Photo copyright 2005 Jacqueline Benyes

Singer/songwriter Jane Ford, who the Toronto Star has called "...a riveting talent," is originally from New York and now lives in Toronto. When she was just 16, Jane got her start as the house piano player at a Toronto Comedy Club, playing for such people as Sandra Bernhard and Jim Carrey.

She followed up her comedy club years with a number of years playing clubs in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. Including sold out shows at The Duplex in New York and The Gardenia in L.A.

Jane still plays in clubs regularly, and even started her own club in Toronto called The Queen's Bedroom, which a reviewer from the New York Times called "One of the best nights I've had out in months."

Jane has also written songs for movies, television and the stage. She has written the theme songs for 4 popular Canadian Television series, The Broad Side (CBC) Behind the Scenes (Comedy Network/CTV) Listen Missy (W Network and Australia's Comedy Network) and Material World (CBC), which has been seen and heard in over 40 countries and won a Gemini Award, Canada's version of the Emmy.

Jane wrote the songs for the Off Broadway show Out in America, which starred Daryl Hannah and Stephen Baldwin. And she wrote the songs for the play By Your Side at The Rivoli in Toronto, and in which she also co-starred alongside Keanu Reeves.

Jane has co-written with Kids in the Hall Bruce McCulloch, a song called "Brucie's Happy World" for his 1996 television special and even had a song of hers sung by Monkee Mickey Dolenz, on the Fox TV series Monty.
More recently two of Jane's songs were featured in the MGM released film I Love You, Don't Touch Me, performed by Marla Shaffel, who went on to star on Broadway in the title role in Jane Eyre.

Last year, Jane wrote a series of Musicals for CBC Television called The 30 Minute Musical.

Jane's first CD, Jane Ford,was released by Eastchester Records in 1995, to great critical acclaim. And has since gone 'paper' in Canada.

Jane's new CD 2 Days in February started as a recording of a tribute song for a friend who had passed away, and evolved into a full-length album, recorded in a simple two-day session with her band, bassist George Koller (Peter Gabriel, Holly Cole) and drummer Gary Craig (Bryan Adams) and recorded and co-produced by George Seara, who has worked with everyone from Pink, Herbie Hancock and Sting to Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes and on recent recordings for 50 Cent and The Game.

Upcoming, Jane's song "This Town," from her first CD, can be heard in the documentary Tina Paulina: Living on Hope Street, by Michelle Boyaner and Barbara Green for Greenie Films.