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Ezra Furman is a singer and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. It is difficult to peg him as part of a single musical genre because he loves to experiment with different styles of songwriting. Suffice it to say that Ezra makes up songs and plays them on his acoustic guitar with ferocious energy and gut wrenching sincerity. His music is derivative of, but never completely part of, a number of musical genres: rock, blues, punk, folk and pop are some prime examples. Since Ezra got a guitar for his bar mitzvah, he's been working relentlessly toward capturing some of the grandeur,...
Jess Furman, a singer-songwriter based in New York, whose soulful voice lends itself to the songs of heartache, loss and hope. Reminiscent of Ani DiFranco, Furman puts her distinctive stamp on her songs with a voice that possesses sweetness girded by an inner strength. A wonderful and engaging live performer. .
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons were formed in 2006 because of songs. Ezra had written songs that were urgent, desperate, pretty, and explosive, and these songs had to be heard. From personal musical sketches to glorious, rollicking pop songs, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons work tirelessly toward capturing the beauty, despair and headlong wildness of life, that too-often overlooked magic and poetry that makes us human. Since their stage debut at Tufts University, in Somerville, Massachusetts, in February 2006, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons have played in rock clubs in a babillion different cities and are now thoroughly homeless, touring...