Jason LaRoy
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Jason LaRoy

Denver, Colorado, United States | SELF

Denver, Colorado, United States | SELF
Band Alternative Singer/Songwriter

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"A few radio stations playing cuts from A Beautiful Tomorrow"

DOMESTIC STATIONS
CA REDWAY- 91.1FM KMUD
CA NEVADA CITY – 89.5FM KVMR
CO CRESTED BUTTE – 90.3FM KBUT
CO CARBONDALE – 88.1FM KDNK
CO PAONIA – 90.9FM KVNF
CT MIDDLETOWN – 88.1FM WESU
CT WEST HARTFORD - 91.3FM WWUH
FL TAMPA – 88.5FM WMNF
HI HANALEI – 90.9FM & 91.9FM KKCR
IA CEDAR FALLS – 89.5FM & 90.9FM KUNI
IL CHAMPAIGN – 90.1FM WEFT
KY WHITLEY CITY – 98.3FM WHAY
LA LAFAYETTE – 88.7 FM KRVS
MN MINNEAPOLIS - 90.3FM & 106.7FM KFAI
MO ST. LOUIS -88.1FM KDHX
MO COLUMBIA – 89.5FM KOPN
NJ SERGEANTSVILLE - 89.7FM & 91.9FM WDVR
NY SYRACUSE – 88.3FM WAER
OH CLEVELAND – 91.1FM WRUW
OR EUGENE – 91.9FM KRVM
OR ASHLAND – 89.1 KSMF
TX HOUSTON – 90.1FM KPFT
UT MOAB - 90.1FM & 106.7FM KZMU
WI HAYWARD – 88.9FM WOJB
WI RHINELANDER - 91.7FM WXPR
MN GRAND RAPIDS - 91.7FM KAXE
OR BEND - 106.7FM KPOV
WA Olympia-89.3FM KAOS
WMNJ 88.9 FM New Jersey, US
WCVE 88.9 FM Virginia, US
KVMR California, US
KWEB-FM California, US
The Music Korner Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
WCVF-FM, Fredonia, New York, US
100.1 WDYN, Rochester, NY, U.S.
99.9 The Point, Fort Collins, CO, U.S.

INTERNATIONAL STATIONS
PBS FM Melbourne, Australia
CJSF British Columbia, Canada
Artsound 92.7 FM Belconnen, Australia
Deutschlandradio Kultur Berlin, Germany
Radio Bremen/Nordwestradio Bremen, Germany
Radio lu Reckange/Mess, Luxembourg
94.1 FM Radio2 Skopje, Macedonia
Radio Unerhort Marburg Marburg, Germany
Jazz Radio FM Mosina, Poland
3NRG Taylor Lakes, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ERT/Greek Radio2 Athens, Greece
CFBX Radio Kamloops, BC, Canada
SDU Radyo TV Merk, Isparta, Turkey
Musicatotal Radio, Ponta Delgada-Acores, Portugal
Globe&Mail; Acoustic Guitar Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
ILR Television and Radio, Newcastle NSW, Australia
Radio Gold Popular Network, Carpeneto, AL, Italy
Adelaides Coast-FM, Port Adelaide, Australia
MKMK.com, Minsk, Belarus
- Radio


"Passion and commitment"

Wow, Jason's material is incredible!! Really great acoustic-driven songs, full of passion and commitment. Very modern sounding, with great retro vibes flowing throughout. Awesome stuff!


A&R Manager - Will Sherman

Matchbox Recordings LTD
- Matchbox Recordings


"BBS Radio"

I see amazing musical skill, a weaving of something edgy, fresh and lyrical, in a way that makes the music thoroughly enjoyable!

I have never accepted 7 tracks from one CD. Congrats. We will spin tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12 & 13 from your CD, "A Beautiful Tomorrow"

Douglas Newsom

Co-founder & CEO BBS Radio

- BBS Radio


"Live review"

That boy can play the acoustic! His technique is mesmerizing and well worth the travel to see his shows. Also love the standup bass... adds a lot of character to the overall performance.


