Jake Klar

Although he is a young, up-and-coming singer-songwriter, Jake Klar sings and writes with an old soul.
Based out of Northampton, MA, he released his debut EP in April 2012, but has been playing around the country for the past few years, particularly in the northeast and Texas. He was a finalist at the 2012 CT Folk Festival Songwriting Competition and has supported acts like Iris Dement and Toby Walker.

As a performer Jake is natural and genuine on stage, common responses from audiences have been "powerful" and "moving". As a songwriter and musician he has been influenced by everything, however Folk, Country, Americana, Blues, R&B, Soul and Old Time music are the strongest influences. To pick a few artists from his well of learning - Roscoe Holcomb, Townes Van Zandt, The Carter Family, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Roger Miller.