Jenn Lindsay

Jenn Lindsay (born October 18, 1978 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American anti-folk singer/songwriter based in New York City. Her music blends elements of folk music, indie rock, and protest songs. She is the founder of No Evil Star Records, an independent social action record label, and through it she has released seven studio albums. Her fifth record was released through Waterbug Records, an artists' cooperative record label based in Chicago, run by Andrew Calhoun. She has shared the stage with Regina Spektor, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Alix Olson, Chris Barron, Erin McKeown, Lach, Girlyman and Toshi Reagon, primarily through her association with the anti-folk music scene based in the East Village of New York City. According to her website, Jenn plays music “for the jobless, the brave, and the indignant.” She has a degree in playwriting from Stanford University and recently attended a graduate program at Yale School of Drama. Her music is featured on compilation albums by the ACLU, SBS Records, Waterbug Records, and Stanford University. Her song “White Room” is used as the theme song to “Something Blue,” a television pilot by Brooklyn filmmaker Emily Millay Haddad. Jenn Lindsay has recorded her last six albums with Major Matt Mason USA of the New York anti-folk scene, and works frequently with Bryant Moore (Sneaky Theieves, Bryant Moore and the Celestial Shore) on drum and bass arrangements. She is currently recording her eighth studio album, A For Effort.