"I slept in L.A. County when I had a home, tonight I'm under the bridge sleeping alone..."
It must be amazing traversing the country while creating sonic art informed by all the hard, heavy, beautiful, sublime experiences inherent in such a journey. Like a traveler who visits from time to time I have written about Jacksonport, the moniker of singer songwriter John Fatum, quite often and he always surprises and stirs up my imagination. His trek from Wisconsin to Los Angeles has brought us his latest "Tularosa" and a more musically vast Jacksonport as John availed himself to the talents of J3P0 (Marcus Miller, the Lesson GK, Ropeadope Records) on keys and synths, Ted Taforo (Spoon) on saxophone and NYC's Julia Bailen (BAILEN) on backing vocals.
I always love John's gritty vocal aesthetic and the way he is able to translate his emotional context into his music. For me, even when there are moments of jubilation, there is a patina of sadness as well. On "Tularosa" with the added instrumentation and earthy production, I am feeling a late 70's folk pop feel with blues underpinnings and I thought of an amalgam of artists like Van Morrison, Jackson Browne and Paul Simon. There is so much to like here. "Tularosa" at times feels like a vagabond's beautiful eulogy or testament of living life at all costs, a celebration of the good and bad times.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/jacksonportmusic/
https://soundcloud.com/jacksonport
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WDHcjQUDXBkjoIL9qBkgL
https://jacksonport.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jacksonport_/
Jacksonport is the solo imagination of singer/songwriter John Fatum, named for the small town in Door County, Wisconsin where he spent summers growing up. Wherever Jacksonport is, may you feel welcome to come sit for a spell, under big sky and knowing tree.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/jacksonportmusic/
https://soundcloud.com/jacksonport
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WDHcjQUDXBkjoIL9qBkgL
https://jacksonport.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jacksonport_/
Jacksonport is the solo imagination of singer/songwriter John Fatum, named for the small town in Door County, Wisconsin where he spent summers growing up. Wherever Jacksonport is, may you feel welcome to come sit for a spell, under big sky and knowing tree.
Singer Songwriter, Indie Folk, Folk, stellar production, Wisconsin to Los Angeles, "Tularosa", Julia Bailen, J3PO, Ted Taforo, 70's folk pop, melancholia, wanderlust,
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