Contact:

JasminesPorchMusic@gmail.com

Raised in a musical family who Inherited deep ties to music from their guitarist/singer father and previous generations in Ireland, Jasmine started playing flute at age 10, at a time she was also developing a love of the complex vocal harmonies of Abba, the Beatles, and the Everly Brothers. After majoring in studio art and minoring in classical flute performance and music theory at NYU, she started singing, playing flute, tin whistle, guitar, and bodhrán in 2001 in her first band Zot’s Dream (affectionately described as “ethnobillies” as they drew as much inspiration from old-time banjo & fiddle tunes and Leadbelly as from klezmer, Afropop, Bollywood, gypsy jazz and other traditions). She was then recruited by Gaijin A Go-Go (an 11-piece Brooklyn art band inspired by Japanese 60s pop) to be backup singer, dancer, and flutist from 2003-2007. During these years she joined troupes of fellow musicians and visual artists to create themed floats for Coney Island’s annual Mermaid Parade (winning awards including “best musical group” and “best push-pull float”.) After a couple moves, starting a family, and finishing grad school, Jasmine returned to music in Boston in 2015, performing locally with the bluegrass / western swing band Gin Daisy. She then teamed up with Michael Buonaiuto to start The Squeakeasy Jug Band, performing and leading jams. She also was briefly a part of The Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society, performing Celtic repertoire and sea shanties. Jasmine has also performed on the local Porchfest circuit with Cuban-American ensemble Los Encendidos, bluegrass trio Storm In A Teacup, and in a banjo/fiddle duo with Susan Ruth. Currently she is excited about writing songs, crafting rich harmonies, and playing guitar, flute and banjo in the trio Squirrel Therapy with Ken Clarkson (banjo/ dobro/ vocals) and Peter Fernandez (piano/ accordion/ bass/ vocals). She continues to run monthly jug band jams with The Jug Nuts, and eagerly jumps into bluegrass gigs with Familiar Strangers whenever possible. She fills in any remaining musical gaps to play the occasional tap dance band gig, gospel choir concert, pub sing, or soulful house party jam, while waiting for the next Gaijin A Go-Go reunion (and for whenever her teenage drummer son might agree to her being Robert Plant to his John Bonham.) Jasmine is a licensed acupuncturist, working at her own private practice and at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Cancer Center.