Jenny Whiteley

Jenny Whiteley got an early start playing music with her father and uncle, Chris and Ken Whiteley. Throughout her childhood, she and her brother Dan were along for the ride at countless concerts and festivals, and before long they were singing and playing washtub and washboard in The Junior Jug Band. In her early 20s, she taught herself to play guitar and began to pursue her songwriting career in earnest.  In 2000, Jenny recorded and co-produced her first solo effort, a self-titled album that won the JUNO Award for Roots Traditional Album of the Year. Jenny’s follow-up record, Hopetown, won the JUNO for Roots Album in 2005, making Jenny one of only a few artists to win JUNO Awards for their first and second records. She has released three more albums since: Dear (2006), Forgive or Forget (2010), and The Original Jenny Whiteley (2016); her last four records have been released through Black Hen Music. Jenny has made three previous Folk Harbour Festival appearances dating back to 2005. This year she will be joined by her musical and life partner, Joey Wright.