Jason Karaban is an American singer-songwriter and musician living in Los Angeles, California. Karaban first began his career fronting the Philadelphia-based

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band ''Dragstrip Courage'' in 1997, and ''Grand'' in 2000. He emerged as a solo artist with the release of ''Doomed to Make Choices'', in 2006, co-produced with Mike Napolitano (

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). Along with vocals, Karaban plays acoustic guitar, 12-string and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano and drums. Karaban has released four critically acclaimed albums, and has had a number of songs featured in film and television shows Over the course of his career, Karaban has collaborated with many notable musicians including

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), Glen Phillips (

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) and

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Tracks from the 2006 album ''Doomed to Make Choices'' were licensed extensively by film and television, including placement in the romantic comedy Novel Romance the thriller Lure, and used in television shows from

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, the

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, MTV,

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. His album's have also received regular airplay from

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in Philadelphia,

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in Jersey City and

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in Los Angeles. Karaban's ''Mayfly'' album was named as one of alt-country magazine No Depression's "Top 10 Albums of 2009". The album employs images of fallen soldiers in civil war battles to invoke subtle political messages relevant to current events. Glide Magazine lists Karaban's recent single, ''Succeed 101'', in its ''Stranger's Almanac: Best of 2009''. AOL's "Spinner" featured Jason Karaban's song "Succeed 101" as their MP3 Download of the Day. Karaban was featured as

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's Los Angeles Artist Of The Month (Published on Thu, 2 Apr 2009). In 2019 Karaban teamed up with singer-songwriter Glen Phillips (

) to write the song "Look Me In The Eye" - inspired by, and featured in, the documentar
FREE TRIP TO EGYPT

Discography

Albums

*''Doomed to Make Choices'' – released July 7, 2006 (Ascend Records). Includes: ''Crying Spell'', ''Perfect Falling Out'', ''Great Unknown'', ''Cracked'', ''Unsolved'', ''Look What You’ve Done'', ''Cicada'', ''Time is Now'', ''For Nothing'', ''Gone'', ''Don’t You Love When That Happens'', ''Play Dumb'', and ''Ambulance''. Artists

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C.C. Adcock C. C. Adcock (born Charles Clinton Adcock, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and blues rock musician, noted for his cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound and for his efforts to preserve and promote swa ...

Jeff Klein Jeffrey Lawrence Klein is an American singer-songwriter of the band My Jerusalem from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three solo albums and another three albums with My Jerusalem. Jeff Klein has risen to acc ...

Ivan Neville Ivan Neville (born August 19, 1959) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron Neville and nephew to members of The Neville Brothers. Career He has released four solo (music), solo albums and ha ...

(

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

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)

David Immerglück David A. Immerglück (born May 3, 1961)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American multi-instrumentalist who is best known as a guitarist in the alternative rock bands Counting Crows, ...

(

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) and Pete Thomas (

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

) and

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...

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Ray LaMontagne Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (; born June 18, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. LaMontagne has released eight studio albums: ''Trouble'', ''Till the Sun Turns Black'', '' Gossip in the Grain'', ''God Willin' & the Creek Don' ...

) all made contributions to the album. *''Leftovers'' – released August 15, 2006 (Ascend Records). Includes: ''Oughta Know'', ''Maybe You’re Right'', ''Eating My Heart Out'', ''Thread'', ''Harm's Reaches'', ''First Love Song'', ''Again'', ''Drag the Night'', ''Into'', ''Backslide'', ''Beat ‘til Now'', ''Scattered'', ''Fall Down'', and ''Sleep''. Artists

and

Priscilla Ahn Priscilla Ahn (born Priscilla Natalie Hartranft; March 9, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She released her single "Dream" from her debut album, '' A Good Day'', produced by Joey Waronker for EMI's Blue Note Reco ...

also made contributions to the album. *''Sobriety Kills'' – released January 6, 2009 (Ascend Records). Sobriety Kills includes contributions from

of the

, Toad the Wet Sprocket's Glen Phillips,

, and Pete Thomas from Elvis Costello's band

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The album includes: ''Sobriety Kills'', ''Middle of the Storm'', ''Don’t Start Without Me'', ''Because I Love You'', ''Oughta Know'', ''Perfect Falling Out'', ''Thread'', ''Old As You Are Young'', ''Not Afraid to Die'', ''Make It Over'', ''All in a Day's Dream'', ''Tried Untrue'', and ''Hurry Up''. *"Shift" releases September 2012.

EPs

*''Mayfly'' – EP released April 7, 2009 (Ascend Records). EP includes: ''Sullivan Ballou'', ''No Casualties'', ''A Far Better Place''. ''Mayfly'' is a Civil war concept album and includes contributions from Neil Larsen (

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) and

Singles

*''Succeed 101'' – released November 17, 2009 (New Model Music). Succeed 101 is a preview of Karaban's EP ''Just Enough, Just in Case'', and includes contributions from

and Pete Thomas (

). *"You're Already Home" – released February 8, 2011 (New Model Music).

Appears On

*''Undiscovered'' – Various artists, released August 19, 2008 (Media Creature Music/12X12). *"Nevermind My Blues" – Ben Arnold, released 2007 (Rope-a-Dope Records). *

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and

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's "Winter 2010 Sampler" – Artists on sampler – Jason Karaban,

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, Air,

Florence and the Machine Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and ...

, AM,

The Submarines The Submarines are an American indie rock band from Los Angeles formed in 2006. Band history Working as solo artists in Boston, the two members of the band, John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard, were introduced through a mutual friend, Joe Klompus ...

Noah And The Whale Noah and the Whale were a British indie rock and folk band from Twickenham, formed in 2006. The band's last line-up consisted of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Tom Hobden (violin/keyboards), Matt "Urby Whale" Owens (bass guitar), Fred Abbott (g ...

, The Elves Of Heaven (featuring Martin Clancy) and

Active Child Patrick James Grossi (born May 28, 1983), better known by his stage name Active Child, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His debut album, ''You Are All I See'', was released in 2011 and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, and garn ...

Music videos

*''Sullivan Ballou'', released April 7, 2009 (Ascend Records).

References

External links

Jason Karaban on All Music

Jason Karaban on Facebook
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Jason Karaban on iTunes

Music video for Sullivan Ballou
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Karaban, Jason 1970s births Living people Musicians from Philadelphia American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers

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EPs

Singles

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