Jennifer Vashti Bunyan (born in 1945) is an english singer-songwriter originating from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She moved to London at 6 months old.

She traveled to New York at 18 years old. Her discovery of the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan sparked an interest in becoming a full-time musician. Vashti returned to England and was discovered by Andrew Oldham, the then manager of The Rolling Stones. With his help, Bunyan released the single “Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind” under the name Vashti on the Decca Records label. Jennifer then followed up the single with “Train Song”.

She wrote the material for her first album, Just Another Diamond Day on a trip to the Hebridean Islands with her boyfriend, Robert Lewis, in 1968. Vashti then met producer and writer Joe Boyd through a good friend of hers. Boyd offered her to record the material she wrote on her travels. The album was released in December of 1970 to warm reviews by critics. Unfortunately, it lacked an audience and did not sell well. Disappointed by that fact, Vashti Bunyan left the music industry.

Unbeknownst to her, the album slowly gathered a cult following. Just Another Diamond Day was re-released on CD in 2000 with a handful of bonus tracks. Fellow folk artist Devendra Banhart wrote to her for advice. She was then invited in 2002 to sing guest vocals for “Crown of the Lost” by Piano Magic. Since that collaboration, Bunyan has appeared on releases with the aforementioned Devendra Banhart and Animal Collective. She released her long overdue follow-up to Just A Diamond Day, Lookaftering in 2005, with features from Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Adam Pierce of Mice Parade fame, and many more.

In June of 2014, Bunyan announced her final album: Heartleap. It was released in October 7th, 2014.

The whole point of the album was finally to learn a way that would enable me to record the music that is in my head, by myself. I neither read nor write music, nor can I play piano with more than one hand at a time, but I have loved being able to work it all out for myself and make it sound the way I wanted. I’ve built these songs over years. The album wouldn’t have happened any other way – Vashti Bunyan on Heartleap