Jacob Alon

In debut album, In Limerence, Fife born artist Jacob Alon introduce themselves as one of the fiercest and beguiling of voices in contemporary folk music. But to limit Jacob solely as a folk artist would be doing them a grave disservice. Theirs is a voice to stop traffic, a storyteller to provoke conversation, and a musician shaking off the shackles of any genre specifics.

Though their first songs have flickers of Adrianne Lenker, Nick Drake, Rufus Wainwright and other titans of modern-day songwriting, Alon also feels like a limitless artist. While their raw power shines through clearest with just a voice and guitar, they have the personality and panache of a pop star. In whatever sonic guise they take, their commitment to devastatingly frank lyricism, and to pulling humor and warmth out of despair, makes them a special young voice. Bittersweet symphonies in their truest form.