Jacob Brodovsky is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba,Ben Waldman, "Jacob Brodovsky loves it here, and he's not sorry: Local singer-songwriter is unapologetic in his embrace of his home, and the artists who inspire him". Winnipeg Free Press, January 17, 2023. most noted as the winner of the Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year at the 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2024.Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
Brodovsky previously played in a band called Kakagi, whose members included his brother Max on drums.Maureen Scurfield, "Kakagi's Jacob Brodovsky". Winnipeg Free Press, September 25, 2017. In 2016 he contacted local singer-songwriters John K. Samson and Christine Fellows, who were at the time serving as writers-in-residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, for feedback on his songwriting, with their guidance reflected in the songs on his 2019 EP Sixteen Years.Erin Lebar, "Winnipeg singer goes solo with new EP: Sixteen Years a preview of future releases for frontman of disbanded folk-rock group". Winnipeg Free Press, May 4, 2019.
His debut full-length album I Love You and I'm Sorry was released in 2022."8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in January 2023". Exclaim!, January 12, 2023. The album included production contributions by Samson, alongside his former Weakerthans bandmate Jason Tait performing on drums, and sometime Weakerthans collaborator Julie Penner on violin, as well as singer-songwriter Liam Duncan on keyboards.
Discography Sixteen Years - 2019 I Love You and I'm Sorry - 2022 Tell the Kids We Tried - 2026
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