J.P. HOE
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Genre: Pop / Rock / Roots Music
Location Winnipeg, MANITOBA, CA
Profile Views: 81770
Last Login: 1/13/2012
Member Since 5/17/2005
Website jphoe.com & info@jphoe.com
Type of Label Unsigned
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Bio
There is a spotlight, a stage, and a band. The video lottery terminals flash, the bartender slams bottles, the voices of 500 people hum. Then J.P. Hoe steps to the microphone, and the world stops. Well, almost. Outside, the Winnipeg wind batters snow against the doors. Headlights zip by, on their way to and from somewhere else. But in this space, on this night, all eyes, ears and minds are on the guy with the crooked smile, the smoky torch-song voice, and the guitar strapped to his chest. And you think, this man could start a war. Ask the 2,500 people who, after seeing him open for Jann Arden on her 2007 Canadian tour, rushed the merch booth to buy his EP, The Live Beta Project. Ask the hundreds of Winnipeggers who turn out for his tongue-in-cheek theme gigs, like the perennially popular J.P. Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday Show. Music legend Seymour Stein thinks J.P. would be huge in Asia. A Western Canadian Music Awards jury thought his full-length debut, The Dear John Letters, was one of the top pop recordings and top songwriting efforts, of 2008. This is a songwriter who gets people talking. They talk, for instance, about his sound. It’s hard to pin down. The melodies are always fluid, the lyrics clear-eyed. And of course, there’s always J.P.’s voice, a classic instrument that rasps with weight beyond his years. But the songs... the songs run the gamut, from gentle to gregarious, and sometimes even down’n’dirty. There’s the party-starting trumpets on songs like Start a War, the twangy strums of Safe and Sound, and the restless, breathless urgency of Simple Life. “You’re kind of jazzy, kind of poppy,” opined one man, who cornered J.P. in a Winnipeg steakhouse. “Pick a genre and you’ll do good.” A friend once compared J.P. to Bob Dylan, if Dylan wrote more love songs. All this from a guy who started playing guitar in high school because it was the best way for a shy kid to meet girls. He’s come a long way since then. Since making his first, amateur recording while interning at a radio station outside of Paris, J.P. has become one of the most buzzworthy acts in Winnipeg’s tight-knit scene. He’s toured with Emm Gryner, been invited to record a CBC Canada Live concert, and filled performance slots at prestigious events such as the Winnipeg Folk Festival. One step forward, two steps back. As the first decade of the third millennium closes, the music industry is struggling to find its footing in a bold new technocracy. J.P. has felt the tremors too. It’s tough out there to make ends meet, to find the right industry supports, to say sayonara to the day job and make music a living. But J.P.’s fans are proof that his music can rise above the din. What happens next? More music. More albums. More cross-Canada tours, more dates in cities like New York, Austin and Los Angeles, where he’s wooed showcase crowds before. More sizzling shows with his deft backing band, the Truly Richards. Beyond that? Any stage, and any sky is the limit for J.P. Hoe. Don’t take our word for it: just watch him go. ...... -
Members
J.P. Hoe there has been... Rob, Dave, Sandy, Brian, Scott, Roland, Darcie, Hayley, Jodi, Brendan, Pat, Dylan, Brent, Joe, Marc, Claire, Rusty, Jason, Jamie, Greg, Jane, Rachel, Keira, Ruth, Carlin, Jay, Lloyd, Renee... -
Influences
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Wilco, Beck, Elliot Smith, Dave Matthews, The Tragically Hip, Aimee Mann, Jethro Tull, The Bare Naked Ladies, Jon Brion, Ben Harper, Sarah Mclaughlin -
Sounds Like
you in the shower
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J.P. HOE
I'd be lying if I said cutting the lawn did not satisfy a portion if my soul. #kingoftinycastle
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The lake in May. #rollwithit #longweekend http://t.co/81V3Slq4CC
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Is this Canadian or American spelling? I get confused. #happylongweekend http://t.co/frUjju3IhQ
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Nothing to do today? Watch this tribute to George Harrison. Prince is just so damn amazing. #facemelted #oldie-goody http://t.co/1obhcQ56ds
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Pre-Sat shopping read: Bangladesh Factory Safety Accord: At Least 14 Major North American Retailers Decline To Sign http://t.co/RAsvRxIJFr
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Comments
- The Stetson Family2 years ago
Hey JP - if you get to Melbourne this Fri (22/10) come see our mate Liz Stringer. She's awesome.
- Dan Silas2 years ago
Thanks for the add, J.P. Bust it up at the Forks tomorrow! - dan
- Adrian Edward2 years ago
just dropping in to wish you a great day
and let you know that I have new songs up on my website. Hope you can stop by :)
much love
~adrian
- Sandy Zacky3 years ago
Have a great week : )
Best Wishes,
Sandy - Tha Rupness Monsta3 years ago
we have a show at LO PUB TONIGHT! FEB 22nd! Come out and support! cuz we get 60% of the door and 100% of that is going to the 2500+ cds we gonna print up and GIVE AWAY in winnipeg :D got a show at the windsor feb26th and a show at lo pub again march 1rst! come on out and support that~ also a radio interview on STREETS 104.7! starts 12 noon make sure to tune in and check me out with the ever so beautiful LAdy Jules!!!
- James Struthers3 years ago
Congrats on the WMA nommies J.P.
Lets gig together soon? We can share some fan wealth!!!!
Much Love
James - Lindsay Jane3 years ago
Dear J.P. HOE,
Lindsay Jane was nominated by SIRIUS XM to be in a contest for Coffee Houses' Singer-Songwriter Discovery of the Year!
The winner will get the chance open for the Indigo Girls on their 2010 tour!
Please take a couple minutes and vote for Lindsay Jane at:
http://www.sirius.com/thecoffeehouse
AND ALSO AT
http://www.xmradio.com/thecoffeehouse


















