Jenn Grant
Born August 20, 1980
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres Pop
Folk
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Jenn Grant (born August 20, 1980) is a Canadian folk pop singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Ken (a vascular surgeon) and Heather Elizabeth Grant, she moved to Halifax at the age of ten with her mother and brother when her parents’ marriage broke up. She attended Saint Mary’s University for a time and later graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.
Jenn’s mother, who was an inspiration to her career, was named the Queen of Azaleas in 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia. Jenn’s video for the song “The Fighter” uses 16 mm film footage of this parade and time, as this song and album are a dedication to her mother’s life. Jenn’s mother died in May 2012.
She is married to producer and musician Daniel Ledwell. They were married in October 2011.
She performed as a musician for a time in her early teens, but stopped due to a bout of stage fright, and did not return to performing until her early 20s when she played some shows with The Heavy Blinkers. She then released an independent EP, Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century, in 2005.
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.
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
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