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Singer-Songwriter Jen Calder has been creating music for over 20 years. Pairing rootsy-folk guitar finger picking with insightful lyrics, she writes about familiar feelings, those that we move through and those that move through us. Influenced by her musical heros - Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Tom Waits and Everything Everything - she has flourished within the Kingston music community with her honest and engaging songwriting. She performs regularly at local venues and as part of multiple music festivals, such as Spring Reverb and Homegrown.

In 2024, she founded her band, The Kildeers, an indie-rock group composed of multiple established artists. This has added a new dimension to her songs, leaning into world music style percussion and harmony vocals.

Driven by a desire to build connections and build community, she has collaborated with many Kingston musicians, including performing with local artists Gerald McGrath and the Finest Band and Chris Giguere and the Larks. 

Proficient with voice, guitar, percussion (cajon) and piano, she released a self-produced debut album, Old News, in 2022.

Currently, she is recording with The Kildeers as well as continuing to work on her solo projects, with planned EP release date in the fall of 2024.