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Josh Small

About Me

i have a hard time making my fingers hit these keys in a timely fashion but i just wanted to give a little update on my past year and my plans for ought 9. first and foremost; im really excited to be heading back out on the road with tim barry and austin lucas this spring. 08 began with the passing of a friend, and some cliched but much needed introspection. i decieded to take a break from accompanying tim and performing my solo matireal, focusing most of my attention on learning to play with the band brainworms. getting up to speed in a "punk" or loud band has been quite the challenge, and is still an ongoing process, but im very proud of the record i helped to record with the group. "brainworms 2: swear to me" is finally all wrapped up and packaged for release. the prospect of performing music every night for the next couple of months, has never seemed so appealing. after the extensive spring dates with tim and austin; i will be catching back up with the boys of the brainworms to play a couple weeks of european dates ending up in berlin. i plan on wondering around mumbling scheisse until i link back up with austin and mike hale for another month of dates in europe including the uk. in this span of time i also hope to record another album's worth of music and new songs that will hopefully do a better job chronicling this past year of my life than my feeble myspace blog attempt. was this a blog? anyway send love,money,prayers, and jokes im gonna need um all. peace and love

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Member Since: 2/21/2005
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: josh small: banjo, slide guitar, mandolin
Influences: bobby joe small, curtis mayfield, david bowie, roscoe holcomb, the impressions, the staple singers, furry lewis, john jackson, crosby stills and fuuuuckin nash, josh barker, elton john, randy newman, harry nillson
Sounds Like: t pain without the auto tune
Record Label: Pop Faction, Suburban Home Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tall by Josh Small in Stores now

"Tall by Josh Small" is in stores now. It is available at most internet retailers and at select mom and pop record stores. You can get it from Suburban Home directly by itself or part of their pick 5 ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:34:00 GMT

"we love music" review

Like the Libertines' record from last year, Josh Small's decision to go self-titled on this record seems not so much like "lack of a better title" and more like "what the fuck else am I going to call ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

"lost at sea" review

No souls were saved because of Josh Small's missionary work. It wasn't his intention to spread the Gospel of Christianity while on tour with emo-core striplings Stop It!! - a strange pairing to say th...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

style weekly

Josh Small Josh Small (Popfaction) It takes a month to write a song, sometimes longer muses Richmonds Josh Small on his eponymous debut, which by his own math represents a years work. The 11 ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Skratch review (my favorite so far!)

JOSH SMALL SELF-TITLED POP FACTION This bluegrass-themed release from Richmond's banjo-picking troubadour, Josh Small, is a strangely disjointed disc that should have been left in the studio until ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Review from the mighty Robotic Empire Records

"I don't know what else they want from me." Josh told me this once after a frustrating show, not out of cockiness but pure sincerity. He had played his best and felt like the crowd wasn't feeling him ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Review from Splendid Magazine

Opener "Pushing Boulders" begins with a flurry of banjo plucks, which abruptly trails off into curses and snickers before restarting in earnest. What follows is a brief but compelling composition feat...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT