This year has been, as my mental health coach likes to say, a gnarly roller coaster ride of a year. In particular, I want to reflect back on how music has been integral throughout this year.
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This year has been, as my mental health coach likes to say, a gnarly roller coaster ride of a year. In particular, I want to reflect back on how music has been integral throughout this year.
Jen Ledger joined recent Victorious Tour partners From Ashes to New for a cover of Papa Roach's "Gravity." The cover is the latest in a series that From Ashes to New has been releasing during COVID-19 quarantine.
Skillet performed at Fox & Friends on July 26, 2019. All photos by ROP photographer Gina Monahan (Gemma The Rose).
Ledger, the side project of Skillet drummer and vocalist Jen Ledger, released a new single titled "Completely" today through Fair Trade Services. The single is the first new music since her debut solo EP dropped last April, and serves as a preview of her upcoming full length album.
Skillet announced that Lacey Sturm will be joining the band for select dates on their upcoming tour with Breaking Benjamin. In a split screen video conversation with Jen Ledger on the official Lacey Sturm Instagram page, John Cooper says that due to Winter Jam conflicts, Jen Ledger will miss 5 upcoming shows: "We needed to [...]
A photo gallery of Skillet's performance at Uprise 2018, contributed by Gina Rose Monahan.
On a noisy Nashville rooftop during the Winter Jam launch party, Jen Ledger shared about being a part of Winter Jam 2019, the success of her debut LEDGER EP, and what's on the horizon for the "Skilletverse!"
On August 24, I walked from my parents' house to a college performing arts center. Skillet's buses and semi were huddled around the back of the building, and a small crowd of concert-goers in emblazoned t-shirts clustered around the front. I checked in at will call for my pass, got my camera's settings in place, [...]
Jen Ledger shares about the community that surrounded her in the creation of the LEDGER EP and what we can continue to expect from LEDGER in the future. This interview was originally recorded by Mary Nikkel for NewReleaseToday.com.
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