October 13th, 2012. Hi Dive. Denver. Farewell.

My final Denver show...for a while :)

w/ Lee Ave and Natalie Tate

Doors 8pm

$7

Tickets Here: http://www.hi-dive.com/event/157819/

Farewell To Colorado | John Hiatt

Big news, I've decided to leave Colorado.

In the 7 months since the release of "oh oh", my music career has grown exponentially. Between concerts, film/tv and album sales, I'm now able to shift my focus entirely to touring and recording full time. Over the coming winter I'll start working a new album to be released on sonaBLAST records sometime next year, and am moving to Louisville Kentucky to work and tour out of sonaBLAST's HQ.

I've truly loved the time I spent in Colorado and feel so fortunate to have gotten to make music and learn from so many wonderful, creative people. I want to express my deepest thanks to everyone who has supported me, whether by coming to a show, donating to my kickstarter, taking some lessons or just sharing some insightful conversation.

Thank You.

I will be back for many colorado shows in the future, but there are two big chances to see me play before I leave at the end of October:

Thursday August 30th I have the very large honor of opening for the legend, John Hiatt at Chautauqua auditorium in Boulder.

Saturday October 13th I'll be having my official farewell show at the Hi-Dive in Denver. Click HERE for ticket information.

I hope you can join me for my sendoff show October 13th so I can thank you in person. Stay in touch, KJ.

Somebody That I Used To Know - Elliott Smith

I was invited to play at a tribute concert and film premiere for Elliott Smith a few weeks back. Elliott was a huge inspiration to me, and this song in particular. Check out the film "Searching For Elliott Smith". I was moved to record my solo banjo/voice rendition and film a music video, check it out below.

Thanks to Scott McCormick and Josh Mackey(House in Motion) for their work on this video.

Banjo On MTV...

It happened, maybe it's happened before...Banjo on MTV!
I'm proud to say that I've had another song on MTV, this time, Teen Mom! Check out out this link for a free download of, "Life, Love and Pain" all week!

http://soundtrack.mtv.com/post/category/shows/teen_mom/

Summer Tour, More MTV and Video Blogs

well summer is in full swing and it's HOT!

I've been keeping busy, writing a ton of new songs and playing as often as possible. This week I kick off a mid summer tour w/ Chimney Choir, who are great, and good friends.The tour is also sponserd by Suburban Home Records and Illegal Petes. So if you live in the front range of Colorado, come to a show and say hi!

In other news, I'll have a song played on MTV's "Teen Mom" this coming Tuesday July 17th. They'll be offering my track, "Life, Love and Pain as a free download, so it's a good chance to snag it if you don't already have the album. Head to http://soundtrack.mtv.com to download. I've also been a part of a couple great video blogs, Handsome Lady Records and Ultra 5280. Check out the videos from these fine folks below.

more exciting news coming soon, stay in touch,

kj