Jacob Alon

"Jacob Alon is a Scottishsinger-songwriter with a profound gift for storytelling. Both intimate anddevastatingly introspective, their music is touched by a rare timelessness.Drawing fair comparisons to artists such as Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright,Alon’s sound cuts through the air with powerful and haunting vocals, intricateguitar playing, and pensive, poetic lyrics.

Alon was born and raised by a young singlemother in the quiet suburbs of Dunfermline, Fife, between the winding woods andindustrial park mystics. They learned their first piano piece from their mumfor a school show at age 9 and later picked up the guitar at 15, enchanted bythe intimate, somber beauty of wizards such as Nick Drake and Adrianne Lenker.

Alon began writingsongs in school as a way of making friends laugh but never considered a careerin music possible until much later. While studying medicine at university,Jacob found themself deeply confused and unhappy, only finding joy when makingmusic. To the disapproval of their family, they decided to drop out and pursuetheir true dream full-time. Creating is part of who Jacob fundamentally is - alens by which they process and understand experiences in the world.

You’ll often findJacob playing in the folk bars of Edinburgh and sneaking into places theyshouldn’t be. They like roasted aubergines and great Scots Pines, andappreciate the cozy smell of warm wet earth outside their window as theydances, naked, in their flat when no one else is home.

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