Jason Shannon

Add Date: March 17

Artist: Jason Shannon

Album: Jason Shannon

Label: Self-released

Genre: Rock/Soul/Blues

Comments: Any artist or group that can successfully integrate brass instrument into their songs starts out good in my book—seriously. Hearing the first track off of Jason Shannon’s self-titled debut, “Mister Miracle Miles”, I assumed the rest of the album would be an equally upbeat, heavily jazz-influenced production, with wailing vocals and saxophones galore. The second track immediately proved me incorrect—it was essentially a folk-country song. The entire album is a melting pot of jazz, blues, country, rock—which makes for an interesting, if not somewhat schizophrenic listening experience. Shannon is clearly talented despite being spastic—what’s nice is that there’s enough divergence in styles that most DJs will be able to find a track they like.