Jory Nash: guitars, piano, banjo, vocals and stories
Influences
Paul Simon, Smokey Robinson, Sam Cooke, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Pete Seeger, Gordon Lightfoot, The Band, The Dead, The Shins, Calexico, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Steely Dan, Yo La Tengo, Woody Guthrie, old old folk, old old soul, Bruce Springsteen, Lyle Lovett, Lovin Spoonful, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Drifters, Sarah Harmer, The Seldom Scene, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello, New Pornograpers
Sounds Like
A little bit of folk...
A little bit of jazz...
A little bit of blues...
A little bit of soul...
Jory Nash blends elements of folk, jazz, blues, soul and pop into an original stew of sound. He has recorded 5 critically-acclaimed CDs, including 2004's curiously titled "Spaz Loves Weezie".
A master storyteller and a lover of hats, Jory tours across North America, playing mostly solo. Acoustic guitar, piano and banjo are Jory's main instruments.
Jory is a past winner of the Ontario Council of Folk Festival's Songs From the Heart Songwriting Award, and has showcased at NXNE, NERFA, Ontario COntact and OCFF. Jory is a fixture on the summerfolk festival circuit, having played such great festivals as Hillside, Summerfolk, Mariposa, Winterfolk, Toronto City Roots, Home County, Live From The Rock, Shelter Valley, and numerous others.
Jory's music can often be heard on CBC Radio, and on college stations across North America. Jory's music can be purchased (in CD or MP3 form) from www.maplemusic.com or at live concerts.
Excellent CD Jory! (what else is new?!) So many great songs, and they're already playing in my head! (I see you're coming to Irish Mountain in the spring...wouldn't miss it)
I'm hitting the road in a couple of weeks to raise money for War Child, Coast-to-coast – 50 cities – ALL PROCEEDS TO WARCHILD. Why? 66% of all war victims are CHILDREN. Shocked like me? War Child helps these children that have been affected by war. Check out the new blog – the whole story is up there. Love to have you be a part of it.
You’ll find a Blog, Tour page and a Bio page. I’ll be blogging daily from the road.
Hey, Jory's recent live performance on our show, covering Lightfoot's "Cotton Jenny" is up on our player ... thanks again for coming in Jory, and best of luck with the Lightfoot Celebration shows at Hugh's Room!
Jory; Your FolkJazzBlues&Soul album is now one of my very favourites...Spaz is up there too. You make great records Mr. Nash! I see where you're playing Massie Hall next spring! See ya there and at Knox AC... Jim
Hey Jory, Great seeing you at Shelter Valley. I always love dropping by your site to hear your tunes and look forward to the next time I get to enjoy them live.
Jory, Hope that you are staying warm. We just had a temp dip of 48 degrees. Saw that it was coming this way from Canada, so probably you are feeling it, too. But, spring can't be too far off. The days are getting longer.:):) In the mean time am enjoying your music.:)
Hey Jory, I'm listening again to Waiting for the Animals to Come off of Spaz. I've enjoyed the melody and build up but now the lyrics are shining thru. Enjoy the way it starts with, "Alcohol cools my bitter tongue;
Wash it down with the barrel of my own gun. Well another man he just turn and run Instead of waiting for animals to come.
Here comes a big one now, here comes a big one now ..."
Then it's not until the end of the song, that we hear, "God gave me a sign and then he gave me another one. He said build a boat and then when you are done the rain will come ... So I'm waiting for the animals to come ...".
You drew me in with the voice, finger picking and increased the enjoyment with some nice poetry and storytelling.
![The Oldest Child [January SHOWS a plenty]](http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/146/s_126945bbb1b24e1e9289af35fb3da6de.jpg)
Online Now!
