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With the august disbanding late in 2014, Jacky used most of 2015 to write and gather songs together for her first solo project in a decade. A Jacky joined forces with Pledge Music to release an album that she’s recording now, thanks to her many pledgers. A Album due to come out Winter of 2016!

Possibly even cooler than seeing her face on a movie screen was that time in 2015 when she (and many others) saw her name on the credits of the Hollywood film “Learning to Drive.” A song called “Outside” that Jacky co-wrote with Wojtek Krupka and performed with the august went through John Lennon’s son to…

In 2014, Jacky made it on the “big screen” at Nashville’s Belcourt theatre, thanks to a documentary she was featured in about songwriters. Director Esteban Pedreza and Move Time Picture Company featured Jacky and her friend Hannah Ellis in episode 4 of “the songwriter {nashville}.” The series takes an inside look at the every day…

The following summer, the august was handed over another $5,000 check thanks to an unforgettable contest called “Land the Big Gig.” They came in 2nd place for a battle of the bands that just happened to take place at Milwaukee’s Summerfest—one of the biggest music fests in the country.

Keeping the ball rolling on the music contest scene, the august entered Greenbrier’s “Got Country Class” competition in Georgia in April of 2012. The band was thrilled to finish first in the contest, winning them $5,000 and an opening slot for Toby Keith and Lionel Richie that summer.

Jacky’s most favorite online contest was the Avon Voices Global Competition.in 2011, which took her from Hollywood to NYC. Chosen from thousands of entrants around the world, “Jaclyn” was a top ten finalist in the vocal category, as well as a top 6 in their songwriting completion (for “Just Like The Sun.”.) Judges included Diane…

The august got to writing and recording shortly after their Nashville move, and came out with a well-received EP called “Dear Chicago, Love Nashville” in 2011.

While it was easy to fall for the southern comfort foods Nashville does best, Jacky never strayed from her first love: Lou Malnati’s pizza. In 2011, she entered a video contest where her original song/video “Lou’s Girl” took first place. One of her favorite moments to date was when she received $1,000 worth of Lou’s…

With encouragement from both their then-manager Brenden Mulligan and producer Garth Fundis, three of the four band members moved from Chicago’s north side to Music City to hone in on their songwriting skills.

One of Jacky’s favorite accomplishments with the august was when they won Sixthman’s songwriting contest, earning them tickets and performance slots on the Americana cruise “The Cayamo.” After attending shows of Lyle Lovett and Buddy Miller by day, they got to jam out in the penthouse suite with Brandi Carlile, Shawn Mullins, and Marc Broussard…