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February 11, 2005

JENNIFER CUTTING WINS FIVE WAMMY AWARDS FOR OCEAN CD

Jennifer Cutting Ocean Songs for the Night Sea Journey CD cover

Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey



(Washington DC; Thursday, February 11, 2005) - Jennifer Cutting
swept the 19th annual Washington Area Music Awards, (the
"WAMMIES") held at the new Strathmore Music Center on Feb. 7.
The Celtic-folk composer-producer took home five Wammies for
OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea Journey, including Album of the
Year, Songwriter of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Musician
of the Year, and Best Contemporary Folk Recording.

For this album, Cutting returned to her English and Irish
heritage to create a collage of sea-inspired pieces showcasing a
global orchestra of Celtic, pop, symphonic and electronic
musicians, including internationally acclaimed artists like
Maddy Prior and Peter Knight (Steeleye Span), the late Tony
Cuffe (Ossian), Gabriel Yacoub, Dave Mattacks (Fairport
Convention, Paul McCartney), Troy Donockley (Iona) and
Washington D.C.-area luminaries Grace Griffith, John Jennings
(Mary Chapin Carpenter Band), Sue Richards and Zan McLeod.

Cutting's 13 nominations seemingly came out of nowhere, given
that this ethnomusiciologist employed at the Library of Congress
Archive of Folk Culture had been out of the limelight for seven
years. But the five wins were no surprise to anyone familiar
with her last band project, the British folk-rock group The New
St. George, whose recordings are enduringly popular on NPR and
college radio.

"Cutting is all about art and personal excellence, and stayed
underground until she was ready to emerge on her own terms," the
Washington Post observed in its awards night coverage.

Indeed, OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea Journey was seven years
and five transatlantic crossings in the making, and has been
described as Celtic music for ancient moderns.

OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea Journey is in its third month on
NAR's Top 20 National Radio Airplay Chart. Tracks have aired on
syndicated shows such as National Public Radio's "Atlantic
Crossing," the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "Celebration
Starsong," Netscape Radio, XM and Sirius Satellite Radio.

OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea Journey (Sunsign Records) is
available at major retailers, independent music stores and
on-line. For sound clips, visit www.jennifercutting.com

JENNIFER CUTTING RELEASES NEW CD OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea Journey

Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey


  1. Call of the Siren

  2. Out on the Ocean/Rolling Waves

  3. Gladdest Breeze

  4. My Grief on the Sea

  5. Dissolving/King Neptune

  6. Sands of Time

  7. Sleep (On the Deep)

  8. Song for the Night Sea Journey

  9. Forgiveness

  10. Neptune Reel/Woman of the House

  11. If You Are Near

  12. Siren's Farewell

Posted by BIGBAER at February 11, 2005 10:43 AM

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