It’s the big weekend folks! Tomorrow, Friday, May 3rd you can catch the film I’m singing and playing guitar in, Greetings From Tim Buckley in select theaters across the U.S. I perform three Tim Buckley songs in the movie, “Song For Janie,” “Pleasant Street” and “Once I Was”. The movie is being released worldwide through Focus Features (Focus World) and Tribeca Film. You can find out more on the Focus Features web site here and in my Entertainment Tonight interview here. If you’re in NYC, come on down to the Village East Cinema tomorrow for the showing. Hope to see you there.

This Saturday, May 4th you’re invited to the NYC record release of my new album, MOSAIC at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, 196 Allen Street, doors at 6:30 PM, show from 7-9 PM. This is a full band show with special guests David Bendeth and Gary Lucas. We will be filming the show and recording it for future release and hope you’ll be a part of it. $10 ticket gets you in the door and a complimentary copy of MOSAIC on CD.

MOSAIC will be officially released on June 7th but you can now PRE-ORDER the album and various fan-packages online at this link. We also have T-Shirts available in various shapes and sizes! These itmes will all be shipped to you BEFORE the official release.

We’ll be hitting the road this Spring, Summer and Fall. Annie Haslam is joining my band for a special show June 23rd at the Sellersville Theater. More shows with Jeffrey Gaines and Gary Hoey also coming up and we’ll be in NE Ohio and Western PA May 24, 25 and 26! Thank you so much for your support. See you soon.

Cheers,
Jann

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I hope you had an enjoyable holiday. I’m going to keep it real short here, and I appreciate you taking the time to read this…

Couple of really big things happening in the next few weeks: The movie I’m a featured vocalist in, GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY, is coming to iTunes and theatres! It will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival here in New York City and be available on iTunes April 16th and in select theaters May 3rd! Check out the trailer here and get tickets to watch here. Questions? Just hit reply and ask…

The very next day, May 4th we will be celebrating the release of my new album, MOSAIC at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, 196 Allen Street, NYC from 7-9 PM. Full band and special guests. $10 ticket also gets you a complimentary copy of MOSAIC on CD. Don’t miss out, the show will be recorded and filmed and we’d love for you to join us. Get your ticket now by clicking here.

Album pledgers from my People Records campaign will be receiving their copies in early May. Everyone will have the chance to PRE-ORDER the album and special album packages at that time. Keep an eye on your E-mail Inbox and my Facebook and Twitter for announcements.

Late May and most of June we’ll be hitting the road for some shows and the record will be available at all shows after May 4th. Check out all TOUR DATES here. Looking forward to seeing you then! If you’re in NYC this weekend, come check out my buddy Gary Lucas and me at JOE’S PUB this Saturday, April 6th, 7:30 PM.

Cheers,
Jann

P.S. If you missed my interview and performance on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT online a couple of weeks ago you can watch on YouTube now by clicking here.

Entertainment Tonight has posted my interview and performance! Please take a look and share!

Go to: www.etonline.com/music/131526_Artist_You_Should_Know_Jann_Klose/index.html

Or watch on YouTube:

Contact: Anne Leighton Music Services, 718-881-8183, anne@anneleighton.com

New York, NY – March 7th, 2013

Jann Klose’s new album MOSAIC, due June 2013 can easily be called a sonic, lyrical and emotional mosaic from an artist, who is known as one with multi-cultural roots and an equally widely-faceted career and a voice that Public Radio’s Barb Heller says, “could sing the phonebook.”

GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY director Dan Algrant realized that when he hired Jann as a featured vocalist and guitarist in the movie that stars Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots. The film will be released April 16th, 2013 by Tribeca Film / Focus World.  Recently ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT Online interviewed Jann about the film.

Jann’s album MOSAIC follows the indie success of REVERIE (2008) and SACRIFICE EP (2010) and the music video for DOING TIME. Produced by Grammy winner James Frazee (Esperanza Spalding, Blondie, My Morning Jacket) and David Bendeth (Paramore, Bruce Hornsby, Elvis Presley) MOSAIC was recorded between Fall 2011 and Winter of 2012/13. Double GRAMMY-winner Warren Russell-Smith, mastered MOSAIC.

MOSAIC’s songs tackle personal and topical subjects and bring together a variety of instruments, musical and lyrical styles from street influences of reggae and punk to calypso, to classic rock, and the folk and Afro-beat that has addicted fans of all ages to Jann’s music. Songs include Jann’s originals, “Still,” “Make It Better,” “Four Leaf Clover,” “On and On,” “Falling Tears,” and the playful “Beautiful One” with support vocals by Rounder Records’ Carrie Newcomer. The album ends with a stunning a cappella cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song To The Siren.”  Jann’s band The Edukators, Chris Marolf on bass and banjo, drummers Rob Mitzner and Patrick Carmichael, keyboardist/accordionist Lars Potteiger, and violinist Leah Potteiger worked on the album and contributed to the arrangements.  Other featured guests include guitarists Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) David Bendeth, flautist Tia Roper and oboist Megan Marolf  (Phillip Glass, Roger Waters).

