Singer, songwriter, and unapologetic storyteller Jenny Tolman has built an entire world of her own where humor, heartache, sass, and southern charm collide. With two acclaimed albums to her name and a reputation for razor-sharp wit, Tolman has earned her place as one of country music’s most original voices, inviting fans to laugh, cry, and see themselves in the colorful characters she brings to life. As MusicRow’s Robert K. Oermann put it, she is “practically single-handedly bringing humor back into country music.”
Born and raised in Nashville, music has always been stitched into Tolman’s story. She was playing piano by ear at three years old, and while she once dreamed of writing children’s books, a guitar gifted on her 16th birthday set her on a different storytelling path. By 2019, she released her debut There Goes the Neighborhood, a clever and unfiltered portrait of small-town life that drew raves for its humor and honesty. Her 2022 follow-up, Married in a Honky Tonk - which Wide Open Country named one of the “Most Anticipated Country Albums of 2022” and American Songwriter praised as “stunning” - cemented her status as a fearless chronicler of modern womanhood. Billboard declared it “permeated with in-your-face humor and witty lyrics that have become increasingly rare in country music,” while Saving Country Music hailed Jennyville as “a fulfilling place to spend a few hours, and return to often.”
Now in a new era, Tolman is expanding her world, Jennyville, even further, balancing her life as an artist and mother while staying true to the playful, girly energy fans love. Rolling Stone Country highlighted her knack for capturing the full picture: “In Jennyville, there is beauty, but also warts, and her songwriting exposes both with humor, candor and a heaping helping of compassion.” She continues to shine a spotlight on other women’s voices through her annual Cowgirls at the Cowboy Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming each fall – an event she hosts, curates, and performs in – now in its fourth year. And on October 19, she’ll have reached a national television audience as an artist hand-picked to compete on highly anticipated CBS launch The Road, produced by hitmaker Blake Shelton and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. The show follows 12 hand-selected contestants as they compete for the top spot while touring with and opening for country superstar Keith Urban.
Whether she’s writing a tearjerker or using her signature sense of humor to hold court in Jennyville, Jenny Tolman proves that country music can be as fun, fierce, and multifaceted as the women who make it. Or as The Big 615 host Storme Warren summed it up: “For the past, present, and future of country music, look no further than Jenny Tolman.”
