Johnathan Rice

When he was 16, singer/songwriter Johnathan Rice opened his mouth area and discrete a weathered, rustic audio that caught him by surprise. Like many teens enthusiastic about music, Grain just wished to observe what his tone of voice sounded like when imitating his heroes, who included famous brands Joni Mitchell, the Music group, Neil Youthful, and Bob Dylan. As result could have it, Grain made a decision to make his songwriting hobby a significant affair and came back to his indigenous Virginia, having spent the majority of his existence we were young in Glasgow. He graduated from senior high school in-may 2001 and quickly befriended Washington, D.C. resident Chris Keup of Grantham Dispatch. He also educated his parents that he wasn’t likely to college just like the rest of his peers, and that he prepared to visit NEW YORK to property a recording agreement. His parents experienced mixed emotions, but allowed their child twelve months to run after his vision. 90 days later on, Keup’s indie label released Rice’s debut EP, Center and Brain. While balancing numerous day jobs like a waiter, a telemarketer, along with a doggie walker, Grain played displays on the low East Part. He assimilated the city’s impact and maintained a reliable schedule of composing songs, nonetheless it wasn’t attractive, and by springtime 2002 Grain had played plenty of shows to obtain him a bus solution home. He psychologically readied himself for university existence while heading back again to Virginia, but as fortune could have it, he got a contact quickly thereafter from Warner Bros./Reprise, who have been impressed with Heart and Brain and wished to indication Grain. Just a little skeptical of going for a second opportunity on his music-making desire, Grain eventually authorized with Reprise — also house to his heroes like Small, Mitchell, and Lou Reed — and relocated back to NYC. Over the following two years, Grain battled with collecting a good batch of tracks that could appease him individually, along with the label. The Tin Can Like EP was separately issued during this time period. In fall 2003, he and manufacturer/engineer Mike Mogis holed themselves up at Presto! in Lincoln, Nebraska, to begin with focus on Rice’s correct debut; 15 demonstration tracks led to Trouble Is Genuine, but Grain place that on keep to release Expanded Participant 24:26 in springtime 2004. Trouble Can be Genuine was finally released in springtime 2005. Rice’s third studio room work, Further North, implemented in 2007, and he created Jenny Lewis’ second single record, Acid Tongue, twelve months later. Both then made a decision to launch their very own musical duo, Jenny & Johnny, whose debut record appeared this year 2010. Rice’s third long-player, Great Graces, was released in Oct, 2013.