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Jenny Lewis
12+ albums
indiefemale vocalistssinger-songwriterfolkindie pop
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Jenny Lewis (born January 8, 1976, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an folk singer/songwriter/guitarist, who is best known for being the lead singer and guitarist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. She has released five solo albums: 2006's "Rabbit Fur Coat" (with The Watson Twins), 2008's "Acid Tongue," 2014's "The Voyager," 2019's "On The Line," and 2023's "Joy'All". She is also a former child actress. Music In 1995, she formed the indie rock band Rilo Kiley along with her friends Pierre De Reeder, Blake Sennett and Dave Rock (later replaced by Jason Boesel). Beginning with a country sound, Rilo Kiley gravitated toward a downbeat indie rock sound, and with their 2004 album More Adventurous found widespread success. Critics such as Pitchforkmedia attributed this to the "wise" decision to front Lewis on most of the songs (on earlier albums, Sennett contributed about half the vocals). The song "Portions for Foxes" was a hit, and in 2005 the band was picked up by Warner Bros., putting them on a major label for the first time. They opened for Coldplay on their U.S. tour in 2005. In 2002, Lewis was asked to contribute some female vocals for The Postal Service, whose album Give Up was an international success. Lewis performed in the video for the hit "We Will Become Silhouettes", and toured with the band in 2003. Lewis also contributed vocals to several tracks on the 2004 Cursive album The Ugly Organ. In 2004, Conor Oberst invited Lewis to record a solo record for record label Team L
