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A bit about Jenny...
Jenny Bienemann is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist based in Chicago. Her music has been described as falling “somewhere between winking innocence and worldly detachment,” garnering comparisons to Suzanne Vega, Ricki Lee Jones, and Michael Hedges.
She has been on the bill with Greg Brown, Michael Smith, Sons of the Never Wrong, and many others. Her three albums receive national and international airplay on outlets as varied as MSNBC, National Public Radio, and The Midnight Special. Her 2017 release, “Every Soul Grows to the Light,” spent months on the Folk DJ charts and earned a place on numerous “Best of 2017” lists.
“Every Soul Grows to the Light,” marks her return home to her first love, finger style guitar, with 12 brand new songs that include meditations on love, loss, and things that didn’t go as planned. Songs include “You Are Where I’m From,” “Out on a Limb,” and “Quicksand.”
The song “Pay the Piper,” is an imagined meeting between the Piper and the Devil, and features singer/songwriter Michael Peter Smith (author of the song The Dutchman) and the Sons of the Never Wrong.
Her 2012 solo CD, “Heading Slowly Towards the Beginning,” was heralded as “simply striking in its fluidity and charm” by WXRT’s Richard Milne, earning a spot on a number of DJ’s top-of-2012 lists.
In 2011, she released GIRL FRIDAY, featuring only a looper, her voice and a kalimba, recorded live at the Ogilvie Transportation Center, leading the Illinois Entertainer to enthuse, “There’s no denying Jenny Bieneman’s talents...” Her debut CD, LATE NIGHT ELABORATIONS, with its cover of the Ramone's "I Wanna Be Sedated," was featured on MSNBC and numerous best-of lists.
She is a member of the bands The Zimmerman, The Significant Others, and The Rainy Day Women, and has led songwriting workshops at high schools and colleges, at the Friendly School of Music, the Old Town School of Folk Music, and Lamb’s Retreat for Songwriters.