Kent David Jensen, Sr. (born March 31, 1954, in Preston, Idaho) is an American musician. Jensen first started to record and release music while living in

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; where he specialized in immigration and naturalization law for over twenty-two years. He now spends half of the year in Boise, Idaho and the other half in Alajuela, Costa Rica. His music consists of Americana,

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, rock and

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rhythm styles. Kent was a founding member and producer of the short-lived band, Idumea. He sang lead vocals, played lead guitar and

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, and wrote the majority of the lyrics. The group recorded a live album in 2003 while on tour in

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and a Christmas album in 2004, both of which were never released. Idumea self-released three studio albums from 2005 to 2008. After the indefinite hiatus of the band in 2009, Jensen pursued a solo career. He has self-released two albums on which he sings and plays classical guitar, EWI and keyboard. In 2015, Jensen started playing with a new band which he dubbed KJ and the Burly Boys. Their latest album, ''Guilty Pleasure'', was released that same year.

Discography

Idumea

;Studio albums * ''Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'' (2004)* * ''Lies, Deception, and Innuendo'' (2005) * ''El Peligro de la Verdad'' (2006) * ''Little Boy Blue'' (2008) ;Live albums * ''Live from Hollywood'' (2003)* ;Compilation albums * ''A&R Unlimited: Special Edition Compilation – Volume 1'' (2009) *Album was never officially released.

Kent Jensen

;Studio albums * ''Dreams'' (2010) * ''Your Familiar Face'' (2013) ;Singles * ''And It Burns'' (March 9, 2014)

KJ and the Burly Boys

;Studio albums * ''Guilty Pleasure'' (2015)

Past members

;Idumea *Robert Barrera – percussion *Ana Boyd – keyboard, viola, violin and vocals *Jason Cook – drums *Robert Hamblin – piano *Nat Parrish – bass guitar, drums *Marci Ridley –

*Jeff Ringle – drums & percussion *David Rose – bass guitar ;Kent Jensen *Nat Parrish – percussion *Clayne Zollinger III – bass guitar, backing vocalist

Current members

;Kent Jensen *Adam Cook – rhythm guitar, backing vocalist *Brandon Cook – drums *Kent Jensen – EWI, lead guitar, keyboard, lead vocalist *Cubby McBride – bass guitar ;Additional musicians *Carson Boyd – cello *Ana Robins – violin, vocals

Awards

In April 2009, Idumea was presented with a Grindie Award from RadioIndy for their album, ''Little Boy Blue''.

References

External links

Allmusic (Idumea)Allmusic (Kent Jensen)Facebook
1954 births Living people Musicians from Idaho People from Preston, Idaho People from Burley, Idaho {{US-musician-stub