Jose Gonzalez
Posted by: Dan in Acoustic, Artists, Genres, Indie Folk, Indie Music, Jose Gonzalez, Video
José González takes simple guitar parts and makes them sound intricate and interesting. Debuting on the scene with a style and tone that modernizes classic groups like Simon and Garfunkel; Jose Gonzalez writes rich Indie folk music on his classical guitar to sooth the soul.
In spite of his name Jose Gonzalez was actually born in Sweden and uses his American-European roots to come up with interesting melodies alongside covers. The young artist has a solid command of his guitar and is able to make use of subtle emphasis to add an extra dimension to his guitar playing. His cover of “Heartbeats” (originally by The Knife) has gained recognition and been featured in an award winning commercial for Bravia. It seems strange to link to a commercial but if anyone hasn’t seen this they need to. It’s beautiful. (Click on read more)
His debut album (and only album at the time of writing), Veneer, is full of a subtle passion that any music lover can appreciate.
If you like Jose Gonzalez, try: Sufjan Stevens, Tobias Froberg, Andrew Bird.
This is a video for “Heartbeats” from Veneer.
You can see another cool Jose Gonzalez video here.
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