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JOE DRISCOLL
‘Joe is the true essence of hip hop music!’ - Speech (Arrested Development)
'Rooted in the American folk singer tradition of the travelling song smith a la Bob Dylan, but joining the dots with that most modern of folk forms, hip-hop. He's produced a delicious debut that will guarantee his mythic status for years to come.' -- DJ Magazine 4.5/5 stars (Album of The Fortnight)
‘Gangsta got an iron lung!!!!’ - Cee Lo (Gnarls Barkley)
Born and raised in Syracuse, New York. Joe performs solo, and uses recorded loops of his own beatboxing, and live looping using a sampler to fuse hip-hop, reggae, soul, folk and roots rock/Folk.
He began performing as a solo folk artist around the age of 14, and became a full-time musician in his early 20s. His first real band was "The Groove Merchants" and his first album was "Straight Butta Hits." Although the band was more of a high school band in nature, they took a lot of influence from The Dave Matthews Band and Bob Marley. They also sampled from The Rolling Stones along with many other artists during their live performances.
Driscoll was signed by 3rdegree Ltd while touring the United Kingdom in 2004. He was then signed up to London label Buttercuts Records and subsequently went on to record the album Origin Myths. Origin Myths combines beatbox drums (oral percussion) with layers of guitar, mbira, bass, verse, and rhyme, which means that he is often described as a "one man band".
During 2007 and 2008, Driscoll toured with Dirty Pretty Things, Regina Spektor, Coldcut, and The Sugar Hill Gang at events in the US and Europe.
In 2009 and 2010 Joe performed at UK festivals including Big Chill, Bestival and Glastonbury Festival, and at the Lake of Stars Festival(Malawi, Africa).
He received an INDY Award for Best Solo Act in 2007.
His newest album, 'Mixtape Champs' was released on 20th December 2010.
http://joedriscoll.net/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2cAArobH8g
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