Jennifer Pagliaro
Jennifer Ann Pagliaro | |
|---|---|
Jenny - 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | October 25, 1983 Abington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 26, 2019 (aged 35) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Vocalist, Songwriter |
| Formerly of | Roses & Cigarettes |
Jennifer Ann Pagliaro (25 October 1983 – 26 March 2019)
Lead singer & songwriter of the Los Angeles-based Americana duo Roses & Cigarettes.
She passed away of breast cancer at the age of 35.
Career
Ms. Pagliaro was born and raised in Abington, Massachusetts, she also lived in Florida in her teens for several years prior to her moving to Los Angeles in 2004, eventually residing in Santa Monica .[1]
In 2009 she auditioned for The Voice but was unsuccessful.[2]
In 2015, she and guitarist Angela Petrilli formed a band named Roses & Cigarettes.
The duo released an eponymous 'self-penned' album that same year.[3]
Ms. Pagliaro was diagnosed with stage II metastatic breast cancer just as plans were being made to tour in support of the album in 2015.
She immediately underwent treatment. In 2016 her cancer came back and was then diagnosed as stage IV.
Ms. Pagliaro decided to bravely continue with her plans for a tour despite the cancer.[4]
Quote:
"I fight cancer all day everyday, its become a part of who I am and how I function in this world.
But I also have music and that's important."
Her second album of originals "Echoes & Silence" (2019) with her partner Petrilli was well received.[5]
Rolling Stone named her performance of the song "Fast as I Can" one of the 10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week in February of the same year.[1]
On 26 March 2019, comforted by her devoted family & friends, Jenny passed away peacefully at her home in Santa Monica, California.[6]
Click here to read her breast cancer blog: https://thebreastcancerchronicles.blogspot.com/2016/11/
Her music is available on Spotify.
References
- ^ a b Crawford, Robert (25 March 2019). "10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week: Kassi Ashton, Abby Anderson". Rolling Stone, LLC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Bowen, Bliss (10 April 2019). "Roses & Cigarettes Frontwoman Jenny Pagliaro, 35, Used the Time She Had to Leave her Mark". The Argonaut. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Roses & Cigarettes: How a love for a song inspired the duo's name". Guitar Girl Magazine. 21 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Roses & Cigarettes Bring A Level Melodies To 'Echoes and Silence' As Lead Singer Jenny Pagliaro Fights Stage 4 Cancer". Glide Publishing LLC. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Frahm, Jonathan (13 May 2019). "Roses & Cigarettes Release Their Final Music Video, Echoes and Silence". PopMatters Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil (2 April 2019). "Roses and Cigarettes Singer Jenny Pagliaro Dies at 35". Billboard Media LLC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.