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No Idiot Child

Posted in MUSIC to Previews by JoAnne Cammarata on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 4:00 pm

On Wednesday, February 1, Hayley Jane will showcase her latest studio album, Idiot Child, a delightful whirl of acoustic burlesque. Playing the punk princess doll, Jane gives her audience quick peeks into her space, filled with the color of ukulele, personal lyrics, and just a little bit of burlesque.

Today's burlesque, post-punk performers are this generation's Ziggy Startdust and New York Dolls. All music is performance, all performances are art, all art is personal. One such decendent is Hayley Jane, hailing from Detroit with an act that marries her acoustic songwriting with a stage show of burlesque doll. Touring to support her latest release, Idiot Child, Jane will be playing the Iron Post on Wednesday, February 1.

Burlesque musician Hayley JaneJane's November 2011 studio album contains 12 songs that showcase her songwriter’s touch with a lush backdrop of sound. Her lyrics are personal, political, uplifiting, defiant, with themes of life, maturing, and "accept me as I am." She focuses on the personal (“dear dear boy, with every breath I take, reminds me of your crooked smile, beautiful mistake.”), an image of oneself (“It wasn’t my fault I was pre-disposed, to be presented and disposed…”), and the reality of making a living in today’s society (“million dollar deal or at least a few meals, I’m just tired of being poor, baby I’m off my high horse.”).

Hayley’s voice ranges from the fairy harmonizing of “No Parking Sign,” to the soft, seductive whisper of  “Little Girl, BIG Liar.” Jane’s Ukulele takes center stage on “Domestic Rhapsody” and “Ukulele.”

Hayley Jane will play a Singer Songwriter Showcase at the Iron Post on Wednesday, February 1 at 9:00 pm. The event is sponsored by WPCD FM 88.7 Parkland College and there is a $5 cover charge for the performance. Opening the Evening of Very Original Music are local singer/songwriters: the country-tinged performer Angie Heaton and the folk-styling of Kevin Elliott.


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Get yours early. The Rave’s CD will be available at Exile and at The C-U Flea on Saturday. C-U Flea details here: http://www.smilepolitely.com/news/sp_radio_podcast_c-u_flea_arrives/

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represent, Matt.

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Yeah, I’d agree that Transporter Room 3 is the worst house venue I’ve ever seen.

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*slow. clap.* Still offering no threat of intelligence…. I know I said I thought you should just write this whole column yourself next year, Isaac, but now that you’ve gone and taken a “part deux” run at it, I’d like to modify my request: Best Music 2013,…

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What?  Echo! (Echo!) Where’s the dischord and dissent?

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That article almost looks like something out of The Onion

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Thanks! I’m looking forward to writing even more….

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Yay!  Love this!  Welcome to the family!

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Did the Crave Truck get a permit to park in city metered spots and city right of way?  Or did they just get a permit?  The city clerk’s office seems to be a suspect here, but it’s not clear they did anything wrong.  Did the Crave Truck…

By Eric Bussell to the entry 'Champaign pulls rug from under food trucks on 05/24/12.
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High-profile whining. AKA Lobbying.

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it’s quite choice. looking forward to seeing how it and its patronage grow and develop over the course of the year.  could be a neat little ecosystem.

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Get yours early. The Rave’s CD will be available at Exile and at The C-U Flea on Saturday. C-U Flea details here: http://www.smilepolitely.com/news/sp_radio_podcast_c-u_flea_arrives/

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