About Jenny Mitchell
Aotearoa Best Country Artist Winner and four-time Australian Golden Guitar nominee, Jenny Mitchell is a Melbourne-based storyteller from the deep south of New Zealand. Known for powerful songs wrapped in equal parts grace and grit, Jenny kicked off 2026 opening for global superstars The Lumineers after supporting the iconic Kasey Chambers on a 32 date Australian tour in 2025.
“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
Her new 2 x Golden Guitar nominated album, Forest House, was recorded in a self-built home studio and is as nostalgic as it is 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 💿
“My favourite album of 2025,” Beccy Cole, ABC Saturday Night Country
No stranger to the road, Jenny has toured NZ, Australia and Ireland over the last decade and was awarded a scholarship from the 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.
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 200 Safe Nights for women and children escaping domestic violence) in NZ and past. To learn more about Safe Nights - click here.
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. From gentle folk tunes to songs dripping in sass and country soul, Jenny continues to prove she’s an artist who effortlessly blurs genre lines and, “knows exactly who she is and feels no need to give way,” (The Southland Times).
Jenny & band - live in studio:
“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