We’ve marched, voted, signed petitions and marched some more. We’ve even got a pink hat or two with cat ears.  This is a light-hearted pushback at expectations and situations every woman on the planet has experienced.

The Go Janes

Not Wearing That

13 - Not Wearing That

Message from self to soul: thank you for paying attention to where you drink your water from.

Soul Spring

11 - Soul Spring

This is another Bushwick Book Club project.  Our task was to read the Count of Monte Cristo and write a song inspired by the book. This line by author Alexandre Dumas  jumped off the page “For every evil there are two remedies: time and silence.”

Time and Silence

10 - Time And Silence

This one’s about love, and how it transcends all the noise (doubt, fear) of the past.

In From the Rain

9 - In From The Rain

This is our version of a true story from the life of author, artist and our friend Marie Peters.  We only changed it a little bit.

Red Purse

8 - Red Purse

Written during a band retreat at our friend Trace’s house, perched on a bluff above Penn Cove on Whidbey Island.

The World Walks Into Me

7 - The World Walks Into Me

Mortality, essence, ancestors, and what remains when everything passes away and crumbles into the ground. I was thinking about all of this when writing this song about my grandfather’s mandolin.

Mandolin

6 - Mandolin

We’ve lived long enough to have both received and given out reams of advice. We’ve also lived long enough to know when it’s best to just listen.  Sometimes, listening is difficult. Sometimes the temptation is to go straight to the solution and listen later, if at all. This song is an exercise in quiet observation, and giving power to ones who feel powerless. You aren’t.  We see you. We hear you.

Go Mama

5 - Go Mama

Life is hard. We all need a good strong horse to carry us through the storms. And we all get to be that horse for each other.

Horse

4 - Horse

Sometimes love keeps you in a place longer than you should stay. Small towns can feel that way too.

Tell My Mom

3 - Tell My Mom

Some things in life are complicated. Taxes. Social media. All the stuff we do to drive us crazy.  But some things are simple because they are what they are and that’s all there is to it. Simple is good.

Love is Love

2 - Love Is Love

The Bushwick Book Club in Seattle gave us the task to write a song inspired by Zadie Smith’s book White Teeth. We wrote this outdoors in Seattle’s Seward Park in the early days of the pandemic lock down, as the wind blew through the trees and eagles circled overhead.

Who Can Name the Wind

1 - Who Can Name The Wind

Healing music, light as a feather, hits you like a rock.
The members of the Go Janes performed for nearly four decades before creating a trio together, long enough to express what we’ve learned with tender and wise hearts: that anything worthwhile takes patience and calm. Attributes not exactly in high demand in our fast and highly distractible times, but a respite if you’ll take it.

Two members of the acclaimed satirical trio Uncle Bonsai, the artistic director of the consistently sold-out Wintergrass Festival, local activists and soloists, educators and songwriters make up the Go Janes. It’s not their first rodeo.

“What the McGarrigles are to Toronto, the Go Janes are to the Pacific Northwest.” 
   ~ Joel Tepp, musician

Lush female harmonies, harp-like ukuleles, and acoustic guitar support the Go Janes’ disarmingly gracious look at life in all its light and darkness (and there is often a choice between the two). Humor is sustenance, as are lessons of love learned over generous amounts of time. 

“Raconteurs, observers of life, trio with great harmony vocals – the Go Janes’ smart songs and tight sound are worth hearing over and over again.” 
   ~ Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, TWO-TIME GRAMMY® Award Winners

We’re thrilled to release our first album. We think it is beautiful. We created the kind of music we’d like to hear, and hope that others feel the same. Listen and enjoy! And thanks for buying and recommending our music to others. Your support means the world to us.

The Go Janes

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