You should be listening to Joseph Arthur!

Joseph Arthur is the singing /songwriting protégée of former Genesis front man and current world music guru Peter Gabriel.  Arthur was the first American recording artist singed to Gabriel’s Real World Records. 

 His 2000 release Come to Where I Am and the opening slot on tours with Ben Harper and Gomez helped Arthur attain a larger fan base.  He also briefly toured Europe with R.E.M. in 2004. 

 While Arthur’s name might be hazily familiar, you have probably heard one of his many songs on the following T.V. shows:

Scrubs	Dawson’s Creek	Grey’s Anatomy
The L Word	Without a Trace	As the World Turns
Numb3rs	Laguna Beach	Lie to Me
House M.D	True Blood	The O.C.
Friday Night Lights

 In addition to the litany of T.V. shows, his music also appears in the following movies:  

The Bone Collector	The Bourne Identity	Shallow Hal
American Wedding	Shrek 2

 Joseph Arthur Discography:

Albums	EP’s
Big City Secrets Come to Where I’m from Redemption’s Son Our Shadows Will Remain Nuclear Daydream Let’s Just Be Temporary People	Cut and Blind Vacancy Junkyard Hearts I-IV And the Thieves Are Gone Could We Survive Crazy Rain Vagabond Skies Foreign Girls

 Top 5 Joseph Arthur Songs:

1. In the Sun (Come To Where I Am)
2. Honey and the Moon (Redemption’s Son)
3. A Smile that Explodes (Our Shadows Will Remain)
4. The Real You (Come to Where I’m From)
5. Black Lexus (Nuclear Daydream)

In 2006, he created his own record label Lonely Astronaut Records.  In the same year, his song “In the Sun” was covered by Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) and Chris Martin (Coldplay) as a Hurricane Katrina relief EP.  The album is only available on iTunes and is 6 versions of the song with various artists including Justin Timberlake, Will.i.am, and Arthur himself. 

Check out Joseph Arthur at www.josepharthur.com

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Great music awaits!