TACOMA – The auburn-haired singer’s name is Leanne Trevalyan, but people often call out, “Hey, Jane,” when they see her coming.
She is, after all, the female vocalist for Junkyard Jane, the Tacoma-based swamp-boogie band that has played barn dances and barrooms on both sides of the Cascade Mountains for about a decade now.
This weekend, though, Trevalyan will serve a different dish at the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, where she will be one of about 60 performers.
With her acoustic pop group, the Trevalyan Triangle, she’ll appear on the main Vern Burton Center stage at 6 p.m. today and then slink over to the Chamber Stage for an acoustic blues set at 9:15 tonight.
Original music
“This is all original music I’ve written,” including songs from her fourth solo CD, “Dandelion,” Trevalyan said this week.
While Junkyard Jane’s rock, country and blues are wildly danceable, Trevalyan’s acoustic concoctions are stories about her Tacoma neighborhood, about being a single woman and a few other choice topics.
“There’s nothing like good love or bad love for inspiration,” said Trevalyan, 50.
“Dandelion,” however, is infused with hope and even a glimmer of gospel.
“This album is coming from a more positive place than my last few projects,” she said, adding that she’s not in a romantic relationship right now and is feeling just fine about life.
Trevalyan started making music at 15 and has since moved from her native Florida to Colorado, Las Vegas, Nev., and finally to the place that suits her best: the Northwest.
Through it all, she’s managed to eke out a living as a full-time musician.
Singing with Junkyard Jane, she said, feeds her soul, while “acoustic music feeds my heart. It’s been my constant, all my life.”
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Sequim-Dungeness Valley reporter Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-681-2391 or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
