Jaclyn Reinhart
Sleeping with ghosts, awakening to her potential
“On Sleep With Ghosts, Reinhart displays a maturity and eloquence that, while hinted at with previous recordings, is much more fully realized. Greater things lay in store for this phenomenal songwriter.” - Ken Kelly, Nor’easter Online
Saint John, New Brunswick-based artist Jaclyn Reinhart holds nothing back with a roots-rock style that blends her range of influences including Sheryl Crow and Donovan Woods and love of Americana icons such as Tom Petty and Grace Potter.
With two albums under her belt, she is ramping up for her third release, a five-song EP, Sleep With Ghosts, (fall 2021). Recorded with John McLaggan (Tomato/Tomato), this new record tells her story of healing, moving forward, and forgiveness as Reinhart steps away from her pop-rock style and brings an Americana sound to her new music.
This project started with Reinhart’s personal journey to healing. During this time, she was also introduced to co-writing when she was asked to be a part of the Canadian Song Challenge (2016) by Music/Musique NB. One of her mentors was Adyn Townes, a veteran of folk/pop music is with whom she wrote “Last Disaster”, an emotional song that shares an experience about leaving an abusive relationship and beginning the path to healing.
“The co-writing experience really helped serve as a way to expand on my strengths and really identify ways to improve connecting with people lyrically", says Reinhart.
At that point, Reinhart leaned into developing her songwriting craft and went on to attend Canada’s Music Incubator‘s Artist Entrepreneur program in Toronto (2018). During her time there she was immersed into the world of collaborating. This also led to a session at the SOCAN headquarters where she wrote “Sleep with Ghosts” with Tyler Lombard, which is the title track of the five-song EP.
Her debut five-song EP Favorite Mistakes was released in 2011, and the full-length album Adventures in 2016. Since then, she has been performing on stages across the Maritimes and in Toronto.
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The JR Band
Bringing it all together
Jaclyn Reinhart Band is a 4-piece Roots Rock band from Saint John, New Brunswick. The band formed in 2021 to support Jaclyn’s upcoming record.
The band is a collection of energetic fun and expressive members who met through musical circles and just couldn't get enough of Jaclyn’s original songs. Kortni Nicols (bass), Andrew Mott (drums), Sebastian Doucet (lead guitar) while Jaclyn herself sings lead and plays rhythm guitar.
Their unique brand of entertainment fuses toe-tapping drums, groovy bass lines, delish guitar licks, and powerful vocals with beautiful chemistry that delivers the songs with deep emotion, humorous stage banter, and impeccable attire that will make you want to spend all night with them.
They haven't been around long enough for awards but if one was to be given they would be taking home the hardware for the best facial expressions.' self-proclaimed,
"Let's play some rock and roll" - Andrew Mott
Currently, the band is working on Jaclyn’s previous songs along with getting ramped up for live videos, live streams, and videos for the EP release called "Sleep With Ghosts" to be released in October 2021.
For updates, you can follow Jaclyn and the band on social media @jaclynreinhartmusic on Facebook ad Instagram.