Jennifer Charles (born Jennifer Asher Zipken; November 15, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, writer, and actor. Along with

Oren Bloedow Oren Bloedow (born July 3, 1965) is an American singer, guitarist and bassist. He founded the band Elysian Fields in 1995 with Jennifer Charles. His father, Jerry Bloedow, was a playwright, poet, and film editor whose theater, the Hardware Poe ...

, she co-founded the New York band Elysian Fields. Her work is known for its emotional intensity, with her writing exploring nature, love, loss, death, myth, and identity, often with philosophical and literary influences. She has a

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voice.

Early life

Jennifer was the first born child of Peter Charles (né Zipken) and Jeri Charles (née Valentine). She has a younger brother, Joshua. When Jennifer was an infant, her father had her birth name (and that of the whole family) changed from Zipken to Charles, which had been his professional name for years on the radio as a disc jockey, and which he had decided to change legally once his own father died. Charles is of Russian Jewish and Irish descent, and grew up in a mostly secular Jewish household. Her parents separated when she was four, and Jennifer and her brother were raised by their mother, seeing her father every two weeks. She grew up in houses filled with music, because her mother had been a classical music programmer at

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, and because her father had been a late night jazz DJ at

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out of New Haven, CT. Her mother also used to be a torch singer in Washington clubs, so Jennifer also learned early on the songs of

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, and

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. And from her grandmother, she absorbed most of the

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and blues songs of the 1920s and 1930s. The music of popular AM radio at the time of her childhood was multiform, and Jennifer fell asleep with a transistor radio most nights. The homes Jennifer grew up in with her mother in Washington, D.C. were unconventional, and she was exposed to many cultures as her mother and her mother's good friend (another single mother) formed something of a group house, taking in writers and filmmakers (

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and

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among them), and a French chef as boarders. As young children, she and her brothers would travel door to door, performing a kind of children's

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act, singing Tin Pan Alley songs and tap dancing. Jennifer was a shy girl, so when she started doing children's theater at age 10, her stage debut at Trinity Theater was that of a cat who had no speaking lines but was a mime and dancer who was onstage the length of the play. It was an original role that the director let Jennifer create as she felt she did not fit into any of the written parts. She was also writing herself, and published her first poem, called "Riddle-Song Of The Sun," that same year. At age 11, she started a newspaper with her best friend called The Pre-Teen Times where they sold subscriptions that came out quarterly. At age 12, she became passionate about the music of South Asia after her mother returned from a journey across India and Nepal with a bag full of cassettes for her, with Jagjit and

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's The Gold Disc being her favorite. She took flamenco lessons as a young teen, and continued to do children's theater and community theater. She studied acting for a summer at

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, and had principal roles in productions at

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, and Folger Shakespeare Theatre. She attended the

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, where she studied Spanish and Latin, then the

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, a college prep school she left after she had begun working in professional theatre at

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and Source Theatre, and the school could not accommodate her rehearsal schedule. For her last two years of high school, Jennifer attended

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, where she was a theater major. An advanced academic program also landed her part-time at

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, where she studied writing and anthropology. Jennifer's youth in the melting pot of Washington, D.C. was instrumental in her music influence and taste. Her mother had season tickets to the

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, which they attended on Friday nights, and her father would take her to hear live jazz at places like

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, One Step Down, and Charlie's Georgetown, where she saw the likes of

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Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Op ...

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

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, and Jamaican jazz pianist

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. In her teens, Jennifer would often travel to New York and London, both with friends and on her own. She was turned on to the different sounds in each city - The Lounge Lizards, Diamanda Galas, Lydia Lunch, Blondie, and The Velvet Underground in New York; and The Specials, Gang of Four, Siouxsie, The Slits, The Buzzcocks, The Birthday Party, Cocteau Twins, and The Fall in the UK. But she was also steeped in the contemporary scenes of her own hometown, dancing at Tracks, Poseurs, and Badlands, and frequenting live music venues like D.C. Space, 9:30 Club,

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, and Cafe Lautrec to see punk bands like

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, Beefeater, and

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. She also grew up going to

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concerts, seeing

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Trouble Funk Trouble Funk is an American R&B and funk band from Washington, D.C. The group helped to popularize funk and the subgenre go-go in the Washington metropolitan area. Among the band's well-known songs are the go-go anthem "Hey, Fellas". They rele ...

