Jens Jeppesen

New Denmark, New Brunswick

www.myspace.com/newgrassjens

If Jens Jeppesen died today, he’d be a cult classic tomorrow.

Hailing from small-town NorthWestern New Brunswick, Jens Jeppesen is a force to be reckoned with. With an acoustic guitar, a love of bluegrass, and the unforgiving work ethic that comes with a farm upbringing, he has independently recorded and released two full length studio albums, toured Ontario and the Maritimes many times over, and established himself as a wildly talented musician.

Jens has a heavy-handed bluegrass strum and an old country storytelling style of lyrics. He infuses traditional songs with a youthful energy, producing an intense new feel for archaic tunes. His songwriting skill transcends his young age as he captures timeless stories of the heartbreaking and beautiful tenacity of the working class, and shares accounts of good old-fashioned romantic misfortune with sincerity—and vitriol—that lends freshness to the age-old themes.

Jens has entertained crowds wherever he has rambled, offering an upbeat and dynamic acoustic performance that leaves no one indifferent. Jens occasionally features well-matched supporting talent on banjo, guitar, and vocals, helping him knock out live performances in which his material easily earns its place among his fierce covers of barroom standards.

The furious energy of Jens’ music and performance translates into his touring and recording. In the past year, Jens has played over a hundred shows in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces in the last months in support of his debut album “Making Time,” and has recently recorded and released his second album, “Time to Go.” His talent and relentless touring schedule have earned him a loyal following in many maritime communities and has garnered significant media attention in his home province, most recently being touted as “NB’s New Fave Kid” in provincial arts and culture paper [here]NB. The fact is that Jens Jeppesen is on an independent rampage and the media is just getting up to speed on his career as he enters his second year in the industry.

With such interest growing, now is the time to catch this epic act in its beginnings.