Jann’s been as comfortable performing with pop and folk singer-songwriters from THE VOICE’s Rebecca Loebe and Brett Dennen to Suzanne Vega and Pete Seeger, as he has with jam bands including his friends in Rusted Root and songwriting partner Gary Lucas.  He’s performed with acts rooted in jazz and blues such as Vonda Shepard, Michael Kaeshammer and the late Les Paul, and classical rockers Renaissance (both with Annie Haslam and the group’s co-founder Jim McCarty, also of The Yardbirds). Critics have placed him in the chamber pop as well as the singer-songwriter genres, and Jann welcomes their varied reflections, “There are no limits when it comes to making music.  I’m defined by who I am and what I do, not how some marketing executive pigeonholes me.  It’s melodic, lyrical, and rhythmic music.  Music is about what the listener hears.”

Born in Germany, raised in Kenya, South Africa, and Hamburg, Jann came to the States as an exchange student in Cleveland, and performed in a wide range of musical projects including the Cleveland Opera Chorus, touring productions of Broadway shows (JEKYLL & HYDE, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR) as well as portraying The Pinball Wizard in THE WHO’S TOMMY before he started his band.

Jann’s music is heard on the GRAMMY-nominated HEALTHY FOOD FOR THOUGHT, on MTV CRIBS, the movie “Dead Broke” (Warner Bros.) featuring Paul Sorvino. He maintains a steady touring schedule of about 75-100 shows a year in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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The wait is finally over! After a year and half of working on this new album we’re finally done… Yes, I know it’s taken a long time but I have been really busy with touring and working on other projects… Thanks for hanging in there with us.

We will be celebrating the new album’s release with a special show in New York City on Saturday, May 4th from 7 to 9 PM at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2! $10 ticket gets you in the door and a copy of the new album on CD!

Reserve tickets in advance as this show will most likely sell out! Click here to order.

Starting February 26th I’m doing about a week’s worth of shows with the talented Rebecca Loebe whom you will remember from NBC’s THE VOICE, first season. Rebecca was on Adam Levine’s team… Check those dates out here and please help us by spreading the word to your friends!

Can’t thank you enough for the great support you’ve already shown me in 2013. Looking forward!

Cheers,
Jann

Thanks to everyone that packed Le Johann Rose in Berlin last weekend! I hope to be back in town later this year. I’m going to keep it short and sweet and hope very much to see you at the upcoming shows listed below… Please let me know where else you’d like us to come play this year… The new album is in the can and is currently being mixed.

See you on the road in 2013!!

UPCOMING SHOWS

JAN 11 – Lovelight Boutique, New Castle, PA w/ sp. guest JD Eicher

http://www.lovelightboutique.com

JAN 12 – Believe in the Cure Benefit, Akron, OH
http://www.believeinthecure.org

JAN 31 – Lestat’s, San Diego, CA
http://www.lestats.com

FEB 1 – Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi, CA
http://fiddlerscrossing.org

FEB 2 – Witzend Live, Venice, CA w/ Raquel Rodriguez
http://www.witzendlive.com

FEB 8 – Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com

FEB 16 – Cozy Cabin Concerts, Green Brooke, NJ
http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/event-lbolton20130216.html

FEB 23 – House Concert, Lake Grove, NY – SOLD OUT!

FEB 26 – Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA w/ Rebecca Loebe
http://www.clubcafelive.com

FEB 27 – Woodlands Tavern, Columbus, OH w/ Rebecca Loebe
http://woodlandstavern.com

MAR 1 – Blue Moon Cafe, Sheperdstown, WV w/ Rebecca Loebe
http://www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com

MAR 2 – Candlelight Concert for Epilepsy Awareness, Pennington, NJ w/ Rebecca Loebe
http://www.candlelightconcert.org

MAR 3 – Steel City – Phoenixville, PA w/ Rebecca Loebe
http://www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com

VIDEO OF THE MONTH:

Jann Klose performs on The Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Showcase – NBC TV

Quick update on the movie I’m singing and playing guitar in… GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY, directed by Dan Algrant and starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots  and featuring Frank Wood as my friend and writing partner Gary Lucas has been picked up by Tribeca Film / Focus World for distribution!

A release is slated for early part of 2013… here’s an article on the release:

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/tribeca-focus-jointly-acquire-greetings-tim-buckley-022532322.html

This Friday’s show in Hamburg, Germany is SOLD OUT but if you can, come on out to Berlin on Friday, January 4th where I will be playing at Le Johann Rose! Details below… Thanks for an amazing year, folks! Happy holidays and all the best for 2013!

