Jarrod Dickenson is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, originally from Waco, Texas, now based in Nashville. His two albums, The Lonesome Traveler and Ready The Horses, along with his EP, Under A Texas Sky have earned him critical acclaim and a devoted audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Not one to fear an exhausting tour schedule, Dickenson has entranced crowds all over Europe and the US and shared stages with such legendary artists as Bonnie Raitt, Don McLean, The Waterboys, Jools Holland and Jimmie Vaughan. He has performed at prestigious festivals such as Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk Festival. In addition to his origin as a Texan, his current status as a Tennessee resident, and the fact that he dropped enough rent over the years to deserve to call himself a New Yorker, Dickenson is also an adopted son of Belfast. It was in the Northern Irish city where he met wife and bandmate Claire Dickenson whose luscious, versatile vocal has become a central ingredient of his sound on stage and on record.
After a baptism of fire in the world of the major labels, Jarrod Dickenson now exists as a fiercely independent artist, a look that suits him well and allows his creativity to follow whatever path it damn well pleases. Nowhere is this attitude better encapsulated than in the bluesy rock and roll growl of his uncompromising album BIG TALK, released worldwide February 3rd, 2023 via Hooked Records.
“His songs carry an independent spirit and grit… a hard-bitten, yet romantic eye that seems bred into Lone Star Songwriters” -Q Magazine
“Jarrod Dickenson’s rootsy, broad-ranged Americana draws deeply from tradition while forging all-new sounds.” – PopMatters
“His deep, emotional, often luxurious voice envelops songs of love and loss, enticing you into these stories.” – American Songwriter
“A smokey-toned Texan with a smooth line in Country-Soul…” -Uncut Magazine
“A voice like a young Tom Waits…Jarrod Dickenson’s songs are simply breathtaking, possessing melodies many of his peers would give their left arm for.” – No Depression
“A slice of pure, unadulterated white boy soul… watch out for this guy” -Acoustic Magazine
“Painting extraordinarily cinematic pictures with his words…” -Rocking Magpie
“A smokey, filthy, Waitsy, Cohen-Inflected piece of subterranean melodrama…and I like it.” -Shaun Keaveny, BBC Radio 6 Music
“In the tradition of old southern Americana, but with a feel of something current; storytelling with soul.” -Chris Hawkins, BBC Radio 6 Music
“If you can catch him, you should…he reminds me of this cat, Gram Parsons” -Huey Morgan, BBC Radio 2
“An incredible talent” -Janice Long, BBC Radio 2
“Dickenson has a superb, expressive voice…” -Country Music People (5 Star Review)
“Brilliant songs” -Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6 Music
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