Jen Gunderman divides her time between performing, recording, and teaching.  She is currently on the road playing keyboards and singing with Sheryl Crow, but she is also an active studio session musician and producer in Nashville, TN.  While she is on tour, she is on a leave of absence from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where she has been a Senior Lecturer since 2004, specializing in American pop and rock music courses.  She earned an undergraduate degree in piano performance at Vassar College; an M.A. in ethnomusicology from University of Washington – Seattle; toured with rock bands Dag and the Jayhawks full time for several years; and since then has performed and recorded with a diverse variety of musicians, including Kris Kristofferson, Michael McDonald, Chris Robinson (Black Crowes), Roger McGuinn (Byrds), Exene Cervenka (X), Loretta Lynn, Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MGs), Willie Nelson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, Vince Gill, Don Was, Duane Eddy, Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs), and many others.