This new album includes some of JanLois’ most powerful piano filled ballads to date, while also incorporating the sounds of swing, folk, soul, jazz, and reggae. “dos is an album about following the bliss and choosing happiness,” says JanLois.  Her song “Mothers of the World” is about the the power that is within.  “We go within and light the way, literally; not only for ourselves but for the world,” explains JanLois.  “This dovetails perfectly with what PermanentPeace.Org is all about.  It’s real. ’Concise’, the opening track on dos, is about how everything that we see, hear, taste, touch and smell, we digest and ultimately become.  One of my favorite tracks on the album, ‘Hearts of Angels’, is about how even in the depths of heartbreak we see our capacity for love.  The deeper we go, the higher we fly.”

    “…even in the depths of heartbreak we see our capacity for love.”

dos was recorded in studios all over the United States with the bulk of the sessions taking place at Fantasy Studios in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Gawain Mathews Studios in San Pablo.  “My recording philosophy is to gather the best possible musicians and give them the freedom to play what they want within the concept I had for the feeling of each song, says JanLois. I am beyond grateful to be able to work with some of the best musicians the SF Bay Area has to offer. ” The album features some of the Bay Area’s most innovative players such as Dave Tweedie (drums), Jon Evans (bass), Gawain Mathews (guitar, mandolin, mandola), Julie Wolf (keyboards), Ellen Hoffman (piano), Rich Armstrong (horns), and Karl Perazzo (percussion).

01 Concise

04 Hearts Of Angels

05 Gentle Me Now

06 One More Broken Arrow

07 Long Arm Of Love

08 My Epoxy

09 Maybe I Dreamed You

10 Mothers Of The World

11 Crescent Moon

12 How Long Are You Gone

13 Sweet Surrender

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