Jenn August started her music career in San Luis Obispo while attending Cal Poly for graphic design. She had performed for years doing improv and stand up comedy but soon found her self writing music that reached beyond comedy into deep confessional works.

She performed her original folk rock music all over the central coast and recorded her first album ÒChange the WorldÓ in 1994 and started Schwa Records.Feeling like a big fish in a little pond she swam to San Francisco after touring around Europe for four months.

In San Francisco she started her own band that became a staple of the Bay Area folk scene. She recorded ÒAngels Here Among UsÓ in 2000 and was nominated for a Just Plain Folk songwriting award. The album made itÕs commercial debut on KfogÕs Acoustic Sunrise show.

In 2001 Jenn started August Harvest Arts a multimedia company whose mission it is to create inspiring and empowering & music, films & books. She released her first short film ÒTemporarily InsaneÓ which she wrote and starred .It toured the national festival circuit and featured songs from ÒAngels Here Among Us.Ó She is currently working on a feature film ÒIf OnlyÓ that she co-creating with Kiersten Johnson most recently of FireBright Films.

Jenn is deeply commited to inspiring people with her music and everythings she does.

Here are some projects she very excited about. She started the ÒSound of Giving ProjectÓ to raise money and awareness for causes close to her heart. She also created ÒThere Will Never Be Another YouÓ a program for middle school kids to help them see their uniqueness. After years of teaching guitar and songwriting she developed an easy fun method to write songs and in currently filming ÒYou Have a Song in YouÓc2004 a teaching dvd. Recently Jenn won best performance at the 2004 Northern California Songwriters Association Event. ÒDreams AliveÓ JennÕs third album is in the works and due out in 2005. JennÕs mission is travel around the world sharing her music and encouraging people to find their own music inside themselves.

Jenn's Sound

Jenn's work has been compared to Ani Difranco and Melissa Ferrick. Her live show has been described as Dave Matthews meets Ellen Degeneres in a metaphysical bookstore. She smoothly guides her audience through the intensity of her emotional songs into the lightness of her silly songs.