Jenny Scheinman

Critically acclaimed violinist Jenny Scheinman (Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Madeleine Peyroux) makes a singular vocal debut on this eponymous album combining original, autobiographical alt-country contemporary folk compositions with stunning renditions of old-time country and blues selections by the likes of Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits, Mississippi John Hurt, and several others.

Since moving to New York in 1999, Scheinman has become well known as a violin player in both U.S. and European jazz circles. She has taken the #1 Rising Star Violinist title in the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll and has been listed as one of their Top Ten Overall Violinists for the last five years. She has four releases of original music under her belt, the last of which, 12 Songs, was named by the New York Times as one of the Top Ten Albums of 2005. In addition, she has garnered numerous high-profile arranging credits (i.e. Lucinda Williams's West, Bono's A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates).

Jenny Scheinman was recorded in as rootsy an environment as one could find in Brooklyn: straight to eight-track analog tape at the home studio of Tony Scherr. Known for his rough-around-the-edges aesthetic, Scherr is a longtime regular sideman to Bill Frisell and has worked as a bass player and guitarist for many of the great singers of our time including Feist, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, Ani DiFranco, Marianne Faithfull and Rickie Lee Jones.

Musically the album is not far removed from the likes of Gillian Welch, with a raw, direct sound that provides for great intimacy.