell and many others. She recorded and performed as The New Maroons with Ringo Starr, Don Was, Benmont Tench and Mark Goldenberg, including a performance at Farm Aid, and has also performed with Delbert McClinton, Levon Helm, John Prine and Keb Mo'. Bonnie Raitt brought her on stage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to share the lead vocal on Prine's "Angel From Montgomery".

Jonell has appeared on TV shows "The Road", "Austin City Limits" and
"American Music Shop", and on the movie soundtracks for "Hope Floats",
"Boys On The Side" and "Look Who's Talking Now".

"Jonell Mosser draws full houses of paying customers every single time
she sings. Her lures are a fluid, soul-wringing voice and a poised but
marvelously playful stage manner that constitutes a short course in enthrallment." - Edward Morris, Billboard Magazine

"When Jonell sang, people shut up and flowers grew faster." - Tommy Womack, Cheese Chronicles

"One of the greatest singers in the world, with a direct link from heart to larynx." - Don Was, quoted in the Washington Post

"With a stage presence approaching Bette Midler and with astonishing vocal power that nearly matches Tina Turner's, Mosser is the most bankable act in town." - Bruce Honick, The Nashvillian

"Jonell can wring R&B with as much force, feel and conviction as the likes of Aretha Franklin or Gladys Knight." - Justin Mitchell, Rocky Mountain News

"Just real stories, strong feelings, and great music." - Spider Barbour, Woodstock Times

"I was so excited to be nominated with Jonell Mosser. Now people outside of Nashville are going to hear what a great singer she is." - Trisha Yearwood, in reference to the Nashville Music Awards

"She is the record holder on all scores: most bar sales, most door sales, and best female friend a music-club owner could have." - Amy Kurland, owner of the Bluebird Cafe, quoted in the Nashville Scene

" I haven't seen charisma like Mosser's since I watched Elvis when he was only 19." - Harlan Howard

For information about Jonell's new CD on
Rockus Records, go to jonellmosser.com.