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From her debut record, Orchestra for the Moon, Jenn Grant's name has surfaced in four star reviews from Harp and The Globe and Mail, earned her several East Coast Music Awards nominations, and landed her on tours with the Great Lake Swimmers, Hayden, Justin Rutledge, Martin Tielli, Danny Michel, and The Weakerthans.
There are traces of Orchestra for the Moon in her latest offering, elements that helped shape Jenn’s sound into what it has become. Producer/pianist Jonathan Goldsmith (Bruce Cockburn) leads a heart-on-sleeve band through Echoes: Kinley Dowling on violin, David Christensen on bass clarinet, Sean MacGillivray on bass, Gary Craig on drums/percussion, and Jenn herself on guitar. These are all sincere songs captured in the moment, on tape. Echoes was recorded and mixed with a fully analogue process at Puck’s Farm.
Without the songs being old or feeling old, Echoes’ analog heart reflects the art and the heart of Jenn herself, inciting a familiarity that connects the listener with the roots of music.
Articles
Echoes
Toronto Star Feature | Rising star Jenn Grant getting run ragged
Exclaim! Feature | Jenn Grant's Heartbreak
ChartAttack review
Hero Hill Review & Interview
Eye Weekly review
Now Magazine review
Rock Insider article
Fazer Review
Bellestric Impressions
Slowcoustic Review
30 Music review
Orchestra For The Moon
Aliant.net · article
CANOE · article
Globe and Mail 1
Globe and Mail 2
Guelph Mercury
Filly.ca · article
Chronicle Herald · article
National Post · review
The Argosy · review
The Coast · feature
"Like the Arcade Fire fronted by a redheaded Feist. The PEI native may have been the bestkept secret at HPX, but with her debut LP on the horizon, it's only a matter of time before the rest of the country knows about her." - Exclaim!
"The essence of ["Dreamer"] is just two words: "you dreamer," which Grant transforms into an extended invocation of the beloved.
The anecdotal preamble (call it a verse if you wish) is good too, with a potent sense of atmosphere and a hint of great things to come from this young Halifax singer-songwriter" - Globe and Mail
"Grant seems well set to do big things in 2007... Definitely keep an eye and ear out for this one when her album hits in the Spring"
- Chromewaves
Four stars **** "Jenn Grant is one of the most promising young performers on the Halifax scene. Her agile voice and sharpening sense of contemporary pop-folk songwriting find a focus on this new six-song EP" - Sandy MacDonald, The Halifax Chronicle Herald
"If Jenn Grant could bottle enthusiasm and sell it on the street, the world would be a better place"- Megan Wennberg, The Coast
"Grant's songs have a desperate quality, a loping and lonely folk pop that recalls both Sarah Harmer and Feist. Don't Worry Baby, the lead track from her EP, is an anthem for 24 year olds everywhere, and is the song that will guarantee her success beyond the folk clubs" - Carsten Knox, Chart Attack
