Jordannah Elizabeth

Jordannah Elizabeth
Born (1986-10-16) October 16, 1986
Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation Journalist, musician
Genre Folk
Soul
Indie
Website
jordannahelizabeth.tumblr.com

Jordannah Elizabeth (born October 16, 1986) is an American music journalist, editor, music promoter and alternative, folk, soul musician.[1]

Jordannah Elizabeth was born in Baltimore, Maryland.[2] She relocated with her mother to Colorado Springs in 2002 and later contributed to the Colorado Springs Independent[3] as a music reviewer in 2011. At 19, she moved into the arts district of Denver[4] and interned at Space Gallery and AEG Live Rocky Mountain.

After a short stint of living in Los Angeles in 2008 and 2009 where she started the promotions firm, The Process Records Media Group,[5] Elizabeth relocated to New York City in 2010 and became an independent blogger, covering countless shoegaze, neo psych and experimental bands like The Black Angels,[6] The Warlocks, The Dandy Warhols[7] and The Vacant Lots on her (now defunct) music blog, TPR-Mag.com. In 2011 she became a regular contributor to Latin music blog Remezcla.com and The Wild Magazine, interviewing notable rock artists like Dead Meadow[8] and Peter Daltrey[9] of Kaleidoscope.

Elizabeth started her professional writing career by earning bylines in Vice Magazine,[10] Nerve.com[11] and Bitch Media[12] in March 2013. In October 2013, she was brought on as a regular contributing writer and entertainment reporter for New York Amsterdam News[13] arts and entertainment section. During this time she also wrote, self-produced and released her album, Bring to the Table.[14]

In December 2014, she moved to San Francisco and contributed to a number of local publications such as San Francisco Bay Guardian, East Bay Express[15] SF Station and Broke-ass Stuart.[16] She is currently the associate editor of The Deli Magazine San Francisco. Elizabeth is also a civil rights and feminist writer who often offers commentary on racial and gender issues in America.[17] She has interviewed notable writers and musicians such as Talib Kweli,[18] Saul Williams[19] and Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces[20] for SF Weekly, covering topics of race, class and cultural appropriation. Jordannah also currently contributes to MTV Iggy,[21] MTV's international and world music blog.

Jordannah is the founder and director of Publikprivate.org[22] a literary nonprofit organization that helps musicians, arts and culture journalists and creative writers find jobs and internships. The blog has featured contributors like Pulitzer Prize winner, Mark Fritz,[23] Cat Power music director, Gregg Foreman[24] and film director, Lee Davis.

Elizabeth released her album, A Rush in 2015, which was produced by Breck Omar Brunson[25] formally of The Apes and Steve Kille of Dead Meadow and Pink Mountaintops.[26] Her music has been featured in notable publications: The New Republic,[27] Playboy Online[28] and The Brooklyn Rail[29]

Jordannah has a new book of a collection of her writings due out by UK based publisher Zero Books called "Don't Lose Track Vol 1: 40 Articles, Essays and Q&As by Jordannah Elizabeth[30]"

References

  1. ↑ We Call It Psychedelic Soul
  2. ↑ Jordannah Elizabeth Sows Psychedelic Soul
  3. ↑ Spiritualized Sweet Heart Sweet Light"
  4. ↑ A New Years’ Interview w/ Alex Maas of The Black Angels"
  5. ↑ The Process Records Media Group"
  6. ↑ A Gregarious Interview w/ Christian Bland of The Black Angels"
  7. ↑ The Process Records Interviews Peter Holmstrom of The Dandy Warhols"
  8. ↑ Dead Meadow Open Up On Warble Womb"
  9. ↑ An In-Depth Interview With Peter Daltrey "
  10. ↑ Karmic Concepts of Tech N9ne
  11. ↑ Five Albums You Should Be Listening To Right Now: The Process Records
  12. ↑ Hip-Hop Duo THEESatisfaction Talk Beats, Queerness, and Cosmos"
  13. ↑ Azealia Banks, Q-Tip address cultural appropriation" Amsterdamnews.com, January 2, 2015
  14. ↑ Bring to the Table EP + Winter Tour {Jordannah Elizabeth}
  15. ↑ Panda Bear's Discipline and Precision at The Independent, Eastbayexpress.com, April 16, 2015
  16. ↑ HOW TO SURVIVE AS A BROKE-ASS WRITER: DATING AND RELATING
  17. ↑ Protest Music from Ferguson and Beyond
  18. ↑ Race, Class, and Compassion: Talib Kweli Straddles the Worlds of Music and Activism
  19. ↑ Saul Williams Talks Martyr Loser King, Hackers, and Drones
  20. ↑ Won’t Black Down: Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces Takes a Royal Stance in His Music
  21. ↑ Angélique Kidjo: The Queen of Afropop Keeps Reigning
  22. ↑ GREGG FOREMAN OF CAT POWER
  23. ↑ P / P JOURNALISM: MONICA LEWINSKY SHEDS THE SHACKLES OF SHAME
  24. ↑ PUBLIK PRIVATE MIXTAPE #9.09 ~ GREGG FOREMAN MIXTAPE
  25. ↑ Elizabeth
  26. ↑ Jordannah Elizabeth revs up for new album, A Rush
  27. ↑ Why "Indie" Music Is So Unbearably White
  28. ↑ A REASONABLE RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO WISH TO BLOW UP INDIE MUSIC
  29. ↑ Diary of a Mad Composer
  30. ↑

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