Interview with Urban-Folk Jazz Vocalist, Jen Chapin
By WTJU
Date: 07/24/2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday morning WTJU Jazz Host, Gary Funston, will interview vocalist and songwriter, Jen Chapin Music, on Wild Women and Friends, prior to her 7:30pm concert that evening at Belmont Arts Collaborative, sponsored by Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU.
Jen Chapin, accompanied by Grammy nominated bassist Stephan Crump and Jamie Fox on electric guitar, will debut a new cabaret-style performance of her urban folk songs entitled Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here? The two-set show weaves historically-informed, jazz-inspired questions and answers about our current and rapidly-changing political moment, around old and new selections from Jen’s critically-acclaimed urban folk catalog.
“With songs delivered in a style that ranges from tender fragility to unexpected steeliness, Chapin brings a jazzy edge to the folk form. Sometimes she explores a fleeting emotion, sometimes she weaves a solid narrative—not at all surprising from the daughter of Harry Chapin, a master musical storyteller.” – The New Yorker
Tickets to see The Jen Chapin Trio are available online at CJS.Ticketbud.com. For more information visit cvillejazz.org or call 434-249-6191.
