Jenn Grant
Jenn Grant | |
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Genres | Pop Folk Disco |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Six Shooter Records (2007–2012); Outside Music (2014–present) |
Website | Jenn Grant |
Jenn Grant (born August 20, 1980) is a Canadian
Career
She performed as a musician for a time in her early teens, but stopped due to a bout of
She collaborated on her debut album, Orchestra for the Moon, with such artists as Ron Sexsmith, the Heavy Blinkers, Matt Mays and Jill Barber, and later toured Germany and Canada in support of the album, including as an opening act for The Weakerthans.
She later began recording her second album, Echoes, on a farm in rural
In 2010 and 2011, she collaborated with
She released her third full-length album,
Grant's fourth studio album, The Beautiful Wild, was released September 25, 2012, on Six Shooter Records.[13] The album was inspired in part by Grant's mother, who was suffering from a terminal illness during the album's recording.[14] The album was produced by Grant's husband, Daniel Ledwell. Guest musicians on the album include Ledwell, Erin Costello, Old Man Luedecke, Tanya Davis and Rose Cousins.[14]
The album won the
Grant's fifth album, Compostela, was released October 21, 2014, on Outside Music.[15]
The album features collaborations with Buck 65, Sarah Harmer, Ron Sexsmith, Rose Cousins, Don Kerr, Doug Paisley, Kim Harris, Stewart Legere, Justin Rutledge and Rachel Sermanni.[15] Two tracks, the Buck 65 collaboration "Spades" and the Stewart Legere collaboration "No One's Gonna Love You (Quite Like I Do)", appeared alongside four non-album tracks on her EP Clairvoyant, released earlier in 2014.[16]
The album was a shortlisted
Grant's sixth album, Paradise, was released on March 3, 2017. Grant and husband Daniel Ledwell took a year in their home studio to craft an album of melodic beauty and sonic diversity. Grant displays the nuanced soulfulness in her voice, and touches on folk, R&B, and rock balladry.[18] It was produced, engineered and mixed by Daniel Ledwell.[19]
Grants seventh album, Love, Inevitable, was released on May 31, 2019. She began writing songs for the record in 2018. After making four consecutive albums with her husband, Daniel Ledwell garnering a cult following and critical acclaim, Grant stepped out of her usual comfort zone and reached out to Grammy nominated American producer and engineer, Tucker Martine.[20] Grant wrote the tracks in her living room in Halifax using a Roland keyboard, acoustic guitar and banjo. She then flew to Portland, Oregon in July 2018 to record at Martine's Flora Recording and Playback.[21]
Her 2023 album Champagne Problems consists entirely of songs Grant recorded in collaboration with other Canadian singer-songwriters, including Aquakultre, Bahamas, Dan Mangan, Kevin Drew, Basia Bulat, Joel Plaskett, Ria Mae, Josh Qaumariaq, Hannah Georgas, Amy Millan and Tim Baker.[22]
Personal life
Born in
Grant's mother, who was an inspiration to her career, was named the Queen of Azaleas in 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia.[25] Grant's video for the song "The Fighter" uses 16mm film footage of this parade and time, as this song and album are a dedication to her mother's life; she died in May 2012.[citation needed]
Grant married producer and musician Daniel Ledwell in October 2011. On December 11, 2018, after several rounds of in-vitro fertilisation treatment, Jenn and Daniel welcomed their baby Gus into the world.[26]
Grant enjoys painting, including designing some of her own album covers.[27]
Awards
In 2006, Grant won Best New Artist and Best Female Artist at the Nova Scotia Music Awards.[27]
Honeymoon Punch was a longlisted nominee for the
Grant won an East Coast Music Award for the song of the year at the 2013 ECMAs of the album "The Beautiful Wild". Grant won an
Grant's song "Dreamer", from Orchestra for the Moon, is featured as the theme song on CBC's Heartland. Her song "Make it Home Tonight" was played at the end of episode 12 of Flashpoint, "Haunting the Barn".
Her album Compostela has been nominated for two Juno Awards.[28]
Discography
- 2005 – Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century (EP)
- 2007 – Orchestra for the Moon
- 2009 – Echoes
- 2010 – Songs for Siigoun (EP)
- 2011 – Honeymoon Punch
- 2012 – The Beautiful Wild
- 2014 – Clairvoyant (EP)
- 2014 – Compostela
- 2017 – Paradise
- 2019 – Love, Inevitable
- 2020 – Forever on Christmas Eve
- 2023 – Champagne Problems
References
- ^ Jenn Grant on Twitter: Hey @AirCanada could I get a window seat? It's my birthday tomorrow. please? Twitter
- ^ Jenn Grant – At Home Here in Nova Scotia Sea and Be Scene
- canoe.ca, June 13, 2007.
- ^ Ash, Amanda (February 2009). "Jenn Grant's Heartbreak". Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Jenn Grant Biography". www.maplemusic.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Echoes – Jenn Grant | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ^ Jenn Grant: Halifax singer/songwriter discovers happy songs can be just as good as heartbreakers". NOW, February 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Schneider, Jason (February 9, 2011). "Jenn Grant delivers a Honeymoon Punch on latest album". The Record.
- ^ "Jenn Grant Honeymoon Punch". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Everett-Green, Robert (January 7, 2011). "Disc of the Week: Jenn Grant's 'Honeymoon Punch'". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Jenn Grant – Honeymoon Punch". Discogs.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "LIST | 2012 Juno Award nominees". www.cbc.ca. February 7, 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (September 17, 2012). "Jenn Grant — 'The Beautiful Wild' (album stream) / "In the Belly of a Dragon" (video)". exclaim.ca.
- ^ a b c Brake, Justin (March 23, 2013). "Jenn Grant celebrates life in the beautiful wild". The Independent.
- ^ a b Adams, Gregory (September 9, 2014). "Jenn Grant Taps Ron Sexsmith, Rose Cousins, Sarah Harmer for 'Compostela'". Exclaim!.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (April 25, 2014). "Jenn Grant Collaborates with Buck 65, Covers Leonard Cohen on 'Clairvoyant' EP". Exclaim!.
- ^ "The 2015 Juno Awards Nominees Announced in Toronto". Cashbox. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Jenn Grant – East Coast Music Association". Ecma.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Paradise, by Jenn Grant". Jenngrant.bandcamp.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Jenn Grant". Jenn Grant. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Jenn Grant Reveals 'Love, Inevitable' LP, Shares New Song". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Jenn Grant Details 'Champagne Problems,' Shares New Single with Hannah Georgas and Amy Millan". Exclaim!, February 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c Tara Thorne (April 2, 2007). "To the moon". thecoast.ca. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
- ^ Robert Everett-Green (June 1, 2007). "Ambitious Girl Next Door". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2009. Alt URL[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Norfolk Azalea Festival Queens". Norfolk Public Library. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ "Tour dates and fertility treatments: Jenn Grant's 5-year journey to start a family". December 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Webb-Campbell, Shannon (December 8, 2006). "Jenn Grant Takes Symphonic Sounds to the Moon". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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