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April Tour In Spain

Jonah and the band will be returning to Spain in April to play several shows. Check the shows page for details!

Jonah will be heading to Port Washington on Dec. 7th

Jonah will be playing at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark in Port Washington, New York. He will be playing at 8PM on Friday December, 7th.

Get advance tix on the Shows Page

Jonah in the line up for Langerado Music Festival

Jonah will be playing this March at the 2008 Langerado Music Festival on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation in South Florida. Other bands include The Meters, Dr. Dog, Martin Sexton, REM, Gov't Mule, and the Beastie Boys, et. al.

Check Shows Page for details!

Jonah returns to New York to headline the Highline Ballroom

Jonah and fellow keyboardist / singer Julian Velard will be headlining at the esteemed new NYC venue. It's going to be a night of great music. Get advance tix on the Shows Page

Summer Tour Dates Announced!

Jonah will be on tour this summer, including dates with Jonny Lang and a stop at Camp Zoe for Big Summer Classic.

For more info and how you can get tickets go to the Shows Page

Albums on iTunes

Jonah's latest self-titled release and his previous albums Beneath The Underdog and Industry Rule, are now available on iTunes!

For links to the iTunes store and to buy the albums directly from Jonah go to the Webstore

Jonah to Play Bonnaroo

We are proud to announce that Jonah will be playing this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN. The illustrious line-up includes The Police, Tool, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, and many more. More info can be found on Jonah's Shows Page

Jonah Smith on tour with Martin Sexton in April

Jonah will be opening for Martin Sexton throughout April. East Coast, Mid West and West Coast including a NYC show and a special Easter performance in Jonah and Martin's hometown - Syracuse, NY! This is Martin's first tour with his new band.

Ticketing info and more details can be found on the Shows page HERE

Boston Herald Review

Sleep no more! Waking up to the undiscovered CDs of ’06

Trying to manage the hundreds of CDs that arrive in the mail is a music writer’s pleasant but persistent problem.

My primitive filing system includes what I call a “sleeper” pile.

These are CDs by unknown acts - at least, unknown by me - that sound good enough to deserve a second play. But who’s got time for that when more CDs are arriving daily? That second play usually doesn’t come until it’s time for late-December CD housecleaning.

Until then these potentially killer CDs sleep, ignored by me and, in most cases, the rest of the music world, fans and writers alike.

Now it’s time to shake these Rip van Winkles awake. Before the new releases of 2007 appear, here’s the best of the sleepers: overlooked CDs of ’06 deserving belated discovery.

Jonah Smith, “Jonah Smith” (Relix). Amos Lee and Ray LaMontagne have more mellifluous voices, but Smith matches them with songs and soul. He’s based in Brooklyn, but sounds rural enough to recall The Band, a love connection made explicit when Band-man Garth Hudson steps in on squeeze box.

Jonah Smith in The Syracuse Post's Top 10 Albums of 2006

THE TOP 10 IN 2006

Folks like to ask: What's Syracuse's signature sound? Blues? Rock? Jazz? Hip-hop? Folk? Yep. Uh-huh. You got it. Def. Yessiree. A study of the Central New York CDs released in 2006 reveals that my favorites span many musical styles. Here are my top 10 CD picks. Deep-down honesty.

6. "Jonah Smith," Jonah Smith, Relix Records: Syracuse native Smith will help his fame spread with this one. The singer-songwriter-keyboardist lives in New York City now, and he fills these dozen songs with the kind of soul, rock and sophistication that'll make noise out of the Big Apple, too. Blasts from the past.

Jonah Among Winners at Independent Music Awards!

