Women of the Forest Concert Series

Women of the Forest Concert Series

When you meet her, Jenie Thai is composed, pleasant,  amiable, friendly, and — she won’t like the word, but you have to live  with it — sweet. She has an open face, long hair, a ready smile and an  easy laugh. And she is also tough, and gritty, and plays barrelhouse  piano steeped in the blues — and if that wasn’t enough to get your head  around, she also writes and sings tough and tender ballads, direct from  her heart to yours.

Who she sounds like: Always a fool’s game, this — imagine a singer,  songwriter and player touched by the music of Tom Waits, Memphis Slim,  Nina Simone, Bonnie Raitt, and some people say she sounds a little like  Eva Cassidy (“I do?” she queries). She listens to old blues, edgy indie  artists, sixties r&b, piano players with chops and soul, and the…