JBM
American songwriter
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::summary American songwriter ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | JBM |
| image | JBM Jesse Marchant.jpg |
| caption | Jesse Marchant |
| birth_name | Jesse Brian Marchant |
| birth_date | 1980s |
| birth_place | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| years_active | Since |
| genre | Folk rock, pop rock |
| occupation | Singer-songwriter, guitarist |
| label | Partisan Records{{cite news |
| title | Sondre Lerche playing City Winery, Who Tribute @ Carnegie, NJ & touring (dates) w/ JBM (who is on Partisan Records) |
| publisher | Brooklyn Vegan |
| quote | Sondre goes on tour after that with opener JBM. JBM is NYC songwriter Jesse Marchant, who's now signed to Partisan Records. ... |
| date | January 27, 2010 |
| url | http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/sondre_lerche_p_4.html |
| accessdate | May 23, 2011 |
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| name = JBM | image = JBM Jesse Marchant.jpg | caption = Jesse Marchant | alt = | birth_name = Jesse Brian Marchant | birth_date = 1980s | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | years_active = Since | genre = Folk rock, pop rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter, guitarist | label = Partisan Records{{cite news |title= Sondre Lerche playing City Winery, Who Tribute @ Carnegie, NJ & touring (dates) w/ JBM (who is on Partisan Records) |publisher= Brooklyn Vegan |quote= Sondre goes on tour after that with opener JBM. JBM is NYC songwriter Jesse Marchant, who's now signed to Partisan Records. ... |date= January 27, 2010 |url= http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/sondre_lerche_p_4.html |accessdate= May 23, 2011 | website = Jesse Brian Marchant, better known by his stage name JBM, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. In 2011, he signed a recording contract with American label Partisan Records.{{cite news |title= Partisan Records Signs Paleo |publisher= indiePulse |quote= Partisan Records out of Brooklyn, NY-- home to Deer Tick, JBM, Mountain Man, and more. |date= August 1, 2010 |url= http://www.indiepulse.net/2010/08/partisan-records-signs-paleo.html |accessdate= May 23, 2011
Early life and education
Marchant was born in Montreal, Quebec.{{cite news |title= Not Even in July |publisher= Insound+ |quote= VINYL FORMAT. JBM is the music of Jesse Marchant. ... Jesse was born in Montreal, Canada ... |year= 2011 |url= http://www.insound.com/Not-Even-in-July-Vinyl-LP-JBM/P/INS74102/ |accessdate= May 15, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120320011731/http://www.insound.com/Not-Even-in-July-Vinyl-LP-JBM/P/INS74102/ |archive-date= March 20, 2012 |url-status= dead |title= JBM Unveils Cover Art & Tracklisting for "Not Even in July" |publisher= clubdistrict.com |date= May 26, 2010 |url= http://clubdistrict.com/blog/633/jbm-unveils-cover-art--tracklisting-for-not-even-in-july.html |accessdate= May 15, 2011
Career
Marchant has toured with Nathaniel Rateliff, Rogue Wave, Avi Buffalo and Sondre Lerche. He has also performed with St. Vincent, Elvis Perkins, and Swedish singer The Tallest Man on Earth. His musical style has been compared to that of Jim James, Justin Vernon,{{cite news |author = Duncan, Andrew |title = JBM – Reflections |publisher = Zaptown |date = July 9, 2010 |url = http://www.zaptownmag.com/2010/07/jbm-reflections |access-date = May 23, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110917184744/http://www.zaptownmag.com/2010/07/jbm-reflections |archive-date = September 17, 2011 |df = mdy-all
Reception
Music critic Nick Gunther described JBM's music as instilling a "unique depth of emotion and feeling." Brittney McKenna in American Songwriter magazine wrote that there was a "level of peace and of stillness unique to a church" in Marchant's debut album and that his music "feels like one man's soft, musical prayer for hope in a world that too often has too little," and she compared his style to Thom Yorke and Neil Young.{{cite news |author= McKenna, Brittney |title= JBM Not Even in July | work = American Songwriter |quote= There’s a level of peace and of stillness unique to a church... |date= April 14, 2010 |url= https://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/04/jbm-not-even-in-july/ |accessdate= May 15, 2011 |title= New Sounds: JBM 'Not Even in July' |publisher= Future Sounds |quote= Jesse Marchant ... specifically the honey-of-a-song called "Ambitions & War"... |date= May 26, 2010 |url= http://futuresounds.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-sounds-jbm-not-even-in-july.html |accessdate= May 15, 2011
Clubdistrict.com described the album as "exquisitely crafted" which feels "as weathered and wise as an old home" and which is a "mostly acoustic venture" with "atmospheric arrangements, lyrical purity and unaffected baritone." Mikela Floyd in Filter magazine described the debut album as "heartfelt compositions" reflecting "a meticulous and carefully crafted sound" from a "handcrafted talent."{{cite news |author= Mikela Floyd |title= JBM, Ambitions & War | work = Filter |quote= ... heartfelt compositions ... a meticulous and carefully crafted sound ... handcrafted talent... |date= April 7, 2010 |url= http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/jbm_ambitions_war/ |accessdate= May 23, 2011 |author= Mansmith, Steven |title= JBM Releases New video for "In a Different Time" |publisher= slowcoustic.com |quote= A fantastic album from last year, JBM’s ... The video absolutely catches the overall visual images... Great video for a great song. |date= March 6, 2011 |url= http://slowcoustic.com/2011/03/06/jbm-releases-new-video-for-in-a-different-time/ |accessdate= May 23, 2011
Personal life
, he lived in Brooklyn, New York; Los Angeles; and Upstate New York.
Discography
- Antelope Running, 2021
- Illusion of Love, 2018
- Jesse Marchant, 2014
- Stray Ashes, 2012
- Not Even in July, 2010, Partisan Records{{cite news |author= Gunther, Nick |title= BM: – Jesse Marchant Evokes the Haze of July |work = Glide Magazine |quote= ... singer-songwriter Jesse Marchant (a.k.a. JBM) instills a unique depth of emotion and feeling in his music. ... personal experience and the familiarity with loss in his first release, which is out now on Partisan Records. |date= April 26, 2010 |url= http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/55863/jbm-jesse-marchant-evokes-the-haze-of-july.html |accessdate= May 19, 2011
- Not Even in July, 2008, vinyl format
Awards
- Top singer-songwriter 2009, iTunes
References
References
- "CLEO S SONG". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
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