Simon Joyner

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0	LONDON: Paper Dress Vintage
P	Thursday 4th May, 2017
N	7:30pm

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Simon Joyner is a renowned American singer-songwriter who first came
to prominence during the Lo-Fi movement of the early 90\'s alongside
contemporaries mining similar territory like Will Oldham, Peter
Jefferies, the Mountain Goats, Smog/Bill Callahan, and Dump. Joyner
was championed early by the late British DJ, John Peel, who famously
played Joyner\'s 1994 LP, \"The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll\", start
to finish on one of his BBC programs, initially making Joyner more
well known overseas than in his own country. Considered a forefather
of the Omaha music scene, and primary influence on Bright Eyes,
he\'s been releasing critically acclaimed albums on various independent
labels every few years for over two decades. He keeps a low profile and
tours only occasionally, spending most of his time working and raising
a family,
allowing writing and music to remain an artistic outlet rather than an
occupation.

• QUOTES •
\"Omaha has given us the reigning heir to Henry Miller\'s dark emotional
mirror, Townes Van Zandt\'s three-chord moan, and Lou Reed\'s warehouse
minimalism: his name is Simon Joyner.\" — Gillian Welch

\"Pound for pound Simon Joyner is my favorite lyricist of all time. He
has shades of all the greats (Van Zandt, Cohen, Dylan) but exists in a
space all his own ... He truly is an American songwriting treasure. It
is my hope that more people will discover his music and share in the
unique joy that it brings.\" — Conor Oberst

\"Simon\'s always been a secret handshake amongst me and my peers. He\'s
a pioneer. He\'s helped pave the way for many people, myself included.
He\'s an artist in its purest form--for his only concern is crafting a
perfect song--which he\'s done time and time again.\" ---Kevin Morby

\"Little bits of several folks that I like in what Simon does, but he
ends up being his own man, no question.\" — John Peel

\"It\'s not critical hype to say that Joyner possesses the same
emotional depth as Leonard Cohen, or the same ability to tell a story.
Here are the inhabitants of the boarding house in Sherwood Anderson\'s
Winesburg, Ohio, still staggering or sitting wondering what\'s become
of their lives. Joyner\'s characters tell their stories as if from
shock, in the aftermath of their disbelief at the beginning of quiet,
devastating acceptance.\" — Thom Jurek @ All Music Guide

\"For over twenty years, Simon Joyner has carved out a particular space
for his own strain of music and storytelling ... He’s equally adept at
channeling characters who live with the long-term consequences of
quotidian decisions and getting inside the head of those in darker
territory.\" — Tobias Carroll @BOMB