Acclaim & Reviews
Jennifer's debut album "By a Wire" was nominated by Zone Music Reporter for 2014's 'Best Piano with Instrumentation' Award and 'Best New Artist'... Jennifer won the prestigious 'Best New Artist' that year!
Other notable achievements for "By a Wire" include being placed among the best albums of the year for 2014 on Mainly Piano, One World Music and Lloyd Barde's Picks.
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"Sisu" Debuted at #1 on March and April's Zone Music Reporter's top 100 chart in 2017, staying in the top 25 for 5 months.; It was also #1 and #2 for 4 months on Gaia Prime Radio; Debuted at #1 on Enlightened Piano Radio and remained in the top 15 for 5 months.
"Sisu" has won:
The "Best Piano Album with Instrumentation" for 2017 at the Zone Music Reporter Awards in May 2018!!;
The "Best Ambient/Instrumental Album" at the Akademia Music Awards in August 2017!!;
The Global Music Award's Silver Medal for New Age Album in September 2017!!;
and was nominated for "Best Ambient/New Age Song" - Sisu - in the 2018 RoundGlass Music Awards!!
Sisu remained in the top 50 for 5 months on the International One World Music Radio's Top 100.
"If piano that helps you in your drive to reach for (and achieve) great things is what your spirit is in need of right now, you will just love Jennifer’s excellent work on this fresh new release! … One of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard (yet) in 2017 is “Palo Santo”; the weave of instruments against her purposeful and high-energy keyboard style is most impressive, and will have you listening over and over again to this inspiring 6:20 composition! The musicians on the album include..."
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~Dick Metcalf/Rotcod Zzaj of Contemporary Fusion Review
"Every reviewer relishes the opportunity to hear a new impressive artist and Jennifer DeFrayne is one of them. Her impressive debut from performance to material to production knocks it out of the musical ballpark. With absolutely no filler and only one solo track, Jennifer DeFrayne has left the musical community with no doubt that her debut has sleeper hit of 2014 written all over it..."
~Michael Debbage of Mainly Piano
"On her new album By A Wire, Jennifer DeFrayne opens the doors to the heart so the soul can be heard. She has woven a beautiful tapestry of melodies, harmonies and most importantly heartfelt renderings through this beautiful album. My personal favorites Calling Angels and Hope Floats call the soul back home. I have a personal preference for music that reminds us of the love that is found at the edge of night and day, joy and sorrow - her music does just that. In this music there is artistry and healing to be found. Thank you Jennifer for sharing your gifts with us."
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~Michael Brant DeMaria- Musician, Author, Psychologist, Speaker etc.
"Sisu is pianist/composer Jennifer DeFrayne’s second album, following her award-winning 2014 debut, By a Wire. The title refers to a quality that characterizes the Finnish spirit and encompasses perseverance, courage, endurance, determination, grit, fortitude, bravery, spirit, resilience and inner strength. DeFrayne, who is of Finnish descent, explains: “Each song on this album embraces the spirit of sisu in one way or another and each song is meant to reflect the many characteristics of sisu.” An artist who has had far more than her fair share of tragedies and set-backs in life is herself a shining example of sisu at work, and has demonstrated how this positive mindset can enable a person to take action against all odds and turn struggles into success."
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~Kathy Parsons - Mainly Piano
Jennifer has brought into this world the best debut album ever recorded, I was truly deeply moved by this album and I really urge you all to run out and buy it, if you don’t you will miss out on a total gem. ..."
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~Steve Shepherd of One World Music Radio