stage name
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Jenny Omnichord, is a
Canadian
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indie rock
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musician. She has released three solo albums and an EP as a solo artist, and also records and performs with the bands
The Barmitzvah Brothers
The Barmitzvah Brothers are a Canadian indie pop band from Guelph. Known for their use of fiddle as well as unusual and homemade instruments, and for their quirky and original lyrics focusing on everyday life, the working world and ordinary peo ...
and The Burning Hell.
On ''Cities of Gifts and Ghosts'', Mitchell worked with a variety of influential Canadian record producers, including
Don Kerr
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Islands is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was founded in 2005 by Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson, shortly after the breakup of The Unicorns, of which both were members. Their current lineup includes Thorburn, o ...
Bob Wiseman
Robert Neil "Bob" Wiseman (born 1962) is a film composer, songwriter, author and music teacher. Wiseman discovered or produced many artists including Ron Sexsmith, The Lowest of the Low, Bruce McCulloch of Kids in the Hall, Anhai, and former ...
,
Scott Merritt
Scott Merritt is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer.Scott Merritt at and Dave Clark. Collaborators on ''Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents and Other People Too'', her 2008 children's album, included
Andy Magoffin
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His extensi ...
,
Wax Mannequin
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Kim Barlow
Kim Barlow (born March 10, 1969) is a Canadian folk singer and musician.
Biography
Barlow was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in rural Nova Scotia, she is of Anglo-Quebecker descent. She studied classical guitar at Florida State University ...
,
Ida Nilsen
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,
Old Man Luedecke
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and Tony Dekker of
Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto.
The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and ...
.
Her 2010 album, ''All Our Little Bones'' was her first to feature a full band, including JJ Ipsen, Michael Brushey,
Justin Nace
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, Michael Barclay, Paterson Hodgson, Andy Magoffin and former Barmitzvah Brothers bandmates Johnny Merritt, TJ O'Malley and Gillian Manford.
She is also known for distributing her albums in unconventional packaging. ''Cities of Gifts and Ghosts'' was released in handmade wooden cases, ''Charlotte or Otis'' featured a 20-page booklet of artwork inspired by the album's songs, and the vinyl edition of ''All Our Little Bones'' was released in a jacket which folds out into a playable
board game
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Many board games feature a comp ...
* ''Jenny Omnicovers'' (2007)
* ''Cities of Gifts and Ghosts'' (2007)
* ''Pregnancy 'P'' (2008)
* ''Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents and Other People Too'' (2008)
* ''All Our Little Bones'' (2010)
* ''Days of Hard Drives: Excavating Ten Years of Jenny Omnichord'' (2013)
Bandcamp
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