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Elly Roberts reviews

Jem: Finally Woken

Distributed by
ATO/BMG

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  • Cat.no: ATO0016
  • Released: March 2005
  • Rating: 10/10


Heard the one about the talented girl who left the valley to climb a mountain?

If not, you soon will. That’s exactly what funky Welsh chanteuse Jemma Griffiths has done - but it took almost five years to get there. Originally from Penarth and temporarily based in LA in search of her dream, the brunette babe is flying high in the USA.

With this debut release, she’s also flying the Welsh flag, as she takes Dido and Evanescence head on. With brilliant new radio-friendly single ‘They’ hitting the major playlists, and back-up album Finally Woken (selling over 200,000 copies so far), all is set for Jem to become the ‘next big thing.’

Cover With the support of an RCA world-wide deal behind her, the world is finally waking up to the hip-hop fan. Jem (right) has seriously toiled over compromising her roots to become more accessible, without losing her inspiration and completely ‘selling out.’

During her law studies at Brighton University, she caught the music bug. Eventually, she set up and ran Marine Parade Records in Brighton. In 1999 she decided to branch out her talents by moving back to her native Wales a year later, where she got stuck in to some demo tapes. This followed an enrollment with the New Deal For Musicians.


After two frustrating years she relocated to LA where she presented a CD to influential DJ Nic Harcourt of KRCW, who gave it heavy rotational play. Things rapidly developed from there.

With this tasty debut she appears to have found the winning balance, becoming the darling of the music press. In 2004, Jem became the most successful British female debut artist in the US.

On offer here is clever blend of luscious ballads, folk, electronica dubbed ‘trip-hop. ’Mustn’t forget the gorgeous string accompaniments either.

Top tracks: They, the reggae tinged Wish I (potential next single) and Flying High.

This is seriously cool.

Weblinks: Jem-Music.net / ATO Records.com


The full list of tracks included are :

1. They
2. Come On Closer
3. Finally Woken
4. Save Me
5. 24
6. Missing You
7. Wish I
8. Just A Ride
9. Falling For You
10. Stay Now
11. Flying High

Review & concert pics copyright © Elly Roberts, 2004-2008.

For prints of any of Elly's concert pics online, email Elly or call 07765 862017.

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