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jonah smith and his band have been touring and recording together for over five years. for being cramped into a tiny van together for so long, they get along pretty well.in 2005, jonah signed a record deal with relix records (as in the magazine) and entered the studio with producer, lee townsend. the album which took over a year to complete (not consecutively, though -- as it turns out jonah can be extremely lazy) is considered to be a personal statement by jonah. no studio trickery. just a band playing music in a really nice room captured for your enjoyment (we hope)....the record does have some special guests including the mason brothers on horns and the legendary garth hudson on accordian, bill frisell on guitar and carrie rodriguez on vocals and fiddle.
their previous two albums have been acclaimed by critics and fans alike. "striking" says the boston globe. "music industry meets it's future" raves the New York Post. jonah's songs have been downloaded more than a million times and his fan base spreads across the globe (twenty people, strategically placed). jonah and the band have toured in europe five times and have been hither and tither, back and forth across america several times as well. jonah tried counting all of the miles he'd travelled in 2006, but quickly ran out of fingers and toes (by most estimates it's been said that he could have circled the globe at least once)
their music is played on radio stations, t.v. shows (mostly soap operas) and has won a few contests here and there (one of which won them several pairs of blu blocker sunglasses). they have also played at several festivals including Bonnaroo, SXSW, the allgood music fest (wv), the gathering of the vibes (ny), smilefest (nc), CMJ, granollers jazz festival (spain), cazorla blues festival (spain), et. al.
in a recent conversation with jonah's stylist it was revealed that there are plans being formulated right now to give jonah an extreme makeover so as to make him more "emo". meanwhile the record company is taking meetings to decide "who they want jonah to be". stay tuned to see the exciting results!
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Member Since: 8/30/2005
Band Website: jonahsmith.com
Band Members: Jonah Smith - Rhodes, Vocals

Ben Rubin - Bass

David Soler - Guitar, Pedal Steel

Bob Reynolds - Sax, Flute, Clarinet

Marko Djordjevic - Drums

Andy Stack - Guitars, Vocals
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The Band, Martin Sexton, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Little Feat, Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Patty Griffin, Malcolm Holcombe, Alison Krause + Union Station (live), Norah Jones, Ray Lamontagne, Me'Shell, Ray Charles, U2, Gilfema, Sveti, Bob Reynolds Quartet, Nathan Larson, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Chris Potter, Brian Blade (my favorite drummer), Chris Bergson, Van Morrison, Sufjan Stevens, Patty Griffin, Mozart, Beatles, Monk, (old) Elton John, Charles Bukowski, Milan Kundera, Elliot Smith, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Johnny Hartman, Zero 7, Herbie Hancock, the Boss (Nebraska and Tom Joad), Zappa, A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Stones, Police, Jimi, Bob Dylan, gonna say Bob Dylan twice, Steely Dan, Fagen, Sly Stone, James Hunter, Lowell George, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Beck, Ani, Michael Leonhart, Carrie Rodriguez, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Winwood, Townes Van Zandt, Wilco, Van Morrison, Outkast, Lyle Lovett, Paul Simon, Bach (need the classical sauce), Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Bill Frisell, John Hiatt, Ryan Adams, Van Hunt, Dwele, Little Feat, lots and lots of other people.
Sounds Like: A singer-songwriter that belts it out with a band that's tighter than your boss with a raise...

Record Label: Relix Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new blog page

hey all, if you are happening to read these posts i just wanted to let you know that i’ve started a blog page here: http://jonahsmith.typepad.com/the_compass_and_the_cage/pleas e check it out. js...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:37:00 PST

Barcelona

I'm still in Barcelona, just taking a couple of days to hang out and see friends. It's David's birthday today so we're going out on the town tonight. The shows were great. We played a warm up gig at a...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:34:00 PST

My Sweet Ass Van!

You know thinking about the tour coming up out west makes me think about the inevitable rental van that we will be using instead of my long suffering Dodge tour van that has for years gotten us to our...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:00:00 PST

barcelona

i'm sittiing here in david's apartment watching the simpsons in spanish...it's been a good run so far, but i've been fighting a pesky cold which has dogged me for the last few gigs. i think it's just ...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Tue, 29 May 2007 06:28:00 PST

new versions posted

hey all, i've had a few requests for this and i finally got a copy of it myself so i posted a couple of songs. it's from my sirius sattelite taping of "the coffee house". it's me on acoustic piano, ma...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:14:00 PST

albums

I've had some time off this month, at least from the road. It's been good. I needed it. I've been sitting around my place in Brooklyn trying to conceive of what I want to do next. I've got a bunch of ...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:02:00 PST

...from the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance BlogDay 1Yesterday got off to a bad, bad start. Getting ready to head out to Park City, Utah for the Sundance film festival, I headed over to Williamsburg with Elizabeth to pick up some suppl...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:03:00 PST

...in the green room

so i'm in the green room of the vic theater in chicago....it's actually green. i've been on the road for three weeks straight which might not seem like that much but we haven't had a day off this whol...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 05:23:00 PST

Jonah Smith playing the All About the Music Fest (Philly Area)

Jonah is really excited to announce that he has been added to the lineup for the All About the Music Festival. He will be playing on July 22nd at Wiggins Park in Camden, NJ on the waterfront. Check ou...
Posted by Jonah Smith on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:39:00 PST

NEW WEBSITE

hey all, if you haven't already checked it out, please go to www.jonahsmith.commy brand new website is up. let me know what you think.thanksjonah
Posted by Jonah Smith on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:12:00 PST