Peter Gabriel, Afrika Bambaataa, Paul Oakenfold, Bill Frisell, Buddy Guy and McCoy Tyner were among those on a judging panel that selected the winners of the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards. A range of artists in such genres as America, Blues, Folk/ Singer-Songwriter and Jam were honored in both the Album and Song categories. "My Morning Scene" was selected in the Folk/ Singer-Songwriter song category while the top Folk/Singer-Songwriter album was Dan Bern’s Breathe. A full list of winners can be found on the IMA Site

Jonah on CONCERT.TV

JONAH SMITH will be appearing on the music television network CONCERT.TV from November 15th – December 15th. To check for availability of CONCERT.TV on your local cable service, look in the on demand listings or visit us online at CONCERT.TV

Backstage with Barry Nolan

Jonah’s performance on the television show Backstage with Barry Nolan will air tonight at 8 PM Eastern and locally on Channel 3 in the Boston area.

Independent Music Awards nominations

Jonah was recently nominated for two Independent Music Awards-- Song: My Morning Scene; and Album: Jonah Smith.

Acoustic Cafe

Jonah's recent acoustic café performance will air nationwide the week of October 23rd. Check www.acafe.com for a list of stations broadcasting the performance. It will also air at http://www.mlive.com/cafe/ for the next few months.

Fall Dates Announced

Jonah will be out on the road this sept/oct. opening for great artists such as Little Feat, Marc Broussard, Mofro, Dr. John, Buddy Guy and Madeleine Peyroux. Plus, he'll be headlining some of his first west coast shows. Check out the shows page to find out where he'll be. MORE >>

Listen to Jonah on Sirius Satellite Radio!

Make sure to tune in to The Spectrum (channel 18) on Sirius Satellite Radio on August 23rd at 4:00 pm EST to hear Jonah's session. Tracks from the performance can also be heard in rotation on The Coffeehouse (channel 30).

Jonah on World Cafe Live with David Dye

Jonah and the band recently taped a live session at WXPN in Philadelphia with Radio Host David Dye. They played several of the new songs and David interviewed Jonah inbetween.

The World Cafe will be broadcasting the session on Tuesday, July 18th 2006.

The World Cafe with David Dye can be heard on more than 180 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to their website

http://worldcafe.org

or they can listen online to XPN Monday to Friday at 2pm EST by going to

http://www.xpn.org/listen.php

Late in the day of broadcast, the audio will be available on the National Public Radio, NPR, at this link: http://www.npr.org

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Summer Tour Dates Announced / CD Release Parties NYC and PA

The new album comes out everywhere on June 27th, and we'll celebrate with a show at one of New York's swankiest clubs, Joe's Pub. Advance tix recommended. MORE >>. ...and again the following night in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Then we're off for a string of dates with Xavier Rudd - a great singer/songwriter from Australia, Los Lonely Boys and other great shows. Stay tuned!

Jonah on the radio!!

Feel free to give these stations a call and request to hear more Jonah. I'm talking all Jonah, all the time. I'm talking drive-time Jonah. You know it.

WCBE ˆ Columbus OH

KMMS ˆ Bozeman MT

WNCW ˆ western NC and SC

KVNF ˆ Santa rosa

KUWR ˆ Laramie WY

WXPN ˆ Philly

KSPN ˆ Aspen

KSMT ˆ Brekenridge

World Café ˆ National

KXCI ˆ Tucson AZ

KMTN ˆ Jackson WY

KCUV ˆ Denver

XM café - National

WYCE ˆ Grand Rapids

KZMV

Sirius ˆ Spectrum an d Coffeehouse national

DMX National

WMVY ˆ Martha's Vineyard

WRLT ˆ Nashville

WTMD ˆ Baltimore

WNRN Charlottesville

MPB ˆ Maine Public Radio

KLCC - Eugene

KMTT ˆ Seattle

WTTS Indy

WNCS Burlington

June Show with Madeleine Peyroux

Jonah heads to the midwest to open for this amazing jazz vocalist. MORE >>

Summer Touring; Opening for James Hunter

Lots of cool shows coming up, and for the first time, Jonah hits the west coast. New dates are being added frequently so check back often to see when there's a show near you. MORE >>