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Jacob Green / Press

“He is a true one-man band. He’ll switch off from acoustic guitar to multiple cigar box guitars while simultaneously playing harmonica, stomp box and tambourine with his foot. He plays blues and folk-rock.”

“His musical journey has fostered an interdependence on relying on his ear to primarily guide him in his musicianship combined with his focused determination to pursue his passion. He offers a message of staying true to oneself, coming from the heart, and encouragement to express uniqueness and creativity.”

“Listening to the songs, through the eyes of my imagination I see an American prairie with a hastily broken cattle fence. The album itself is a bit underdeveloped, but maybe that's the intention of the producer. I remember frames from the movie "It Might Get Loud", where Jack White uses a board and a nail to build a "guitar". This is my association after hearing the first sounds.”

“'Pandemic Alters Musician's Career' : "Because of his Longevity & Success of his career prior to the pandemic, Mr. Green had lots of material to work with...Prior to COVID, Mr. Green made a liv­ing as a tour­ing mu­si­cian. For al­most two decades, he trav­eled through­out the coun­try play­ing both as a solo artist and in var­i­ous bands."”

“At first glance, the title of the album has a negative feel to it. Since it was released in the pandemic, it feels particularly hopeless. Jacob’s idea of the title effectively counters that feeling. “It’s also like saying, ‘we can be limitless in whatever we choose.’ In some ways we’re way too extreme; we’re too positive or too negative. The point is to recognize that. Hearing the phrase ‘no end in sight’ can seem kind of negative, but it’s more about perspective.””

"Jacob Green: Musician, Songwriter Living His Dream...plays his trade throughout the region and beyond. If he had to pick a genre to perform, it would be the blues"

““No Reason to Stop” provides a toe-tapping tour through this most soulful of all music genres—and actually infuses blues with some soul to boot. The finger-picking Green complements with some truly heartfelt lyrics.”

"Today in Alias - the manifesto..." "From vermont comes Jacob Green, author of a truly convincing highway 61 blues. Little Courage (self-produced) includes ten tracks to the roots and sincere soul. "Hope you ain't out of Love" & "Break that chain" they impose themselves.

"Little Courage" is what we all can use more of now and that's just the name of Jacob Greens latest album. Listen to this talented singer/songwriter and skillful guitar player on this weeks "Bay Whalin Hour"

"This is reminiscent of some of the finest songwriters of our time; Jacob having toured in 40 states in the U.S. total, averaging 140 shows a year, and now resides in the Green Mountain State of Vermont. He has had musical homes all over the country, from Northern California to Colorado, or Southern Appalachia States & of course where it all began in his home State of Wisconsin."

“During the unique year of 2020, Green has been recording a lot of new tracks and doing some live-streamed shows here and there from his home studio. He is excited for Jeezum Crow festival 2021 where he will be performing next year. As for traveling, Green plans to plant some roots here in the Green Mountains for a while. The night is closed with Green’s final song, Good Spirit, an uplifting tune that is very applicable to the year we’ve had, about keeping a bright outlook in the hard times.”

“Energetic rhythms & captivating melody , Jacobs Green brews bona fide homegrown music, that Harvest's a resonance of the modern day rambler, his versatile, organic, original songs bring a fresh approach to blues roots and folk music. Originally from Wisconsin, Jacob has toured nationally for 5 years and now resides in Vermont.”

“In his latest seven-song album, the well-talented and exciting Jacob Green showcases just why he is the name to follow in the world of music with top-notch vocals and great production that will surely soon put him at the top.”

“Jacob Green is a charismatic singer and songwriter with a passion for creating earnest melodies with a spontaneous and personal tone. His recent studio effort is a single release titled “In The Mountains”. This project highlights Jacob’s powerful songwriting sensibilities, as well as showcasing his ability to create catchy and seamless arrangements.”

“Green harvests a resonance of the modern day gypsy, awakening original roots and blues folk songs. The once “down-trodden” old-fashioned blues lyrics to positive riffs of change. His versatile homegrown, organic, original songs bring a fresh approach to old-school roots and blues folk music.”

“If you like to travel, if you like to get inspiration, Jacob Green’s music is the right way to get that. The national touring musician Jacob Green is no stranger to the road.He has played over 130 shows in a year for the past 5 years (2013-2017) in 40 states in USA.”

“Jacob Green is on radio rotation with the tracks: “Good Spirit” – about getting through the hard times without your spirit being broken, and “Don’t Need Love” – which is actually saying the opposite… Love is all you need.”

“Milwaukee, WI based musician Jacob Green brings a whole lot of instruments in his arsenal, and he evokes a different kind of musician that stands out prominently from the current crop of musicians based in the burgeoning folk rock scene today. In addition to acoustic guitar, Jacob is well versed in banjo, mandolin, ukulele, harmonica, and tambourine just to name a few. Having these capabilities in playing all sorts of different instruments allows him to reach audiences in the widest, far reaching manner possible, and hearkens back to the early years of folk down South where musicians were constantly trying to hone their sound. Jacob is an exceptionally talented musician with an immensely bright future ahead of him.”

“Jacob Green isn’t fabricating when he titles his album, “Travelin’ Soul”. This guy has been on the road for years, seeing America through the classic troubadour eyes, informing his music with the essence of the land. This album, while all blues, features varied takes on the genre, taking the listener on a path through Americana topics and tropes, from the past to the boomin' and stompin’ present. As much as this album is not to be missed, don’t pass up a chance to see him LIVE! Travel on Green Brother!”

“I’ve heard it said to “write what you know” when it comes to music. In the case of Jacob Green, that seems to be the case. His latest album “Travelin’ Soul,” that was just finished last week, is well named. Green has spent a good amount of time on the road touring and playing as a one man band. Although his home town is Milwaukee, he prefers to stay busy playing shows as a multi-instrumentalist singer/song-writer and his knack for both bringing out different instruments and writing catchy tunes is displayed on the album. While many take the opportunity to do some multi-tracking and bring in other bits of “studio magic” into a recording, Green has kept this album to what one could probably expect at one of his shows.”

“Milwaukee, Wis., musician Jacob Green prefers to keep things simple. No pedals, no effects and nothing that might be mistaken for a frill. “It’s about getting back to the roots of music and where it all came from,” Green says. His stripped-down style — just Green and his instrument of choice, be it acoustic or slide guitar, banjo, Dobro or harmonica — is reminiscent of a modern artist like Ben Harper, but he’s every bit as much influenced by old bluesmen like Robert Johnson or traditional folk and country artists like Steve Earle. Green’s lyrics carry a similar back-to-basics message of distancing ourselves from “this polluted, crazy world we live in,” a theme he explores on his album “Roots Revival Vol. 1,” the first of three he plans to release. The concept came to him in a moment of revelation after a tour van full of his amps, guitars and effects pedals was stolen, leaving Green with little to his name but an acoustic guitar. Turns out, he came to find it was”