Cheers,
Jann

DECEMBER 21 – House Concert, Hamburg-St. Pauli, Germany – SOLD OUT!
Email Jens.Toepper@gmx.de for waiting list tickets

JANUARY 4 – Le Johann Rose, Berlin, Germany
http://www.johannrose.de/

JANUARY 11 – Lovelight Boutique, New Castle, PA w/ sp. guest JD Eicher
http://www.lovelightboutique.com/

JANUARY 12 – Believe in the Cure Benefit, Akron, OH
http://www.believeinthecure.org/

FEBRUARY 1 – Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi, CA
http://www.fiddlerscrossing.org/

FEBRUARY 2 – WitZend, Venice, CA w/ Raquel Rodriguez
http://www.witzendlive.com

FEBRUARY 8 – Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com

FEBRUARY 16 – Cozy Cabin Concerts, Green Brooke, NJ
http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/event-lbolton20130216.html

FEBRUARY 23 – House Concert, Lake Grove, NY – SOLD OUT!

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What a week… I hope you and your family fared well during and after these storms. I’ve been involved in Hurricane cleanup efforts on Staten Island and have posted some pictures on my Facebook here. Please call your local City Council office if you want to get involved.

We are working to reschedule shows and album sessions that were unfortunately cancelled over the last couple of weeks. If you are interested in booking a house concert before end of year, please contact me asap to set it up!

Friends in Germany: I will be playing a couple of house concerts, one in Hamburg on December 21st and one in Berlin on either January 4th or 5th, keep an eye on Facebook, Twitter and the website for updates.

This Sunday I’m shooting a performance for NBC’s Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Showcase. The show airs NATIONALLY and will be available on YouTube as well. I will let you know when we have an air date!

The film I’m singing and playing guitar in, Greetings From Tim Buckley is currently playing the film festival circuit, recently screening in Toronto, Canada and Sao Paulo, Brazil… Updates on a U.S. release soon!

Coming up later this month I’m playing a couple of shows in Florida. It’s been a while since I’ve performed there and I hope you can come see me play and spread the word. Details in the gig listings.

Early December I’m heading back to Canada to play in Keswick and maybe Toronto. After I get back from Germany we’re heading to Ohio to play two very special shows (January 11th in New Castle, PA and January 12th in Akron, OH). Then California in late January/early February, still looking for more shows during those times, please email me if you’re interested.

Cheers,
Jann

VIDEOS OF THE MONTH

“Falling Tears” Live in Woodbridge, NJ

Pink Floyd’s “Mother” Live in New York, NY w/ Aisha Eustache on vocals

Thanks for packing Rockwood Music Hall in NYC, folks! We had a blast… couple more gigs coming up in the City: This Monday, Oct 22nd I will be sitting with the Les Paul Trio and Gary Lucas at The Iridium! We’ll be playing some of the songs Gary and I wrote plus a few Blues classics and probably a Jeff Buckley/Gary Lucas tune… Then on Nov 1st my trio will be playing at Aroma Espresso Bar’s Music Series on West 72nd Street, that one’s free!

Work on the new album is getting very close to the finish line… We have a few special guests on the record, including guitarist Florian Opahle (Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson, Chris Thompson, Alexandra Stan), oboist Megan Marolf (Philip Glass, Roger Waters), flutist Tia Roper and vocalist Aisha Eustache (Broadway’s Aida).

GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY is an indie feature film I’m singing in… it just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to great reviews… So far NME.com and Variety.com have both given me a mention… more to come on this, stay tuned. Here’s the review from NME.com:

Jeff Buckley Film “Greetings From Tim Buckley” – What to Expect

COMING UP…

Music On Main Street in Woodbridge, NJ on Oct 18th – details here. Also, returning to Florida, Canada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California in Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb… please contact me if you’re interested in setting up a house concert!

Cheers,
Jann

VIDEO OF THE MONTH:

Jann sings The Beatles’ “Something” with members of Wonderous Stories at B.B. King’s NYC

After receiving a phone call and auditioning for director Dan Algrant I got the job. I recorded vocals and guitar that same week. The following week Gary and I attended a private screening of the film here in New York City with none other than Al Pacino in attendance and sitting right next to me!

The movie stars Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots and will see its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this Sunday, Sept 9th. If you are in the area, there are additional screenings on Tuesday, Sept 11th and Friday, Sept 14th. You can find out more at the Offical Site for the film.

Stay tuned for more info…

Hope to see you at our New Album Preview shows with full band line-up starting tonight at 8 PM at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ!

Cheers,

Jann

VIDEO OF THE MONTH:

Jann w/ Gary Lucas and Lars Potteiger play Tim Buckley’s “Song To The Siren”