On today's podcast we have Nashville Rising Star : Jenny Tolman!
Irreverent, quirky and wildly entertaining, country newcomer Jenny Tolman is poised to take over Music City. With a razor-sharp wit and throwback sound, Tolman is on deck to become her generation’s Roger Miller—a comedic troubadour with a decidedly feminine perspective, offering savvy wordplay and wisdom far beyond her years.
Her debut album There Goes the Neighborhood lit up Nashville in 2020. The 13-song collection—with titles like “High Class White Trash” and “Till My Tank Is Empty” delivers engaging snapshots of small-town life in the fictional Jennyville. An equally gifted singer and songwriter, Tolman and her cohorts serve up devilishly astute lyrics, whether they’re poking fun at nosey housewives who love to dish and drool in the title track or offering acceptance of “friends that love the pope and friends that love their dope” in the wickedly tongue-in-cheek “My Welcome Mat.” The latter made such an impression on Academy Award–winning actor Jeff Bridges that he cut the song himself, performing it at his kitchen table during Willie Nelson’s livestream variety show, Come and Toke It.
Not many new artists would step into the spotlight quite so brazenly but doing so has been worth the gamble thus far for Tolman, with the Nashville Scene singling out There Goes the Neighborhood as “Best Country Debut Album,” while The Tennessean named her an “Artist to Watch” and MusicRow Magazine included her in its “Next Big Thing” Class of 2020.
