Jeneen's music is driven by her haunting vocal style mixed with alternative rock and blues akin to artists such as Patty Griffin, K.D. Lang and Lucinda Williams.

She grew up in Buffalo, New York, and was strongly influenced by her Sicilian grandfather who sang every Sunday after dinner. "My grandfather would put on a full opera," Jeneen says, "he played all the characters himself." After studying music and moving to New York, Jeneen became involved with the local music scene and started writing.

In 2002 she released her first CD "Just Me". The album is a mix of gentle melodies (I'm fine, Are you still in) and sarcastic wit (FU, Goodbye) each song reaching for a specific resolution and finding it. The follow up release "My Creation" has a new wisdom (My Creation, Little fish) as well as the sarcasm we loved in the first album (New Book, Money Tree). The Howl Brothers, three talented musicians add their own special flavor with western guitar riffs and driving bass lines, and even some backing vocals on one of the tracks.

It is still the live shows that keep her fans coming back. Her easy rapport with her audience, catchy lyrics and her lilting vocals wrapped around her acoustic melodies always leave them wanting more.

Press

"Jeneen is an acoustic rock chanteuse..." - Jane Whitman, CH Lovezine

Joe Ruvel, Lookey Dookey Magazine

"Disclaimer: I am a sentimental bastard. When a woman picks up a guitar and sings her heart out, its hard for me not to enjoy it.

With that disclaimer out of the way, I introduce you to Jeneen Terrana. After only a few listens to her album, Just Me, I am on her side. Her tales of love and lost are overlaid on simple songs, that slowly start to work there way into your brain. Sometimes its catchy lyrics and a tight song that draw you in, like on the opening song "Good Folks". Other times on the album, her haunting voice lulls you while you sit with her replaying a moment in her life.

Jeneen is not all sadness either. One of the high points on the album is the song "Fuck you". This country tinged anthem of sorts is at times funny, stirring, and down right fun. Jeneen says it all with the words, "So fuck you / Fuck your planning/ Fuck the way you treated me / If I wake up and I’ve made a mistake / I’ll just have to say fuck me." You also have to give her credit for having the word fuck repeated about 10 times in one song.

By the time you think you understand the album pretty well, Jeneen surprises you with a gorgeous rendition of "O Sole Mio". It not only acts as a definitive ending to the album but a window into another side of Jeneen’s life.

If you are a sentimental bastard like me, then you will enjoy this album."

Anna Maria Stjärnell, Ectophiles Guide to Good Music

"Jeneen Terrana's music is gorgeous and evocative. It's a fine debut by any standards. Jeneen Terrana combines sharp lyrics with memorable tunes. The langourous "Someone Else Has been Loving you" really gets to me. Its heartbreak is almost touchable.
The irresistible singalong "Fuck You" gets me to merrily sing the chorus over and over. It's not unlike Ani Difranco's "Untouchable face" in that respect. "Superman" is quirky and cute. "Losing You" has a strong sense of desperation to it. "Something's dying, I need healing" sings Terrana as if her life depended on it.
The version of "O Sole Mio" that closes the album really shows Terrana's voice at its best. It's a great way to end this lovely album."

Scott Dennis, Silver City Magazine

"Jeneen Terrana made history the other night at Meow Mix. Not for her playing, as outstanding as it was, but for her creation of a new concoction titled the TRex. (Terrana Saurus Rex that is.) What's in it? A splash of cola, a drop of cranberry juice and a whole lot of raspberry vodka. Jeneen's shows are a lot like her drink. A dash of flair and humor but always packed with a solid delivery of well written songs. I am always impressed by Jeneen's vocal style. It's sweet and melodic but contains a biting aggressive element. She could easily be opening for The White Stripes. And yes, it is just she and her guitar."