AN up and coming musician who hails from Yelverton has just released her fresh sounding debut album. Jenny Keegan, 21, a former Tavistock College student, delivered ?A Petal Falls? last month, especially for the local public. And although Jenny has not released her album to the nation, the singer has already received rave reviews from the listeners and readers of Myspace, an international website for friends and musicians alike, to stay in contact. One fan of Jenny?s work is Pips Williams. She said: ?Sounding really lovely. I am awaiting my copy in the post! Your voice sounds beautiful and your songs are great.? The album was the culmination of months and months of hard work and saw Jenny in the recording studio in Stoke, Plymouth for four months with producer John Carter, who is also a former Tavistock College student. Jenny said: ?I love it. It?s a real achievement and the songs are really honest and truthful and reflect my experiences. ?A lot of the songs are inspired by the young people I have worked with, my friends and family and relationships. The album is really varied in tempo and arrangement ? it?s a real strength of the album.? Jenny had her first guitar lesson when she was 14 with Sean Lakeman, a guitarist who plays with his brother, folk star Seth Lakeman. She later had singing lessons for a few years with Sean?s partner Kathryn Roberts, who sang with the West Devon originated folk rock band Equation. Jenny, whose music is described as acoustic, non-traditional folk, wrote her first ever song with Katherine, and although Jenny admits that writing songs is not her most natural talent, she said it was something which she has gradually built on. ?A Petal Falls? includes nine songs written by Jenny and three others: Foolish Games by Jewel, Reflections by Ruth Grossman, who sings on the album with Jenny and also plays piano and percussion, and River by Jenny and Eley Dyson, who plays piano and also sing on the album. Artists who also helped contribute to the music on the album include Jon Grossman who plays guitar and harmonica, Beth Leachman, who plays harp, and Marcos Campos, who plays drums. Jenny is hoping she can soon get her album placed within the section of HMV for local artists who are yet to be signed by a record label. Her album is currently available from her mother?s clothing business ?Brigid Foley? at 8 Paddons Row. Besides playing music, Jenny is a woman of many talents. When she was just 18, Jenny went to Brazil to work with young teenage street boys as a volunteer with a youth drug rehabilitation home. Jenny spent ten months in Brazil and worked on and off at the centre. It was while Jenny was there that she realised she wanted to become a youth worker. She now works with young people aged between 11 and 17 in Barne Barton and St Budeaux, who are at high risk of becoming involved in offending and anti-social behaviour. Jenny, who now lives in Plymouth to be closer to her work, said: ?I feel extremely privileged to have the chance to be a positive role model in the lives of vulnerable and disengaged young people. ?One of the main reasons I wanted to make this album was to inspire and show the young people I work with that they can be whoever they want to be, and that the sky is the limit. ?I would never have gone in this direction without so much encouragement from former singing and guitar teachers Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman of Equation. ?Kathryn is exactly the kind of singer I aspire to be ? very gracious and passionate and someone who sings with real emotion.? Jenny will be playing at the Acoustic Café on Saturday, October 27, which is held at Tavistock Parish Church Centre. For more information on Jenny?s music, visit her Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/jennykeegansongs">www.myspace.com/jennykeegansongs and listen to four of her songs which have been posted onto the web page.