Jeff Heisholt

Jeffrey Thoralf Heisholt (born July 28, 1975) is a Canadian keyboardist, vocalist, composer, broadcaster, and producer. In 1996, he formed Burt Neilson Band, with whom he co-wrote and released four records. The band toured Canada twenty times, played more than 1000 shows and became a staple of the Canadian jamband community. Since 2004, he has played across the country with soul-rocker Peter Elkas and contributed to Elkas's second album, the Charlie Sexton produced Wall of Fire. In early 2008, Heisholt joined Canadian rock band The Trews and has been a part of their live and studio configuration since then.

In 2012, Jeff joined Toronto trio Little Foot Long Foot, writing and producing their 2013 single "Bridge Concerns". In 2013, Jeff also joined the touring lineup of Canadian roots-rock veterans, Skydiggers. Jeff played keys and recorded with Hamilton's Terra Lightfoot from 2015 to 2017.

Heisholt formed Current Fantasy in early 2019, a solo, largely improvised modular and hardware synthesizer electronic project. He also hosted a radio show of the same name from 2020-2022, airing weekly on multiple university radio stations across Canada.

Jeff's mother, Donna Heisholt, is a well known Thunder Bay-based visual artist.

Discography Julian 1994: Julian ep 1998: Pinstripe Pop

Burt Neilson Band 1998: Burt Neilson Band 2000: Orange Shag Carpet 2001: Five Alive 2004: By the Door

Carrie Catherine 2008: Green Eyed Soul

Steven Elmo Murphy 2004: Friends and I 2006: Open For Business 2012: Demon Nights 2024: Fore

Peter Elkas 2007: Wall of Fire 2011: Repeat Offender 2018: Lion 2025: Sweet Spot

Sean MacDonald & The Astronauts 2008: Pink Noise – (track – Please take me off your list)

Trevor Howard 2007: The Healing Sessions

The Ragged Bankers 2012: The Ragged Bankers

The Trews 2009: The Trews Acoustic – Friends and Total Strangers CD 2009: The Trews Acoustic – Friends and Total Strangers DVD 2010: Highway of Heroes (single) 2011: Hope & Ruin 2012: Thank You and I'm Sorry 2014: The Trews 2016: Time Capsule 2020: 1921 (Single) 2021: Wanderer 2025: The Bloody Light

Mark Crissinger 2009: Fear No Journey 2011: Raw Umber 2013: Terra Nova 2015: Blues Expression 2016: Night Light

w/ John-Angus MacDonald 2010: Song For Africa – Rwanda: Rises Up – Yearning

Garth Hudson w/ The Trews 2010: Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band! – Move to Japan

Dearly Beloved 2012: Hawk vs Pigeon – (World Series of Fedoras & Lizard Fight)

Karyn Ellis 2013: More Than a Hero

Skydiggers 2013: No.1 Northern 2017: Warmth of the Sun 2020: Lovin You Ain't Easy (Single)

Poor Young Things 2013: The Heart. The Head. The End.

Molly Thomason 2014: Columbus Field

Meredith Shaw 2014: Hardest Goodbye

Jerry Leger 2014: Early Riser

The Meds 2014: South America

The Honeyrunners 2014: EP 2

The Kerouacs 2014: The Kerouacs

The Once 2014: Departures

Little Foot Long Foot 2014: Woman

Tim Chaisson 2015: Lost In Light

Rufus Wainright 2015: Je reviendrai à Montréal - Single 2015: Forever and a Year - from the HOLDING THE MAN Soundtrack

Terra Lightfoot 2017: Live in Concert 2017: New Mistakes

Eli and The Straw Man 2017: Light the World

Whitehorse 2018: A Whitehorse Winter Classic

The Proud Sons 2018: The Proud Sons 2019: Raising Hell (single)

Sarah Jane Scouten 2019: Confessions

Current Fantasy 2020: Currently Fantastic Vol.1 2020: Beforetimes/Aftertimes (single) 2021: Rio (single) 2022: REMIX - In My Arms - SK Wellington 2023: REMIX - Italy (Versions) - SK Wellington

Joan Smith & The Jane Does 2020: Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In The Pines) (Single)

Jeen 2020: Jeen 2021: Dog Bite

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar 2020: The Reckless One 2026: A Beautiful Buzz (Live)

Phillip Sayce 2024: Hole In Your Soul

Clamp 2024: On The Corner At The Centre Of The World - From the movie VESELKA

Bywater Call 2025: Hold Me Down (Single) 2026: Only (Single)

As producer Poor Young Things 2011: Get Thorny 3 – Easy

Little Foot Long Foot 2013: Bridge Concerns – Single

Mark Crissinger 2013: Terra Nova