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Featured Artist: JJ Heller
Welcome To JJ Heller’s Featured Artist Page
I’ve made this page so that bloggers have easy access to all the information they need to blog about JJ Heller’s music. Use a quick link to jump to the info you need, or scroll through it all and enjoy.
If you think of any other information that might be useful, please let me know.
-Kat
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JJ Heller Introduction
JJ is a singer/songwriter from Nashville with a mesmerizing voice. She and her husband Dave made a video just for you to say hi and give you a little sample of her music. Check it
out:
(To embed this video on your blog click the UP arrow on the bottom right of the player. Then click the menu icon. Copy the EMBED code and paste it in your blog post editor.)
Get Your (mostly) FREE Copy of JJ’s Album
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One of my favorite songs on the album is called True Things, which also happens to be her current free single. You can download http://www.truecampaign.org/index.php/site/music">JJ Heller’s song here.
For the month of December, JJ is also offering a song called “MY SAVIOR’S LOVE ENDURES (MAGNIFICAT).” Download it here.
Artist Bio
JJ Heller’s musical career was birthed through the death of a dream to play college basketball. A disappointing basketball debut her freshman year of college led her to pick up a guitar during her sophomore year of school.
That same year, JJ met her future husband, David Heller, shortly thereafter the couple began playing her songs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“I grew up loving creative writing. Once I learned to play the guitar, song writing came with it,” said JJ, who has been a full-time singer/songwriter since the spring of 2003.
Five years and four full-length records later, JJ’s acoustic-folk sound and heartfelt lyrics have netted the Nashville-based artist a loyal following.
“I feel called to be honest about what’s going on in my life—to talk and sing about the struggles that I face so that my listeners realize that they are not alone,” explains JJ. “For some reason, Christians (including myself) sometimes think, ‘if I’m following the Lord and doing the best I can, that life will be easy,’ and it’s not. That’s where grace comes in, and that’s where we grow.”
Music and grace aren’t the only things growing in the Heller household these days. JJ and David are expecting a baby girl in December. JJ says the themes of hope and redemption showcased on their new album, “Painted Red,” largely draw from the life experience of soon becoming parents.
“We have the choice to live in fear, or to live in the hope that God is in every moment with us,” JJ says. “That’s one of the major themes of this season in my life.”
It’s a theme reflected in her song “Back Home” – “Don’t let your eyes get used to darkness. The light is coming soon…”
October 2008
More Videos from JJ Heller
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Blog Reviews
If you blog about JJ’s Album, be sure to link your readers to her free song. And once your post is up, leave the link here in the comments and I’ll add it to the post.
Rabbit Room Review
JJ’s album was review at The Rabbit Room, an absolutely amazing blog focused on faith and art. Click here to read Stephen Lamb’s thoughts on Painted Red.
I bought more copies of The Pretty and the Plain to give away as gifts than I did any other CD last year. -Stephen Lamb
Shealy
Shealy blogged about JJ’s music here and here.
The Secret Life of Kat
Kat called Painted Red “one of her favorite albums of the year.” Read Kat’s post here.
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Here’s my review of Painted Red for the Rabbit Room.