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, and

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, and went to hear Ethiopian music in the clubs and restaurants of DC's

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neighborhood. As a junior in high school, Jennifer moved out on her own and supported herself with theater work and various odd jobs, including as an artist model at the Corcoran School of the Arts and as a singing waitress in a piano bar called The Top Hat Club.

Career

In 1987, she moved to New York to continue her theatre and academic studies, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts from

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's Tisch school in just three years. Upon graduating she appeared in various off-broadway theater productions, had a stint singing in a dive piano bar and curated a performance/poetry series at the original

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. Elysian Fields was founded in 1995 and have released eleven full-length records (including one produced by

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that was shelved). They have also contributed to many compilation albums, including the first song on

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tribute album. This song, their rendition of "Les Amours Perdues", also appeared in Lea Pool's film ''Emporte Moi''. Besides Elysian Fields, Charles has other projects. She and Bloedow recorded ''La Mar Enfortuna'' for Zorn's Tzadik label, featuring renditions of

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and

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songs.

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/ref> She has studied classical Indian singing with teacher Gulamji. In late 2007, she and Bloedow put out a second Tzadik full-length, under the band name La Mar Enfortuna, called "Conviviencia". Charles sings in five languages on the record, including Ladino, Spanish,

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, Arabic, and Greek. Charles also makes up a quarter of the band

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, along with

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and

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. The band recorded its debut album titled ''

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'' in 2001. Charles co-wrote and sang most of the material on the album. She has also worked with bands like Firewater, turning in performances on "The Circus" and "Mr. Cardiac" from 1996's '' Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire'', as well as Xian Hawkin's "Sybarite", the

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record, ''

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'', as well as working with Matt Johnson of

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, and on several of

's records. Charles recorded in French with the French composer

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for the album ''A bird on a poire'' in 2004, which was nominated for a

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award in the category Best Pop or Rock Album. She had a guest spot on ex-

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drummer

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's solo project Tweaker. She sang and co-composed the track "Crude Sunlight", which appeared on the 2004 album '' 2 a.m. Wakeup Call''. Charles co-composed music with

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and

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(''

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'') for the film ''Tangled''. Elysian Fields' version of

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's "Tangled up in Blue" can be heard in the film's credits. She produced the latest Oren Bloedow solo record ''She Goes With me to a Blossom World'', which came out in 2008. Charles was back on stage in 2008 in the Off Broadway production "Lightning at Our Feet", inspired by poet

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, under the direction of Obie winner Bob McGrath, with film maker Bill Morrison and composer Michael Gordon, which was part of the Next Wave festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2008, where she sang and acted, channeling the iconic 19th century poet.

Discography

*2020: Elysian Fields – Transience Of Life (Microcultures, France; Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2020: Various Artists – Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (BMG, US) vocalist *2020:

Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is ...

– Agora (Pias America) writer, bgvs *2020: Elysian Fields – "When We Used To" (Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2020: Elysian Fields – "Shelter In Place" (Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2019: Elysian Fields – "Song For A Nun" b/w "Ball Drive" 7-inch (Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2018: Various Artists – Vanity Of Vanities - A Tribute To

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(Tzadik, US) vocalist *2018: Elysian Fields – Pink Air (Microcultures, FR; Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2017:

Du Yun Du Yun (traditional Chinese: 杜韻, simplified Chinese: 杜韵) is a Chinese-born American composer, performer, vocalist and performance artist. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera '' Angel's Bone'', with libretto by Royc ...

