Jane Germain

Jane Germain’s musical journey has taken her from her hometown, Sydney, to Western Australia, Tasmania and all the way back to her Chinese heritage (her Manchurian great-grandmother married a Scottish missionary).

She’s played all the styles from folk to funk, blues to bluegrass that express her emotions and musicality in a career that’s won five WA Country Music Awards, Country Arts funded headline tours of regional WA, a residency in Beijing awarded by the Australia–China Council (where she collaborated with Beijing based traditional Mongolian musicians, Hanggai on her album, Chinese Whispers) and an invitation for her to represent Australia at the 2010 World Expo in China.
Jane has recorded 6 albums, as well as being in high demand as a session player on other projects. Jane plays guitar and clawhammer banjo - and swaps between instruments for different songs.
Jane was invited to be a part of the great Banjo Babes International Ltd Calendar in 2018. She is the first Australian artist to be included and features as Ms May - www.banjobabescalendar.com

Jane’s song Listen to What You Know was presented with the Tasmanian Composers Festival - Song of the Year award, and her latest album, Home on the Hill has been receiving rave reviews (and awarded Independent Album of the Year at the Western Australian Music Awards in February 2018).


Little Red Bird, a song from Home on the Hill - (with banjo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmGE1q8O4FU

Too Much is Not Enough, a song from my latest release (with guitar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhSCE_Md_k

Listen to What You Know - Tasmanian Composer's Festival Song of the Year 2016 (with guitar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4u2jNVjlI