Jeanie Fitchen

Recipient of the  2010 FELLOW MAN & MOTHER EARTH AWARD from the Stetson Kennedy Foundation In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the Florida songbag. The songs she has written and sung in praise and defense of Florida's natural and cultural heritage have done much to enrich the lives of the living and ensure that these treasures will be passed on for generations to come. White Springs, Florida 2010

Recipient of the 2001 FLORIDA FOLK HERITAGE AWARD The awards are given to outstanding folk artists and folk culture advocates who have made long-standing contributions to the folk cultural resources of the state. Established in 1985, the program parallels the National Heritage Fellowships.

There are Roads lined with silver, Roads lined with gold, Roads that leave you hungry, Thirsty and cold, There are roads that lead to happiness, Roads to despair, Take a look around you...they're everywhere.  ...Title cut from Grammy Nominated ROADS

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Hello Friends! Happy 2010 to everyone! We'll be on the "Roads" again until November. Stay in touch and have a great summer!

Two Brand New Releases from Jeanie Fitchen To order postfree, click here! A Part of Me The Early Years - Growing Up At The Florida Folk Festival    A historical representation of Jeanie's early performances at the premier Florida Folk Festival, featuring introductions by Cousin Thelma Boltin. Listen to: A Part of Me A Part of Me Wanderings, Shards of Time A compilation of 15 previously-recorded songs from the early years, including Baja.mp3, Seminole, Don't Come Bearing Flowers.mp3, Eutrophic on Lake Okeechobee,Wild Mountain Thyme.mp3 , Welcome Home, The River of my Home, Miss Louise, Earthquake!, I Wish I Could Be Back Home Again, Juncalito By The Sea, The Suwannee Flows Deep in Our Heart, Anthem to the Morning, The Ballad of the Florida Alligator and I'm Florida, Need I Say More?   ****************************************************************** Please join a "Creative" Challenge to Musicians, Songwriters, Artists, Authors and Poets. Communicate the negative impact of overpopulation and wasteful consumption on our life-support system and motivate humanity toward positive change. Listen to Changes in the Wind: How many people is too many, as we reach 6 (now almost 7) billion strong. Pull your head up from the sand, the choice is in the hand of every woman, child and man. There is no graver premonition, than a world that's run out of room. 12 years more uncontrolled would add a billion to the fold and greater burden upon the land. The world will see discord, drought and famine, as her natural resources disappear. And to feed the human masses, the earth's fulfillment passes to a wasteland, wild of sand.   In the meantime...from music writing to novel writing, I am currently working on a new manuscript, an adult novel called GwaD Story. Can anyone guess what it is about? I would bet NOT! More later about this! I've have completed 2 young-adult novels, Will God Get His Payback? and Fire on the Mountain, a multicultural picture book called Chocolate Pudding! and a multigenerational picture book entitled Her Heart is in Her Hands: a Quilting Story, based upon my song of the same title! I have also just completed a middle-grade fantasy-adventure novel based on the mythical Phoenix Bird. It's called The Unearthly Adventures of Phoenix Rising Glorious... Named for the legendary bird of mythology, because of her brilliant red hair and propensity for flight, 10-year-old Phoenix Rising Glorious triumphs above the disparaging and often comedic antics of her small-minded neighbors, metamorphosing into a magnificent bird with brilliant plumage. A striking young girl, an astonishing firebird--one body, one mind. A plane crash? An extraordinary sojourn in another world?--one body, one mind.   If you'd like to reach me while I am on the road or at home, please use my alternate email address below. It's faster and works a lot better than Jeanie@JFitchen.com because there is no spam! email: thefitchens@yahoo.com One more thing---Roads, Love Flows Like a River and A Folk Christmas are now available online through the following sources (or you may order POSTFREE directly from Jeanie ):

Review from: Dirty Linen Magazine Jeanie Fitchen Love Flows Like a River [(Carry It On cp 4636 (1999)] Jeanie Fitchen Roads [Carry It On cp 4637 (1999)] Since she was a teenager, Jeanie Fitchen has been quietly making a name for herself in regional folk festivals with original ballads about the history and environment of her native Florida. These are her first CDs, but not her first recordings, and the maturity and skill of an experienced performer lends strength to both discs. Love Flows Like a River is an eclectic selection of songs with the loose theme of journey and exploration. Roads is a series of finely crafted vignettes of a Florida you don't see from Disney World: the dance of the sandhill crane, the subtle legacy of the Seminole tribe, the hard life of the people in the turpentine camps. She has a beautiful voice, as well, in the Tish Hinojosa/Joan Baez timbre. These discs should help bring Fitchen much deserved recognition outside her home state. ---Kerry Dexter, (c) Dirty Linen , Ltd. (August/September, 1999).

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NOW AVAILABLE ON CD! -- Re-release of the highly-acclaimed A Folk Christmas. ...please see Discography/Music page for details.

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Jeanie Fitchen
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2456 Pacer Lane, Cocoa, Fl 32926-2606

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