Jon Ransom Portland, Oregon
Jon Ransom started playing guitar and writing songs at age 18, and over the course of a decade, has amassed an arsenal of songs ranging from quiet, contemplative tunes to anthemic folk rock ballads. No-frills, heart-on-your-sleeve, pure, unadulterated honest music. It's personal, intense yet fragile, and prone to bouts of incendiary cacophonies of melody and harmony. ... more
Jon Ransom recommends:
Draw This Bitter Blood
by Sama Dams
I saw this gentleman (no relation to our fine city's current mayor) play a show at a dive bar here in Portland and his intense and ethereal music captivated my senses. And this boy can sang! Dang!
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This is my friend Brian Rozendal and his folk-beast of a band Small Souls. He collaborates with a pedal steel player who so happens to be named Bryan Daste. They are a fine songwriting duo.
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When the Water's Hot
by Ezza Rose
I have so many talented friends and my girl Ezza Rose is no exception. She is a thunderous lil' force of nature. She's transformed herself from a twee ukulele strummer to full-on rock priestess.
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Forever Only Idaho
by Harrison Lemke
Big, strummy songs that recall the heart-on-sleeve earnestness and lo-fi glory of early Mountain Goats.
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Sparkling and knotty indie rock from this Australian group with interlocking guitars and shifting rhythms.
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