The River (The River CD 2013)
August 17, 2017I’m gonna go down to the river shed my dirty clothes there
I’m gonna go down to the river shed my dirty clothes there
Stand by the river
Let my tricks be bareI’m gonna look into the river see myself look back there
I’m gonna look into the river see myself look back there
Know my reflection
Let my conscience be my mirrorI’m gonna step into the river wash my wasted youth there…
Mother’s Heart (Jessica’s song) Upcoming CD 2018 “Gratitude”
August 17, 2017My daughter Jessica came back to Sacramento from San Diego after eight years away from home. Jessica graduated from high school and at the young age of eighteen moved to the far end of California. I missed her and I wrote this song coaxing her to come back home because I knew it would be better for her to be here with her family where there is loving support as a young person navigates their …
Corporatocracy Upcoming CD 2018 “Gratitude”
August 16, 2017How many years have I seen
People left out to die in the street
To suffer from cold inhumanity
When will we all see their needsHow many times can I walk down the street
And see them there just staring
Come take my hand feel the heat
A new revolution’s ignitingWhen will the five rivers meet
Rise up and spill into free
Where are the people in every town and city
Hand in …The River- The River CD 2013
August 16, 2017I’m gonna walk down to the river shed my dirty clothes there
I’m gonna walk down to the river shed my dirty clothes there
Stand by the river
Let my trick be bareI’m gonna look into the river see myself look back there
I’m gonna look into the river see myself look back there
know my reflection
let my conscience be my mirrorI’m gonna step into the river wash my wasted youth there…
I am entering a new era of jazz and standards….but folk music is not to be forgotten
June 19, 2017
I have loved every minute of playing and writing folk music and recreating traditional songs and I will still play these songs if requested, but I have entered a new musical era that I really cannot see turning back from. Once bitten by the jazz bug, it becomes an obsession. You want to know who wrote what song and what year it was written and in what movie it was sung and then of course …
Jenn Rogar guests on Soapbox! Channel 17 Access Cable Televison Sacramento
February 8, 2016I am looking forward to once again being a guest on Soapbox Sacramento, on Comcast Channel 17, with host James Israel of the Humor Times, a great political satire magazine. We’ll be discussing the crucial issues of today affecting Sacramento and the world: homelessness and the #rightorest, everyone’s right to have access to a public bathroom, police brutality and #blacklivesmatter, the school to prison pipeline, education and my experiences as a teacher, the fight …
