Jerome Forde . 2023
Jerome Forde
Yet, Jerome Forde is poised to put Traverse City on the musical map, as his new self-titled album heralds the arrival of a vital new voice on the Americana scene. Imagine for a moment what might have happened if Elliott Smith and Townes Van Zandt had collaborated—that’s one way to approach Jerome’s sound and songwriting style. But given his relative isolation, Jerome has additionally become a skilled jack-of-all-recording-trades, playing each instrument on the album himself as he crafted its 10 tracks in his basement studio over a three-month period last fall in between shifts at the local post office.
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