Eric Fletcher
Neo Colorado.com
- The Denver Message Board


"On the Cover!"

Check out Jason LaRoy on the cover of the July issue of Colorado Music Buzz Magazine.

Here are some quotes from the live show review.

“It’s a rare occasion that Denver gets the opportunity to showcase talent like the Jason LaRoy Band…”
“…undoubtedly one of the best guitarists in Denver.”
“The band delivered a sound that felt so full it was hard to believe there were only three players on stage.”
“…original sound, and lyrics you can relate to.”
…Stef Evers, Colorado Music Buzz Magazine, July ‘06
- Colorado Music Buzz


"Highly Original"

Highly original material, brilliantly executed! Jason is the songwriting force behind this album. He sings his songs with confidence the waym you gotta believe him. A lot of passion and verve in the proceedings, but Jason is also an exceptional guitar player be it acoustic or electric, he's the master of the instrument. His style is not easy to describe, it's powerful and subtle, full of dexterity. This album should bring jason and his fine band much wider exposure.

Vasja Ivanovski, 94.1 FM RADIO 2 - Vasja Ivanovski-94.1 FM


Discography

2006 - A Beautiful Tomorrow (full length)

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Acoustic guitar driven rock that’s not afraid of a generous serving of distortion, but only when it’s called for. Think Dave Matthews speeding down a highway with Kaki King in the passenger seat and slamming into the John Butler Trio, what comes out of the mayhem may just be the closest thing to the music of the Jason LaRoy Band.

A Beautiful Tomorrow is the first full length effort from the Jason LaRoy Band which hails from the Denver, Colorado area and is fronted by Jason LaRoy. Originally influenced by more typical styles such as hard rock and metal, his interests have expanded over the years and he now plays music from a myriad of genres.
During the late 1990's he achieved a significant level of success in the music industry with a band called The Quiet Room, who were signed to Metal Blade Records and sold thousands of discs world wide, touring internationally. Though much of his creative effort has been devoted to rock and metal, he has always had a fascination with acoustic music and its more natural, intimate feel. Jason is joined on this release by John Jeffers on drums and Josh Luebbers on electric and upright bass, making this a very powerful trio.

The vocals are also delivered by Jason. The vocal style is fairly straight forward and accessible, yet occasionally dark and subtly sarcastic. The lyrics can be best described as introspective, personal and on some tracks even political, for the most part firmly footed in reality, yet not afraid to wonder what if…

His playing of acoustic guitar is somewhat unorthodox in that he plays many of his songs using both hands on the fret board. He calls it his slap/tap technique but has also referred to it as the anything goes technique. Of this technique he says, "I don't believe that there is one right way to approach playing the guitar." This is not to say that Jason hasn't studied traditional playing. In fact he has spent many years studying various styles of playing, including jazz, classical, blues, and rock. He also teaches guitar to students of all ages and abilities. While grounded in traditional theory and technique, Jason's approach to the guitar is more direct and intuitive. "There are just too many guitarists that are hindered by what they perceive as the correct way to play." This theory is put into practice when he plays live. It is just as likely that he'll be thumping the guitar like a drum, or slapping and popping the strings like a bass as strumming a chord.

Of his influences he says "I have drawn from many different styles to create my own style. I love music in general and refuse to neglect any piece of music based on the genre in which it falls.” I once heard a prominent producer say that people spend too much time waiting around for inspiration to find them, instead I make inspiration happen. I adhere to that type of thinking wholeheartedly!"

Listeners attempting to categorize Jason's music according to genre or style will likely be confounded. But then genre and style labels have never been much more than marketing tools created by music industry magnates to increase sales and target audiences. Music, after all, should be about blurring and deconstructing boundaries rather than creating and reinforcing them.

For the Jason LaRoy Band it promises to be A Beautiful Tomorrow indeed!