John Grant

John Grant's Electro-Brooding Dreamy Songs

Soundcheck | Dec 20, 2018

Michigan-born, Colorado-raised, but now Icelandic-based singer/songwriter John Grant crafts anguished, lush ballads and spacey electro-pop. He speaks five languages and is also a former member of The Czars, a Colorado-based band that split in the early 2000’s. After battling personal demons in New York, Grant returned to music and recorded with Texan folk rock group Midlake. He just got a publishing deal for his autobiography, and released his latest record, Love is Magic. It brings John Grant to treat us to intimate piano-and-a-microphone tunes, in-studio.

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