Nashville transplant, Jordan Indiana Gonzalez crafts refined, crystalline folk pop that transcends Top 40 platitudes.
Judging by the publicity photo, which features the young songwriter in Dr. Pepper pajama pants, sporting a self-promotional T-Shirt, this is not someone attempting to claw his way to the front of the hit parade. Yet his music could certainly reach those dizzying heights, if he entertained the idea of grooming himself into the mold of a pop star. Sure, some obvious parallels can be drawn to the work of Ed Sheeran, but Gonzalez’s effortless tenor is more suitable to the jazz-tinged balladry that makes his single “Memory” a distinctly original piece of music.
Today, TVD has the pleasure of premiering “Memory” and its stone-chiseled melody, which is just as memorable as Gonzalez’s press pic. That is to say, it’s authentic and resonates as a true to life, “straight up” expression from an artist who is more concerned with gist than he is with gloss. It’s an inspiring thing to behold when a young artist has the chops to meet the standards of today’s current musical marketplace, yet chooses to focus his attention solely on honing his craft.
Jordan’s self-titled album, Jordan Indiana Gonzalez arrives in stores April 5th.
