Biography
Jenn Grant, a Juno-nominated singer and songwriter, first surfaced in the mid-2000s with a lyrical brand of pop rooted in folk traditions, then shifted toward more adventurous indie pop and rock on her third album, Honeymoon Punch, issued in 2011. That release launched her ongoing creative alliance with producer Daniel Ledwell, her eventual husband, and secured her initial Juno nomination. Subsequent projects continued to expand her sonic palette, incorporating richer textures and psychedelic touches, notably on the Juno-nominated Compostela of 2014.
Jenn Grant entered the world on Prince Edward Island and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age ten. While enrolled in painting studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she kept composing and performing songs. After earning her B.F.A. in 2006, she had already self-released the 2005 EP Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century and opened a local concert for Feist. Paris 1919 Records signed her on the strength of that EP, issuing her debut full-length, Orchestra for the Moon, in 2007; the record featured contributions from Canadian pop figures including Ron Sexsmith, Jill Barber, and the Heavy Blinkers. Her second album, the largely acoustic Echoes, arrived in 2009 on Six Shooter Records after being tracked at a rural Ontario farm. The following year brought the Songs of Siigoun EP, titled for her fiancé’s newborn niece and containing a cover of John Denver’s “Annie’s Song.”
Honeymoon Punch reached audiences in 2011, earning critical praise for its move into experimental indie rock terrain along with a Juno nomination and a spot on the Polaris Music Prize longlist. After marrying the album’s producer, Daniel Ledwell, the couple reconvened for the more expansive The Beautiful Wild, released in 2012; the project won Grant the East Coast Music Award for Pop Recording of the Year in 2013. In 2014 she issued both the Clairvoyant EP and her fifth album, Compostela, an ambitious set that introduced psychedelic elements through partnerships with Sexsmith, Buck 65, Doug Paisley, and others. The album garnered two Juno nominations, one for songwriting and one for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Paradise followed in 2017, again produced with Ledwell, and folded strands of folk, soul, and symphonic rock into several tracks.
Jenn Grant entered the world on Prince Edward Island and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age ten. While enrolled in painting studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she kept composing and performing songs. After earning her B.F.A. in 2006, she had already self-released the 2005 EP Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century and opened a local concert for Feist. Paris 1919 Records signed her on the strength of that EP, issuing her debut full-length, Orchestra for the Moon, in 2007; the record featured contributions from Canadian pop figures including Ron Sexsmith, Jill Barber, and the Heavy Blinkers. Her second album, the largely acoustic Echoes, arrived in 2009 on Six Shooter Records after being tracked at a rural Ontario farm. The following year brought the Songs of Siigoun EP, titled for her fiancé’s newborn niece and containing a cover of John Denver’s “Annie’s Song.”
Honeymoon Punch reached audiences in 2011, earning critical praise for its move into experimental indie rock terrain along with a Juno nomination and a spot on the Polaris Music Prize longlist. After marrying the album’s producer, Daniel Ledwell, the couple reconvened for the more expansive The Beautiful Wild, released in 2012; the project won Grant the East Coast Music Award for Pop Recording of the Year in 2013. In 2014 she issued both the Clairvoyant EP and her fifth album, Compostela, an ambitious set that introduced psychedelic elements through partnerships with Sexsmith, Buck 65, Doug Paisley, and others. The album garnered two Juno nominations, one for songwriting and one for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Paradise followed in 2017, again produced with Ledwell, and folded strands of folk, soul, and symphonic rock into several tracks.
Albums
Singles
