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Artist
Josh Canova
12+ albums
folkrockchilloutacousticamerican
about
Josh Canova is an American singer-songwriter born and raised in Washington State and currently living in Los Angeles, CA. His influences include rock, folk, Jazz, hip-hop, pop, country, blues, and soul. Canova released his debut album, “Common Divide” in 2002, a warm and seductive record that immediately caught the attention of music supervisors and landed his songs on WB’s” One Tree Hill” and “Dawson’s Creek” as well as well as ABC’s hit show, “Alias.” In Indie-Music.com last year, Jennifer Layton wrote of Canova, “For every few hundred guys with guitars, strumming and emoting their hearts out there, there’s only one guy like Josh Canova who creates a new sound and makes me want to assign him his own category. If I owned a music store, I’d put him on a shelf marked, ‘challenging, mystic, intelligent, introspective music with flashes of sharp wit’.” Another reviewer in “CMJ” offered of Canova’s debut disc, “I can’t remember the last time I was taken so off-guard by a local artist. Josh Canova’s “Common Divide” is a deep swell of feeling, drawing on both the cinematic grace of Pink Floyd and the acoustic simplicity of Simon & Garfunkel… Strong vocals, urgent lyrics, and lavish yet understated production keep it accessible without yielding to pop convention.” With the release of “Automatic” his second full-length album, Canova's sound continues to bloom into more of an alt rock sound; a gritty, textural, hook-infested road trip of strong melodies and lyrics. Canova’s
