Simon Joyner

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Simon Joyner at Club W71 , 2019

Simon Joyner (born August 9, 1971 in New Orleans ) is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha , Nebraska .

Career

Despite numerous publications since 1992, Simon Joyner's great success with the audience has so far been largely denied. But musicians like Beck , Kevin Morby , Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch named him as an important influence on their music. He was the reason for the so-called. "John Peel Incident", as the legendary British radio DJ John Peel to play his iron rule, only one title per album, broke, but equal Joyner entire third album The Cowardly Traveler Pays His Toll introduced . In Germany, Gisbert zu Knyphausen is one of his admirers. In order to maintain his independence, he never tried to make music his profession.

style

Simon Joyner's style is somewhere between alternative country and Americana . He is influenced by the great American songwriters such as Bob Dylan , Townes Van Zandt and Leonard Cohen . He has a fondness for the imperfect and improvisation - even when he's recording with a band in the studio. About the recording of Step Into The Earthquake , he said: “I only showed them the songs very shortly before the studio appointment. It's an approach I like to work with knowing that I have a full band to work with when recording an album and I've always been very happy with the results. [...] For example, if I have a guitarist who is almost too good at his instrument for my purposes, then I push the lap steel into his hand so that he acts a little outside his comfort zone. ” Karl Bruckmaier said about him: “Simon Joyner is like a drop of mercury that has fallen to the ground. Beautiful, dazzling, difficult to grasp. "

Discography

Albums (selection)

  • 1992: Umbilical Chords
  • 1993: Room Temperature
  • 1994: The Cowardly Traveler Pays His Toll
  • 1995: Heaven's Gate
  • 1997: Songs for the New Year
  • 1998: Yesterday, Tomorrow, And in Between
  • 1999: The Lousy Dance
  • 2001: Hotel Lives
  • 2004: Lost With The Lights On
  • 2006: Skeleton Blues
  • 2009: Out Into The Snow
  • 2012: Ghosts
  • 2015: Grass, Branch & Bone
  • 2017: Step Into The Earthquake
  • 2019: Pocket Moon

Web links

Commons : Simon Joyner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ten Questions with Kevin Morby , thereader.com (English, accessed November 25, 2019)
  2. ↑ Simon Joyner , soundsfromtheothercity.com (English, accessed November 25, 2019)
  3. ↑ Tim McMahan: Simon Joyner Pays His Toll , timmcmahan.com (English, accessed November 25, 2019)
  4. ↑ The genius of the moment , gaesteliste.de (accessed on November 26, 2019)
  5. ↑ Interview with Carsten Wohlfeld , gaesteliste.de (accessed on November 26, 2019)
  6. ↑ Nachtmix Loungekonzert , br.de (accessed on November 26, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Joyner, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans