Jonathan Ramsey Latest Album – “Live April 2023”
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Bio
One-Man Folk Band Jonathan Ramsey brings his wild ride of sly, Irish-American life through song to his latest release “Live April 2023”
Ever seen a one-man Irish folk trio? Jonathan Ramsey wields his voice, guitar, and massive stomp box to crush your doldrums and take you back in time with fun and passion. Join him to stand against haunted instruments, daunting sea crossings, seductive whiskey, overzealous cider, and unrequited love.
Jonathan begins our journey with rejected marriage arrangements (Sean McCarthy’s “Step It Out, Mary”), the unsourced history of beer (“Charlie Mopps”), to end up in unrequited love on the Mississippi with an Irish-tinged take on Johnny Cash’s “Big River”.
Jonathan finds inspiration from the likes of his own granddad —Eddie- and his early musical teachers in primary and secondary school, as well as Christy Moore, Joni Mitchell, Mike Waterson, and Billy Bragg. Bill Grady (KMBZ, Kansas City, MO) said of him at the 2017 Kansas City Irish Festival, “Jonathan is an Irish tenor in the classic sense, but with a unique clarity, similar to John Denver.” Indeed, Jonathan is heavily influenced by Denver’s ability to make a song interesting with an easy, clear voice and a lone guitar.
On-stage and on his most recent releases, Jonathan rises from the love/hate relationship with one’s hometown in Ewan MacColl’s “Dirty Old Town” to the hellish consequences of drink in “Nightmare No. 64”, then back to some of his mother’s favorite songs, like the ballad of love lost in “Maid of Cuil Moir”. “I love the straightforward clarity of a story song.”, says Jonathan. Surely, Mike Waterson’s “A Stitch in Time”, the true story of a woman stuck with an abusive husband who turns him round with the help of a few heavy kitchen implements, is one of these songs. If you’re ready for some driving songs of love, hate, mayhem, and the occasional murder or shipwreck, you need to check out Jonathan Ramsey.
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