A DOZEN QUESTIONS - 7 OF 12 - SPECIAL GUEST: JANET HENRY

A DOZEN QUESTIONS

(7 OF 12)

The Pivot Questionnaire comprises 10 questions. I have seen it used on the television show Inside The Actor's Studio, presented by James Lipton. Apparently Proust was the original inspiration. The modern questions originated on a French TV show called Bouillon de Culture, hosted by Bernard Pivot. I have expanded the questions to 12.

(For the time being, this idea is restricted to Northern Ireland's creative artists in any field, literature, music, broadcasting, etc. If you are one and are interested in taking part as well as promoting your work, please get in touch via joecushnan@aol.com)

This post’s special guest is singer/songwriter Janet Henry, formerly Janet Holmes, who was born in East Belfast into a musical family. She has been singing in various bands since the age of 14. She took to writing her own songs about ten years ago and has two CDs under her belt, The Road To The West and Wonder Why. 

She is in the process of recording a third CD which is due for release this year. Her style is acoustic Americana with touches of bluegrass country and folk. Janet has performed and recorded with some very established artists such as Nancy Griffiths, Andy Irvine, Charlie McGettigan, the late Duffy Power and Gary Ferguson. One of her songs, Stones and Gravel, is going to be recorded by world-class bluegrass duo Kathy Barwick and Pete Siegfried from California.

Links to Janet’s work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zlK70RWz80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDn-WrBvLDE&feature=share

Janet can be contacted about her music via 

janet.holmes@hotmail.co.uk

JANET HENRY’S DOZEN ANSWERS:

1. What is your favourite word? Zube

2. What is your least favourite word? Innovative – because I can’t pronounce it

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Energy

4. What turns you off? Tiredness

5. What is your favourite song? Currently it’s Sky Trails by David Crosby

6. What is your favourite film? The Bridges of Madison County

7. What is your favourite curse word? Feck

8. What sound or noise do you love? A guitar

9. What sound or noise do you hate? Cars colliding

10. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Actress

11. What profession would you not like to do? A diver

12. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? “Come on in. Your Dad’s just over there waiting to sing a song with you.”

Janet Henry, thank you for your dozen answers to a dozen questions.

Previous posts:

Singer/songwriter Mandy Bingham – 17 January 2018

Poet Colin Dardis – 18 January 2018

Writer & Independent Researcher Anne-Marie Quigg – 19 January 2018

Broadcaster Gerry Kelly - 20 January 2018

Writer George Larmour – 22 January 2018

Journalist/writer Geoff Hill – 23 January 2018

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