Jay Middleton Band

Jay Middleton is a vocalist/songwriter who has been entertaining people at thousands of live shows for almost four decades running. Twenty-seven years after his last song hit the Top 40, Middleton has returned with his latest album “Forward”. The music is “a seamless evocation of timeless musical values – soulful but sophisticated, sturdy songs with instantly accessible melodies that give Middleton a platform from which he can truly soar.” Some of the finest musicians that the vibrant SF Bay Area music community has to offer coalesced around Middleton’s new songs to produce an album that critics are calling “the deeply considered, wickedly detailed work of mature talents.” The songs were written during the outbreak of Covid. The themes are purposefully hopeful and optimistic in the face of all the negativity and division that surrounded us then – and still surrounds us today. Songs about the struggles, hopes and dreams that we all share and experience trying to move ourselves “Forward” through life. (*Joel Selvin, SF Chronicle – review of “Forward”, November 1, 2022 ) www.JayMiddletonMusic.com / www.JayMiddletonPartyBand.com