About Jenny Mitchell
Hailing from the country music capital of New Zealand, Jenny Mitchell is an Aotearoa Music Award Winner and 4 x Australian Golden Guitar nominated songwriter, who weaves folk and country influences around stories of family, nostalgia and connection to the land. Following a 32-date Australian tour supporting the iconic Kasey Chambers, the release of her breakthrough album Forest House and an opening slot for global superstars The Lumineers, Jenny has emerged as one of the most moving new voices in country music on both sides of the Tasman.
“Every so often, an artist emerges who has everything it takes to reach the pinnacle of country music success. Jenny Mitchell is a star.” Country Music Capital News
Forest House, produced by award-winning producer Matt Fell, is a collection of songs that are as nostalgic as they are powerful. Described by the AU review as a,“sublime slice of folk,” Forest House is an album of warmth, truth and family harmonies – think the best of The Chicks + Norah Jones.
Listen to Forest House here💿
Known for connecting her music to causes she cares deeply for, Jenny’s tours have created over $2k in donations for conservation group Forest and Bird and her most recent touring project generated over 250 Safe Nights for women and children escaping domestic violence) in NZ. To learn more about Safe Nights - click here.
No stranger to the road, Jenny has toured NZ, Australia and Ireland over the last decade and was selected by the Australian Academy of Country Music to perform at Nashville’s iconic AmericanaFest in 2024.
Her 2022 album Tug of War was described by Rolling Stone as an album, “worthy of every award it will inevitably collect” and featured the pivotal release of the 2022 APRA NZ Best Country Song Trouble Finds a Girl; a powerful and direct response to the mistreatment of women in the music industry - and collaboration with country soul icon Tami Neilson.
After winning the NZ Gold Guitar at just 18 years old, Jenny has steadily honed her songwriting craft and carved herself a home in music for over a decade. One of most compelling songwriters on either side of the Tasman, Jenny Mitchell is a deeply emotive storyteller who effortlessly weaves through gentle folk tunes to songs dripping in sass and country soul.
Jenny: Live
“Jenny Mitchell is going from
strength to strength.”
— Jesse Mulligan, RNZ
“Poetry that dominates a
beautiful melody. ”
— No Depression, USA
“Jenny Mitchell's work has the graceful grit we all need right now.”
— Fanny Lumsden
“Her songwriting sits well between the darkness and the light that this genre is capable of when at its very best.”
— Ambient Light