Jordan Prince

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Jordan Prince, 2018

Jordan Prince (born November 14, 1990 in Tupelo , Mississippi ) is an American singer-songwriter .

life and career

Jordan Prince grew up in the US state of Louisiana, where he was part of several blues, jazz and folk groups from his youth. According to his own statement, his father was responsible for his love for music, who brought him into contact with bands such as Led Zeppelin , Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills and Nash at an early age . It was the American singer-songwriter Drew Danburry who got him to compose his own folk songs on the acoustic guitar.

His first album The Deer Jump was released in 2013 , followed by the EP The Parade (2015) . The recordings were made in Germany in close collaboration with the musician and producer Tim Hecking. Back in New Orleans, Prince finished his work on the album Jordan Prince Band (2016), on which he was able to work together for the first time in his desired formation.

In 2015 Prince emigrated to Munich . He processed the emotions caused by the change of location in the 2017 EP No Manual . The concept album 12 Songs for 12 Friends followed in 2018 , in which he dedicates a song to twelve formative people from his life.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vanessa Patrick, Bayerischer Rundfunk: Band of the Week // Jordan Prince: Storytelling Folk for the Heart and Brain | BR.de . May 17, 2018 ( br.de [accessed June 9, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Florian Kreier, Bayerischer Rundfunk: Introduced // Jordan Prince: Welcome the Prince | BR.de . June 23, 2016 ( br.de [accessed June 9, 2018]).
  3. ↑ The Parade EP featuring Tim Hecking. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ A sound like hot chocolate . In: afk M94.5 - The training and further education radio in Munich . ( m945.de [accessed on June 9, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Jürgen Moises: The Song of Songs of Friendship . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2018, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on June 9, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Martin Pfnür: New friends . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on June 9, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Prince, Jordan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Tupelo , Mississippi , United States