Jenna Dean

November 13, 2014 -

If you don’t know Louisville band Jenna Dean, then you are obviously missing out on a big opportunity to dance. It’s one of those contagious things.

Over the weekend, Jenna Dean, who deems their genre neo-soul hip hop, released a single called “Blown” and played its corresponding video at Seidenfaden’s in the middle of the jammin’ club scene, a very fitting setting. The video itself is the band in its element, a tight quartered venue playing to a lively dance floor.

“Blown” is a song to incite the party and it definitely succeeds. It has all the elements of it—funky bass line, a Daft Punk/Niles Rodgers-esque guitar hook that will make you think of “Get Lucky,” and the smooth rapper/singer combo.

And I’ve got a strong feeling that this nearly five minute track go on even longer once they jam it out. A DJ could play a full album of this kind of Jenna Dean and be set for the night.

For fans of: Justin Timberlake, Daft Punk, supporters of Louisville hip hop

Check out everything Jenna Dean here. - Louisville.com - by Will Ford

December 2, 2014 - Louisville-based neo-soul hip-hop band Jenna Dean has joined the #GivingTuesday and the #Unselfie project to benefit AMPED: Academy of Music Production Education and Development.

Starting today, #GivingTuesday, December 2, 2014, Jenna Dean will donate one half of all iTunes purchases of their hit single “Blown,” until midnight on Sunday, December 7, 2014. Donations will benefit AMPED, an organization Jenna Dean works closely with as volunteer mentors to help provide a safe environment for youth to explore their creativity through music.

AMPED provides free access to education, instruments, music therapy, technology and performance opportunities for Louisville’s young minds to thrive through the power of music.

Jenna Dean will also participate in the #Unselfie project. Taking place today, #GivingTuesday, everyone is encouraged to take a photo showing how they’re giving back, tag it #Unselfie and #GivingTuesday and upload it to Instagram, Twitter or Facebook until Thursday, December 4, 2014.

On Friday, December 5, 2014, Jenna Dean will be performing at the Mercury Ballroom in Downtown Louisville as the opening performance for the Here Come The Mummies show. Doors open at 7:30pm with the show beginning at 8:00pm. Tickets are $24.50 for general admission, available through mercuryballroom.com or ticketmaster.com.

About Jenna Dean:

Heartbreakingly cool keyboards, gritty, raw guitar solos, and eclectic lyrics and vocal harmonies come together in a seemingly never-ending, lust & bourbon-fueled musical tryst that is Jenna Dean - the premier urban rock band. The unique sound of Jenna Dean draws upon music’s past and present to create the future: an incomparable sonic terrain grounded in live hip-hop instrumentation and soulful vocalization. - Louisville.com - by Bella Portaro