Jamestown Revival

Jamestown Revival
Background information
OriginMagnolia, Texas, United States
Genres
Years active2010 (2010)–present
Labels
Members
  • Zach Chance
  • Jonathan Clay
  • Nick Bearden
  • Ed Benrock
  • Dan Reckard
  • Preston Wimberly
Websitehttp://www.jamestownrevival.com/

Jamestown Revival is an American folk duo made up of Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay.[1] The childhood friends from Magnolia, Texas, write songs about everyday life that are a combination of harmonies that merge Southern country, Americana and Western rock music.[1][2] Their first album Utah was originally self-released in early 2014 and then re-released by Republic Records later the same year.[3] iTunes named Utah Best of 2014: Singer-Songwriter Album of the Year.[3] Jamestown Revival has been featured in Rolling Stone magazine and covered in the Wall Street Journal.[4][5] The band has made appearances at music festivals in the U.S., including the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and a musical appearance on Conan.[2][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Dittman, Earl (December 4, 2014). "Jamestown Revival: 'Leaving behind the old and starting anew'". Digital Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. ^ a b McCan, Isabel (June 4, 2014). "Q&A with Jamestown Revival: Southern boys in the city". 303Magazine.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Geller, Wendy (March 18, 2015). "Jamestown Revival discusses 'Utah,' performs acoustic 'Golden Age'". Yahoo!. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Cover Contest - Jamestown Revival". Rolling Stone. February 1, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Behind the scenes at Coachella with Jamestown Revival". The Wall Street Journal. April 20, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Orr, Dacey (March 24, 2015). "Sound bytes from SXSW:Jamestown Revival takes us on an Austin barcrawl". Paste Magazine.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  7. ^ Everett Cook (April 18, 2015). "Jamestown Revival plays at Coachella for the first time". The Desert Sun. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  8. ^ Hanson, Erin (June 16, 2014). "Set List Bonus: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival". Grammy.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.