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Jason Myles Goss

Jason Myles Goss, a Massachusetts native now living in New York CIty, has been touring the nation in support of his most recent release, A Plea for Dreamland. His sound combines elements of indie pop and folk, with solid guitar work, but the main feature is his wide-ranging vocal style.

As the CD's title suggests, these songs evoke a feeling of somewhere elsethe ballroom of a seaside hotel, a bus station in Meridian, Mississippi, or a dingy car on the Coney Island Wonder Wheel. We find places and characters who are far from perfect but are making their way nonetheless. This is a common thread that runs through the album, with Coney Island taking center stage as a place where the bizarre and fantastical comes face to face with the grit and grime of city life.

"Dreamland was one of the earlier parks in Coney Island, which ended up burning down in 1911. It had the usual thrill rides, but it also had world exhibits like imitation Venetian canals, Alpine landscapes, and a massive Tower of Pompeii. It was like this magically bizarre land from far away.

I was taken in by how, over time, Coney Island has become this beautifully wounded corner of the world. Its this place that's totally laid bare, unapologetic, and equal parts tragic and magic. When we began recording, I wanted the songs to sound magical but also have that dog-eared and exposed feeling."

Some of the press reaction to Jason's work:

"Jason Myles Goss is the type of songwriter that finds the shadows and vapors that underlie the fine details of our existence, and puts them into lyrics that sound as natural as a dinner conversation between friends. "

- Bob McKillop, MaineFolkMusic.com

" . . .Goss is a thinking person's songwriter. He puts out these thoughts in a voice that's fragile one moment and like a wounded bird falling from the sky the next. . ."

- Valley Advocate (Western MA)

".....good, genuine, grassroots music"

- Rebel Spirit Music

"This one-man-show reminded everyone packed into the small venue what live acoustic performances are all about and why the up-and-coming deserve to be heard. "

- Kristie Langone, Dissolver Magazine