Written By: Nichole WagnerThere's more to Jill Sobule’s music than her 90s MTV novelty hit. Yes, “I Kissed A Girl” was a hit and “Supermodel” was in the movie Clueless but quirky, often politically charged numbers fill her repitore.
Her songs bounce from tongue-in-cheek to serious and back again, sometimes getting the tones tangled along the way.
Her topic list includes the death penalty (Texas), George Bush (Put Him in the Hall of Fame), sexual exploitation (Tel Aviv), religion (The Rapture, Soldiers of Christ), and global warming (Manhattan in January).
There are also the personal matters of the unglamorous side of being a musician (Freshman), high school (Margaret, Cinnamon Park), and celebrities (Heroes, Where is Bobbie Gentry?).
In live sets she switches between her guitar, a 6-string “cheaters” banjo, and her laptop (for providing backing tracks) and picks fun covers such as All The Young Dudes, Hot in Here, or the occasional Neil Young or Warren Zevon song.
Her next album, California Years, entirely fan-funded through the website jillsnextrecord.com will be released in April.
Listeners can also download a full-length concert at jillsobule.com.
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