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Jacob Moon

Jacob Moon

About Me


Jacob Moon comes by it honestly. His mother is a singer, and his father cut his teeth playing 12-string in Kingston Trio-style folk bands of the 60s. Moon himself came to music in his teen years, when he often skipped school to work on lifting guitar solos by greats such as Mark Knopfler and the Edge. Since then, he has been refining his craft and redefining what it means to be a singer, a songwriter, and a guitarist. His high level of skill in each of these areas has meant that he has been able to tour solo most of the time, and his touring has brought him clear across Canada and into the US.   His passionate vocals and inspired lyrics are given flight by his total command of the guitar, which at times sounds like an entire orchestra, owing to his use of the JamMan, a live looping device that allows him to more fully realize his onstage ambitions as a solo artist. The opportunity to hear and experience a Jacob Moon show is not to be missed.   He has four successful independently produced CDs to his credit, incuding  "Eventide"(2005), his latest CD, which has earned him  5 Hamilton Music Awards nominations, top honours at the Unisong Song contest in Hollywood, CA  and 'Folk artist of the year' by the Toronto Independent Music Awards in Oct '06.Social justice is something very close to Jacob's heart, and so for many years he has been active in raising funds for many worthy organizations through his concerts, including: Compassion Canada, International Justice Mission, ADRA, Wesley Urban Ministries, and many private schools across Canada.
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Member Since: 8/26/2005
Band Website: jacobmoon.com
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Influences: James Taylor, Bela Fleck, Bruce Cockburn, Elvis Costello, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Ron Sexsmith, Mike Daley, Rob Lamothe, Wayne Krantz, Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt
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Just got back from sailing the seas with Emmylou and Lyle!

Way back in August, I was procrastinating from head-down work on my Live CD and Christmas CD, and I came across this advertisement for a Songwriter's Cruise, featuring Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, J...
Posted by Jacob Moon on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:45:00 PST

New 2-minute video!

Well, I did it. With a little help from my friends Trev, Dave and Corey, I am now holding keys to my very own backyard studio. I will not be recording CDs here, you understand. It's just for practice....
Posted by Jacob Moon on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:47:00 PST

www.jacobmoon.com is down for mantainance : (

If you tried to stop by www.jacobmoon.com in the last few days, you will have noticed that it wasn't there!  Due to hosting troubles, Jacob has had to migrate to different servers and u...
Posted by Jacob Moon on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:20:00 PST

Jacob Moon's Music is available on iTunes!!!

It's true!  You can now download all of Jacob's CDs from iTunes.  There's a link on Jacob's myspace page that will take you to the iTunes store, right to the page where you can start do...
Posted by Jacob Moon on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:08:00 PST

Mike Janzen, Jacob Moon embark on CD release tour!

  Mike Janzen, Jacob Moon embark on CD release tourPublished: 2006-04-12 www.soulshine.ca Founding member of The Penny Merchants, Mike Janzen, and multi-award-winning artist Jacob Moon are ...
Posted by Jacob Moon on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:12:00 PST