Letters from Jeni Hankins

Description

Jeni Hankins is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from the Appalachian coalfields of Southwest Virginia. Based in London, England, she tours internationally and is known particularly for her storytelling and her authentic southern American singing style. American author Lee Smith writes, "Jeni is a true poet and born storyteller – many of her songs contain whole novels." And Sing Out Magazine says that with her "born-in-the-bone twang" Jeni is an "Heiress to the Mountain Crown." Jeni is also an avid sewist and continues sewing traditions she learned in Appalachia, in particular patchwork, quilting, and garment-making. She is well known for her attachment to the smallest scrap of fabric. She never met a school-supply or box of paints that she wasn't keen to adopt.

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