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Texas native Jen Foster has been receiving rave reviews for her songwriting and pop/rock vocals since she burst onto the scene in 2001 with her breakthrough song “She.” That year “She” won the Pop Category of the Great American Songwriting Contest and was a finalist in the Pop Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

Her 2006 CD release, “The Underdogs,” was also a finalist in the Pop Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the single track “Taking Bob Dylan” won the Nashville Song & Lyric Contest and was also the Grand Prize winner at the International Acoustic Music Awards.

Jeff Trott, a music producer for Sheryl Crowe and Stevie Nicks, worked with Jen Foster on “The Underdogs” and says “she is my new hero. The sound of her voice is truly beautiful to me. She has a way of writing songs for anyone who has ever been at the short end of the stick and turning it into victory. Lyrically, her details are very poetic and brave. Most songwriters hide behind oblique imagery. Jen revels in bearing her heart.”

And she’s been stealing the hearts of fans and critics with her frank songs about relationships and “come-from-behind wins.” Her voice has also been compared to Sheryl Crowe, Tracy Chapman and the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan, and her musical style, ranging from pop to rock, has been compared to Bono and Alanis Morissette. Jen states, “There is supposed to be more to rock music than just making noise. I want my lyrics to strike a nerve in people, to communicate something unique and universal all at once. I mean, what’s the point of writing or performing if you don’t provoke your audience?”