Avi Jacob is an American singer-songwriter originally from

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Life and career

Avi was born in a Jewish family in

. His father, an historian, is the author of several books about the Holocaust. Jacob left home in his teen years to live in

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

. He spent the next several years developing skills as a songwriter and performer. While living in Boston, he was involved in the DIY music community The Whitehaus Family Record and released several amateur recordings with them. Jacob moved to

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

in 2010 and began to focus on his professional career in music by playing small music festivals, and being featured in music blogs and samplers. Avi is a writer of the

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song "All the Liars" released in 2020 He unofficially released the song ''Cannonball'' in 2014 on social media. In December 2015, he was brought to

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by the band

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who named him the best

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emerging superstar. He opened for

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in February 2016. In March 2016, Avi was featured on A&R Report as an artist to watch. Avi recorded his EP ''Surrender'' with Simone Felice (producer of the Billboard #1

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album ''Cleopatra'') and members of

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. In May 2020 Avi released a new album, "Preservation", via Bandcamp. Jacob is an independent artist, formerly signed to Skate Mountain Records, and related to Popular Ghost-Folk songwriter Allysen Callery.

Influences

Avi is most influenced by

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Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...

Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as being one of the most influential musicians of her generation. ...

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

, and

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Discography

EPs

*''So Hard To Reach You'' (2014) *''Surrender'' (2018) *''Preservation'' (2020)

Singles

*"New England" (2017) *"Pickup Truck" (2018)

References

Other sources

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, Avi Musicians from Charleston, South Carolina Living people Musicians from Newton, Massachusetts Year of birth missing (living people) American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from South Carolina Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts