JERRY JOSEPH

Jerry Joseph is a prolific and accomplished songwriter, writing hits for platinum-selling artist Widespread Panic and releasing an album nearly every year of his 30+ year career; as a solo artist, with the Jackmormons, supergroup Stockholm Syndrome, his burning two-piece The Denmark Veseys, or originally, with his beloved 80s cult band, Little Women.  Eric Greene describes in Snowshoe Magazine, “In Joseph’s songs, he finds a rare balance with beautiful and dark imagery, soulful truth, and light-heartedness. Seemingly without effort, Joseph performs the tricky feat of writing songs that are intensely personal (sometimes murkily so), yet unfold with a universal passion. He has the ability to goad understanding from his listeners through sheer intensity of emotion, the rawness of expression, and a winning modesty.” 

Walter’s musical career started with The Silos, the still-kicking band Salas-Humara co-founded in New York’s post-punk ‘80s scene. Playing alt-country before anyone called it that, they were named Best New Artist in the 1987 Rolling Stone Critics Poll. Throughout Salas-Humara’s career, his voice has remained textured like a walnut; meanwhile, his narratives focus not on the interior, abstract weaves of doubts and anxieties but on storytelling. He renders small incidents in granular detail that take on the weight of attentive, convincing poetry and wry wordplay. Each tune is marked by such humanity, which offers much refuge in a convulsive time.