Jen Anders & The Public Domain

Old songs. New roots. Still growing.

Jen Anders & The Public Domain digs into the music that helped grow American roots music — folk, blues, jazz, swing, early country and traditional songs — and brings it back into the room as living music.

Built around acoustic instruments, harmony, storytelling and playful arrangements, the project mixes public-domain repertoire with Jen Anders originals that naturally belong in the same musical soil.

It’s less museum piece, more front porch after everybody brought an instrument.

BOOK THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

THE SHOW

The Public Domain is roots music with some dirt still on it.

Songs written generations ago sit beside originals written now, with acoustic guitar, mandolin or banjo, upright bass, harmony and room for the players to talk to one another.

The arrangements can swing, stomp, sway, get swampy, get funny and occasionally wander somewhere unexpected before finding their way home.

OLD SONGS + NEW SONGS

The historical repertoire comes from public-domain songs released before 1931, while Jen’s original material extends the same musical conversation forward.

The point isn’t nostalgia for its own sake.

It’s hearing where today’s blues, country, jazz, folk and roots music came from — and letting those roots keep growing.

BEST FIT FOR

Arts centers • listening rooms • libraries • museums • cultural programs • historic venues • festivals • senior and community programs • acoustic series • educational events • breweries and intimate rooms

Especially strong for presenters looking for a program with musical history, storytelling and an entertaining live-show feel.

SEE IT LIVE

Old songs, original songs and the roots between them.

Ask about concert, cultural-program and acoustic-series formats.