An accomplished and gifted singer and songwriter whose lyrics capture the soul and essence of real life experiences, Jenny Whiteley makes you believe she has decades of anecdotes to draw from.
Jenny’s fans have been following her career for many [+]An accomplished and gifted singer and songwriter whose lyrics capture the soul and essence of real life experiences, Jenny Whiteley makes you believe she has decades of anecdotes to draw from.
Jenny’s fans have been following her career for many years. From her days as the singer/bass player with the Toronto upstart bluegrass band Heartbreak Hill (who garnered a Juno nomination for their only recording “Heartbreak Hill”, in 1998) to the release of “Jenny Whiteley” which won her the Best Roots/Traditional '" Solo Juno in 2000, and the touring that followed that release through the States and Canada. Jenny is well known as a ballad writer, John Tyrone, Gloria and Lonnie being some of her most recognized characters. She is also known for stepping outside the confines of the traditional content of a bluegrass song, covering topics from stalkers to hermit-lady farmers and face-down-on-the-floor drunks on her first album.
“I know most people wouldn’t know my personal songs from the made-up variety, but it was scary for me to include biographical work on an album. I am so excited with the results! They say you should write what you know, but I feel the opposite. I think you should write fiction, until you really find your voice, and only then write about yourself. Unless you have some great stories featuring you as the lead character, it often comes off as a diary entry or grocery list. But I feel really good about the songs on Hopetown.” And she should. Hopetown, the new cd from bluegrass and folk darling, Jenny Whiteley, is full of the kind of songs that draw you into the story, leave you humming the melody all day and thinking about the characters and lyrics for weeks.
For Hopetown, Jenny called on the talents of old friends and her very musical family. Appearances on the album make up a who’s who of the Canadian roots music scene, including her brother Dan Whiteley on mandolin, and her dad Chris Whiteley on the pedal steel. Rounding out the stellar lineup are Joey Wright on guitar, Chris Coole on the clawhammer banjo, Chris Gestrin on various keyboards and Juno award winner Steve Dawson on guitars.
Steve Dawson and Jenny had been talking about working together for years, ever since Zubot and Dawson and Heartbreak Hill shared some festiv
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