As one of three finalists in the 2023 Gems in the Rough Contest, Jackson Cavalier sees the national recognition that’s eluded him within reach.
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Jackson Cavalier goes post-Americana with ‘Defend Your Illusion’
Sharp songwriting keeps the sound steady amid shifting styles on “Defend Your Illusion,” Jackson Cavalier’s new album with The Big Dead Waltz.
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This weekend, a music ‘festival’ that hasn’t been canceled: VOIDYEAR
Folk darling Jackson Cavalier presents a music and arts mini-festival at Abilene to bring live shows back from oblivion.
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Local Music Quarantine Challenge yields three attempts at ‘Serenity’
Jackson Cavalier has challenged Rochester musicians to cover each other’s songs during the pandemic. Interestingly, Benny Bleu’s “Serenity Song” is the only one to be covered twice.
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2020 CITY Readers’ Picks: Songs of Love and Despair
In conjunction with CITY’s Guide to Sex, Love, & Relationships, we asked you to tell us which local music you think best exemplifies feelings of Love — as well as songs that evoke its heartbreaking cousin Despair — and you didn’t disappoint.
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Album review: ‘One//Four’
Jackson Cavalier ‘One//Four’ Self-released jacksoncavalier.bandcamp.com It’s not that Jackson Cavalier has signed over to more countrified constraints. But I gotta say: Just dig the tonk and twang of Cavalier’s reedy voice as he puts it through the paces on his new, three-song EP “One//Four.” The first of an eventual quartet of EP’s, “One//Four” is a […]
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Album review: ‘Spellbound’
Jackson Cavalier ‘Spellbound’ Self-released jacksoncavalier.bandcamp.com Anyone who’s heard a live performance by Jackson Cavalier knows that iconic, riotous sound: the booming, makeshift suitcase-kick drum contraption; the unwieldy and battered acoustic guitar that riffs on blues and alt-folk themes; and Cavalier’s distinct howls and bellows that shape word for every introspective word. Recently released, “Spellbound” takes […]
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Album review: ‘Half Moon’
Jackson Cavalier “Half Moon” Self-released jacksoncavalier.bandcamp.com This album is nothing short of beautiful. One-man-band Jackson Cavalier is a study in bittersweet juxtaposition as he and his lonesome guitar come steamrolling out in this rollicking, folk-rock display called “Half Moon.” The opening track, “Dead Bird,” is a happy finger-picked ode with Cavalier’s guitar style keeping it […]
