Clay Parker and Jodi James

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Before their artistic paths converged in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in late 2014, Parker and James roamed the musical landscape as lone troubadours, each nurturing their own raw and genuine sound. More than a decade after their first long-distance co-writing collaborations brought them closer as artists and kin, the sweetest harmony resides in their ability to maintain their own identities while creating something entirely fresh that is continuously evolving. While many have tried and failed over the years to label it, the distinct sound of the duo maintains its mercurial quality reflecting the ways the artists themselves have changed both together and as individuals throughout their three studio releases. The resulting sound is a blackout bingo card of Americana. Clay Parker and Jodi James create worlds within their records populating each song with points of view that are archetypical yet unique. With their third official release, YOUR VERY OWN DREAM, the pair hone this technique to a razor’s edge. Even while having abandoned the traditional acoustic arrangements of their previous releases THE LONESOMEST SOUND THAT CAN SOUND (2018) and their self-titled debut EP (2016), the result is equal parts plaintive folk existentialism, blue-note bluster, prairie-fire idealism, and fever-dream ballad.

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