Jenny Whiteley is a two-time Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 winning Canadian

Canada

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 country

Country music

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 and folk

Folk music

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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The daughter of blues musician Chris Whiteley and niece of folk musician Ken Whiteley, she began her musical career as one of the kids on Raffi

Raffi (musician)

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 albums, and her name notably appears on "Baby Beluga". She came back in the 1990s with the bluegrass band Heartbreak Hill. Just prior to that band's breakup, she released her self-titled debut album in 2001, and followed up with Hopetown in 2004. Both albums won the Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 for Best Roots & Traditional Album of the Year

Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo

The Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the roots and/or traditional music genres...

. She has released two more albums since: Dear, and Forgive or Forget, both to very good reviews, and much acclaim. Her last three records have been produced by Steve Dawson

Steve Dawson

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, and released through Black Hen Music

Black Hen Music

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. She has also collaborated with Sarah Harmer

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, Amy Millan

Amy Millan

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, Carolyn Mark

Carolyn Mark

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, and Riley Baugus

Riley Baugus

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. Jenny moved from Toronto to a country home near Elkins, Ontario in eastern Ontario with her musician husband, Joey Wright

Joey Wright

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, in 2002. She and Joey have two daughters.

Discography

• Heartbreak Hill
  Heartbreak Hill
  -Places:*Heartbreak Hill refers to several ascents in footraces perceived as difficult for the runners:**in the Boston Marathon, Heartbreak Hill is an ascent about 20 miles from the start...
  
  (1998)
• Jenny Whiteley (2001)
• Hopetown (2004, review)
• Dear (2006)
• Forgive or Forget (2010)

Awards and recognition

Juno Awards

• 1999 nominee, Best Roots/Traditional Album: Group: Heartbreak Hill

Canadian Folk Music Awards

Canadian Folk Music Awards

The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony, presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians...

• 2007 nominee, Best Contemporary Album: Dear

Juno Awards

• 2001 Best Roots/Traditional Album: Jenny Whiteley
• 2005 Roots/Traditional Album of the Year: Hopetown

External links

• Official Jenny Whiteley website