Jenny Scheinman is a violinist, singer, and writer of songs with and without words. She grew up on a homestead in Northern California and has been performing since she was a teenager.
She has toured and recorded with Bill Frisell, Bruce Cockburn, Ani Difranco, Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Nels Cline, Rodney Crowell, Robbie Fulks, and Mark Ribot, and has also garnered numerous high-profile arranging credits with Lucinda Williams, Bono, Lou Reed, Metallica and Sean Lennon. She is currently working on a multi-media project entitled Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait with film director Finn Taylor. She has made eight albums of original music: The Littlest Prisoner, Mischief & Mayhem, Jenny Scheinman, Crossing The Field, 12 Songs, Shalagaster, The Rabbi’s Lover and Live At Yoshi’s.
