Jenn Grant (born August 20, 1980) is a Canadian

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pop singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Career

''Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century''

She performed as a musician for a time in her early teens, but stopped due to a bout of

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, 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.

''Orchestra for the Moon''

She collaborated on her debut album, ''Orchestra for the Moon'', with such artists as

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, the Heavy Blinkers,

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and

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''Echoes''

She later began recording her second album, ''Echoes'', on a farm in rural

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in 2008. The album was produced by Jonathan Goldsmith and engineered by Walter Sobczak at The Studio at Puck's Farm. Her voice was also featured in the song "We Made a Pact" by

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on their 2008 album ''

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''. ''Echoes'' was released in 2009. In 2010 and 2011, she collaborated with

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on several tracks, including "Paper Airplane", "Cold Steel Drum", "Days Go By" and a cover of

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's " Who By Fire", on his '' 20 Odd Years'' series of EPs. Late in 2010, she also released a four-song EP, ''

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's "

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''Honeymoon Punch''

She released her third full-length album, ''

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'', in early 2011."Jenn Grant delivers a Honeymoon Punch on latest album"
''

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'', February 9, 2011. She started the writing process in Egypt in 2010. ''Honeymoon Punch'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant, released January 7, 2011. The album represented something of an evolution from Grant's established folk-pop style, introducing a greater emphasis on keyboards and moving her toward a more upbeat

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style which Grant described as having been strongly influenced by

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. The album was recorded and produced by Grant's now husband

Daniel Ledwell Daniel Ledwell is a Canadian record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is married to singer-songwriter Jenn Grant. Music career In 2008 Ledwell produced his debut solo album, ''Two Over Seven'' in his home ...

. The album was nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards.

''The Beautiful Wild''

Grant's fourth studio album, ''The Beautiful Wild'', was released September 25, 2012, on

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. The album was inspired in part by Grant's mother, who was suffering from a terminal illness during the album's recording."Jenn Grant celebrates life in the beautiful wild"
''The Independent'', March 23, 2013. The album was produced by Grant's husband,

. Guest musicians on the album include Ledwell, Erin Costello,

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, Tanya Davis and

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. The album won the

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for Pop Recording of the Year in 2013.

''Compostela''

Grant's fifth album, ''Compostela'', was released October 21, 2014, on

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."Jenn Grant Taps Ron Sexsmith, Rose Cousins, Sarah Harmer for 'Compostela'"
''

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'', September 9, 2014. The album features collaborations with

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, Don Kerr,

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, Kim Harris, Stewart Legere,

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and Rachel Sermanni. Two tracks, the Buck 65 collaboration "Spades" and the Stewart Legere collaboration "No One's Gonna Love You (Quite Like I Do)", appeared alongside four non-album tracks on her EP ''

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'', released earlier in 2014. The album was a shortlisted

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nominee for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the

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''Paradise''

Grant's sixth album, ''Paradise'', was released on March 3, 2017. Grant and husband

took a year in their home studio to craft an album of melodic beauty and sonic diversity. Grant displays the nuanced soulfulness in her voice, and touches on folk, R&B, and rock balladry. It was produced, engineered and mixed by Daniel Ledwell.

''Love, Inevitable''

Grants seventh album, ''Love, Inevitable'', was released on May 31, 2019. She began writing songs for the record in 2018. After making four consecutive albums with her husband, Daniel Ledwell garnering a cult following and critical acclaim, Grant stepped out of her usual comfort zone and reached out to Grammy nominated American producer and engineer, Tucker Martine. Grant wrote the tracks in her living room in Halifax using a Roland keyboard, acoustic guitar and banjo. She then flew to Portland, Oregon in July 2018 to record at Martine's Flora Recording and Playback.

Personal life

Born in

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, Prince Edward Island to Dr. Ken Grant (a vascular surgeon) and Heather Elizabeth Grant (''née'' MacDonald), 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,Alt URL
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in painting. Her grandfather was the federal cabinet minister Daniel J. MacDonald. Grant's mother, who was an inspiration to her career, was named the Queen of Azaleas in 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia. Grant's video for the song "The Fighter" uses 16mm film footage of this parade and time, as this song and album are a dedication to her mother's life; she died in May 2012. Grant married producer and musician

in October 2011. On December 11, 2018, after several rounds of in-vitro fertilisation treatment, Jenn and Daniel welcomed their baby Gus into the world. Grant enjoys painting, including designing some of her own album covers."Jenn Grant Takes Symphonic Sounds to the Moon"
.

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, December 8, 2006. Jenn Grant

Awards

In 2006, Grant won Best New Artist and Best Female Artist at the Nova Scotia Music Awards. ''Honeymoon Punch'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, and was shortlisted for a

in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category at the

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. Grant won an East Coast Music Award for the song of the year at the 2013 ECMAs of the album "The Beautiful Wild". Grant won an

for Pop Recording of the Year at the 2012 ECMAs for ''The Beautiful Wild''. At the 2013 ECMAs, she won the award for Song of the Year, for that album's single "I've Got Your Fire". Grant's song "Dreamer", from ''Orchestra for the Moon'', is featured as the theme song on CBC's ''

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''. Her song "Make it Home Tonight" was played at the end of episode 12 of '' Flashpoint'', "Haunting the Barn". Her album ''Compostela'' has been nominated for two

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Discography

* 2005 – '' Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century'' (EP) * 2007 – ''

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'' * 2009 – '' Echoes'' * 2010 – ''

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'' * 2012 – '' The Beautiful Wild'' * 2014 – ''

'' (EP) * 2014 – '' Compostela'' * 2017 – ''

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'' * 2019 – '' Love, Inevitable'' * 2020 – '' Forever on Christmas Eve''

References

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