, Royce Vavrek – Angel's Bone (VIA Records, US) vocalist *2017:

– Radio Cinéola Trilogy (Lazarus, UK) vocalist *2017: Nathaniel Merriweather – "Summer Lovin'" (Amazon Music, US) writer, vocalist *2016: Elysian Fields – Ghosts of No (Vicious Circle, France; Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2016: Tredici Bacci – Amore Per Tutti (NNA Tapes) writer, vocalist *2014: Elysian Fields – For House Cats and Sea Fans (Vicious Circle, France; Diluvian/Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2012:

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– "Heart Stop" (Le Plan, Lab'oratoire, FR) vocalist *2011: Elysian Fields – Last Night on Earth (Vicious Circle Records, FR; Ojet, US) writer, vocalist *2009: Elysian Fields – The Afterlife (Diluvian/Vicious Circle) writer, vocalist, rebab *2008: The Heavy Circles – S/T (Dynamite Child) bgvs *2008: Oren Bloedow – She Goes With Me to a Blossom World (Diluvian) producer, bgvs, keyboards *2007: La Mar Enfortuna – Convivencia (Tzadik) voc, writer *2007:

– Vein (Birdman) vocalist *2006: Ben Perowsky's Moodswing Orchestra – S/T (El Destructo) writer, vocalist *2006: Elysian Fields – Bum Raps And Love Taps (Diluvian/Naive) writer, vocalist, keyboards *2005: Foetus – Love (Birdman Records) vocalist *2004:

– A Bird on a Poire (Labels) vocalist *2004: Elysian Fields – Dreams That Breathe Your Name (Diluvian) writer, vocalist, farfisa *2004: Tweaker – 2 AM Wake-Up Call (IMUSIC) writer, vocalist *2003: Ben Perowsky – Camp Songs (Tzadik) vocalist *2003: Sasha Argov – Great Jewish Music (Tzadik) vocalist *2003: Foetus – A Tribute to the Sisters of Mercy (EFA) vocalist, writer *2002: Frank London – Scientist at Work (Tzadik) vocalist *2002: John Zorn – Film Works XII – Three Documentaries (Tzadik) vocalist *2002: Sybarite – Scene of the Crime (4AD) writer, vocalist *2002: John Zorn – IAO Music in Sacred Light (Tzadik) vocalist *2001: illy B Eats – Drop the Needle (Amulet) writer, vocalist *2001: Zoar – Clouds Without Water (vocalist) *2001:

–

(75 Ark) writer, vocalist *2001: Firewater Psychopharmachology (Jetset) vocalist *2001: Oren Bloedow and Jennifer Charles – La Mar Enfortuna (Tzadik) vocalist, bells, wurli, writer *2000: Elysian Fields – Queen of the Meadow (Jetset) writer, vocalist, mini moog, guitar, wurli *1999: Liminal (unreleased) writer, vocalist *1999: What's the Word Volume 1 – Various Artists (Deezal) writer, vocalist, piano *1999: DJ Logic – Project Logic (Ropeadope) writer, vocalist *1999: Jean Louis Murat – Mustango (Labels) vocalist *1998: Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan – Various Artists (Tzadik) vocalist *1998: Elysian Fields – Clinical Trial (Radioactive - unreleased) writer, vocalist *1998: Oren Bloedow – The Luckiest Boy in the World, Knitting Factory Works (bgv) *1997: Elysian Fields Meets DJ Cam (Radioactive) writer, vocalist *1997: Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg Various Artists (Tzadik) vocalist *1997: Life in a Blender – Two Legs Bad (Fang) phoned in whispers *1997: Live – Secret Samadhi (Radioactive) bgvs *1996: Jennifer and Kenny Siegel Sessions (unreleased) vocalist *1996: Firewater - Get Off The Cross ... We Need The Wood for the Fire (Jetset) vocalist *1996: Elysian Fields – Bleed Your Cedar (Radioactive) writer, vocalist, rhythm king, percussion *1996: Elysian Fields – Elysian Fields EP (Radioactive) writer, vocalist *1992: Oren Bloedow – S/T (Knitting Factory Works) bgvs

References

External links

Elysian Fields WebsiteJennifer Charles interviewed on Jekyll and Hyde, 106FM Jerusalem 2010
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