A string of stories bringing us to the heart of the music…
Ooh Aah
Free-spirited and full of life, Megan Jerome released her newest album, Ooh Aah, to a sold-out crowd at the National Arts Centre. Ooh Aah is signature Megan Jerome - intimate campfire-waltzes, sultry cowboy-tangos, upbeat, sassy tunes, rousing gospel-tinged anthems…
—Ooh Aah Press Release
Joy
A live radio interview, archived on CKCU, full of laughs and stories about Ooh Aah, and the amazing Together Ensemble…
—Amanda Jetté Knox, Susan Johnston and Bob LeDrew, CKCU Radio, Friday Special Blend
Listen (interview starts 40 minutes into the show)
Living a musical life
“Singer-songwriter-teacher Megan Jerome’s most recent album is 2017’s Ooh Aah. She answered some questions from ARTSFILE about her music and her life…”
—Peter Robb, Artsfile
Sing
“We start off the show talking to Ottawa singer-songwriter Megan Jerome about her new album Ooh Ahh and the show next week to launch the album…We kick things off with the song "F*ck It! Your Voice Is Love!" which prompts a discussion about the importance of singing and following your dreams - no matter what they might be. We also talk about the amazing musicians that helped Megan record this album, many of whom will join her on stage on the 13th for her special show. Megan's sharing about working with one of her vocal inspirations Rebecca Campbell…”
—Joe Reilly, CKCU Radio, The Guest List (interview begins 3 minutes in)
Roots-meets-jazz
“Three years into her studies in mining engineering at Queen’s University, Megan Jerome realized that she needed to be making music…”
—Peter Hum, The Ottawa Citizen
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Play
A live radio interview, archived on CKCU, where we get into the inspiration for Ooh Aah that comes from play - in songwriting and in teaching…
—Tonya Price, CKCU Radio, Friends with Benefits
Feel
“On her latest album Together Ensemble, Ottawa singer-songwriter Megan Jerome feels a lot. She describes feeling someone breathe in her, feeling them go where they go, feels them believing her, feels them under her skin, feeling herself let go, feels pulsing, and in fact declares "I feel you feel me feel you", which has to be a meta-style of feeling. And that's all in one tune. We played some other examples for her, when Megan joined us…”
—Alan Neal, CBC Radio One, All in a Day
Groovy
Lovely, dreamy, soulful
Janis Lockwood and I get to talking about the Together Ensemble, how we create the sound of the band and the New Orleans vibe that is so, so inspiring…
—Janis Lockwood, CKCU Radio (interview starts 15 minutes in)
Personal
“Every once in a while you hear a record that stops you in your tracks, a record where everything just feels right and you wonder where did this come from? How can something sound so ripe? This was my reaction when I heard Together Ensemble, the latest work from Ottawa singer-songwriter Megan Jerome…”
—Chrissy Steinbock, Couch Assassin
Candid
“Sitting on the claw-foot stool, her corkscrew curls piled atop her head, Megan Jerome works with the slightly warped sound and broken keys. Getting a feel for this particular piano, she tears into selections from her new self-titled album to an audience of one and a housecat…”
—Fateema Sayani, Sound Seekers, OttawaMagazine.com
Love
“Twisted tangos and bawdy lyrics, tipsy dancers and Francophone hecklers, calls for an encore before the first song had begun. All this and more marked my introduction to Megan Jerome’s latest musical renaissance…”
—Travis Boisvenue, Guerilla Magazine
Beguiling
“Listening to Flora, the first “single” from Megan Jerome’s album Bloomers, induced a daydream about a smoky Parisian bar, sipping a glass of absinthe, while the artist Toulouse Lautrec flirts with writer Colette and Serge Gainsbourg dances with Jane Birkin while Jerome begins playing another new song, a romantic waltz called Amour on the accordion…”
—Denis Armstrong, The Ottawa Sun
Beautiful
“Megan Jerome appears particularly delicate, sitting at a small keyboard with an accordion tucked under her arm. But once Jerome belts out a few of her signature cabaret-style songs, that first impression fades quickly – she already has the audience howling out choruses and slamming pint glasses down onto their tables…”
—Chris Cooper, Centretown News
Sultry and Fun
“Megan Jerome’s songs are short vignettes: quirky and clever with bright sparkly accompaniment…”
—Alayne McGregor, Ottawa Jazz Scene.ca