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J Shogren
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jshogren.com myspace.com/jshogren Hard acoustic roots music from a life lived in loud proportions. American Holly is the second release from Wyoming’s favorite applied philosopher J Shogren, who made a splash overseas since his ’07 debut, Jahamericana. His adventures have taken him from days as a trapper to an endowed professor. He splits his time between Wyoming and Sweden, where he worked last year- unlikely as it sounds - as the King’s Professor. Even more riotous, he was a party to the Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the United Nations Team working on climate change. Planet, music. Shogren is getting press across a wide field: "Blending more styles than we can list here Shogren ... He’s traveled the world and the stories are plentiful in these grooves. At the end of the day though it’s Americana at its best."- Village Records. Top 20 americana cds in 2008-Rootsville (Belgium) #13 Feb 09 & #15 Jan 2009 on the EuroAmericana Chart #16 on F.A.R. Chart for Dec 2008 #41 on the Folk Music Radio Chart for Feb 2009 #150 or so on the Americana Radio charts in Jan/Feb "Like a garden full of wildflowers...there’s something undeniably endearing about Shogren’s ramshackle ramblings." Performing Songwriter, Jan 2009 "American Holly is an absolute masterpiece." Moors Magazine Jan 2009. "There are two other times I can remember when a singer’s voice prompted in me the same reaction I had when I first heard J Shogren’s. Those were when I first heard Randy Newman and Leon R
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Jahamericana (JShogren)
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American Holly
Jahamericana
Bird Bones & Muscle
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God Bless These Crooked Little Songs
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Now That's AmericanaOK. The CD, volume one.
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Truesounds - Summer10
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Lira Lyssna #2 2009
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Now That's AmericanaOK
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Bird Bones and Muscle
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Now That's Americana OK
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Now That's AmericanaOK - The CD - Volume 1