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Jeffrey Foucault is an American singer-songwriter from Southeastern Wisconsin grown out of the americana/folk troubadour tradition. Foucault’s musical career was seeded at seventeen, when he began playing John Prine tunes on his father’s beat up mail-order guitar, and spent long evenings in his bedroom, spinning piles of old records on a hand-me-down turntable. When he was 18 he stole a copy of Townes Van Zandt: Live and Obscure from a friend, and a few years later, having quit school to work as a farm-hand and a house-carpenter Foucault turned to writing songs.
Foucault is married to fellow singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst.
No Depression Magazine describes him as: “the bard of small-town anywhere… his poetry rich with details … his worn-in voice like an old down jacket… frayed… gritted… plaintive poetry in the troubadour tradition… delivery so raw and real it fairly throbs.”
His 2001 debut album, Miles from the Lightning, won much praise from critics and helped to kick-start a career of tours across the United States, Canada, and Europe. MOJO praised Miles as “A striking debut. comes out sounding like the love-child of Chris Whitley and Kelly Joe Phelps… strong songs, a voice and blues guitar that sound wiser than his years.” Along the way, he has played with such artists as Guy Clark, Greg Brown, Gillian Welch, Todd Snider, Chris Smither, and Rosanne Cash.
In 2003, Foucault, Delmhorst, and Peter Mulvey released an album entitled Redbird. Foucault’s 2004 album, Stripping Cane, was produced by David “Goody” Goodrich, and included collaborations with Redbird’s Mulvey and Delmhorst.
Foucault is married to fellow singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst.
No Depression Magazine describes him as: “the bard of small-town anywhere… his poetry rich with details … his worn-in voice like an old down jacket… frayed… gritted… plaintive poetry in the troubadour tradition… delivery so raw and real it fairly throbs.”
His 2001 debut album, Miles from the Lightning, won much praise from critics and helped to kick-start a career of tours across the United States, Canada, and Europe. MOJO praised Miles as “A striking debut. comes out sounding like the love-child of Chris Whitley and Kelly Joe Phelps… strong songs, a voice and blues guitar that sound wiser than his years.” Along the way, he has played with such artists as Guy Clark, Greg Brown, Gillian Welch, Todd Snider, Chris Smither, and Rosanne Cash.
In 2003, Foucault, Delmhorst, and Peter Mulvey released an album entitled Redbird. Foucault’s 2004 album, Stripping Cane, was produced by David “Goody” Goodrich, and included collaborations with Redbird’s Mulvey and Delmhorst.
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Titanvstitan wrote:
I never thought I would like an artist like Foucault, but a friend introduced me to him and I was stuck on his music for months. I become giddy when I have the opportunity play his albums for friends who don't know of his music. A friend and I performed Northbound 35 at a HIV/AIDS Awareness concert I organized in a village in Eastern Ukraine - probably the first and last time the locals heard music like his. It was the best night in my entire 2 year Peace Corps experience and it was full of the music I love.
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renegadebison wrote:
Absolutely gorgeous music, wonderful voice, and one of the most skillful lyricists I've ever heard. Just wish I could get more people listening to him.
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jeremy3892 wrote:
This guy knocked my socks off. Absolutely amazing songwriting ... lyrics, music, catchy melodies with meaning ... how am I just finding about this guy?!?
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LeighBCD wrote:
Jeffery - if you are coming to Paris and the Netherlands in May, how come not to London??!!! I would love to see you play live
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frame129 wrote:
unique and talented singer/songwriter a pleasure and pain he's not acknowledged as the talent he is
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OldGrayPuppet wrote:
very wonderful
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jacoustic wrote:
Am loving "Geese Fly By" at the moment (you can download it off his website's misc page).
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mintroyalty wrote:
was eating dinner last night at Veggie Planet in Cambridge, MA and Jeffrey accidently bumped into me while carrying his two guitars to one of the storage rooms. Didn't realize it was actually him until I checked who was performing that night...what a great show
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banjoandro wrote:
One of, if not THE best live performance I've ever heard
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mintroyalty wrote:
City Flower and Mesa, Arizona are two of my favorite songs right now. Foucault makes beautiful music.
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jacoustic wrote:
Foucault is amazing: beautiful poetic lyrics and skilled guitar-work. Highly recommended.
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Peter Mulvey + Jeffrey Foucault
Jammin' Java, Vienna, Washington DC, United States
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