Josh T. Pearson album out now -- watch a new Mute session (and other videos)

March 31, 2011

Josh T Pearson @ SXSW (more by Amanda Hatfield)

“Josh T. Pearson‘s debut album The Last of the Country Gentleman is a heartbreaking account of the collapse of his marriage; recorded over two soul-searching nights in Berlin, it perfectly captures a man in the depths of despair using music as a cathartic escape. It’s one of the few albums that will still be listened to in years to come and will still ring with the emotional resonance that it does today.

The album is very much a personal listen and was unsure of how it would translate when being played in front of a packed room or how Josh T. Pearson (some how seems wrong to revert to calling him Josh) would be able to deliver such stark and personal material in front of an audience.
There was no need to be worried, because as soon as he starts playing “Rivers of Babylon/Thou Art Loosed”, the audience is stunned in to silence – I’ve never witnessed such a quiet and respectful audience…” [Left Lion]

The Last of the Country Gentleman is out now via Mute whose studio it was in that Lain Forsyth captured Josh playing “Woman When I’ve Raised Hell.” Watch the video below…

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Josh T. Pearson – Woman When I've Raised Hell…

and here’s some more:

Josh T Pearson – Sweetheart I Ain’t Your Christ (Froggy’s Session)

JOSH T. PEARSON – Woman, when i’ve raised hell (FD Acoustic session)

Josh T. Pearson – Thou are loosed – Rivers of Babylon

osh T. Pearson – Woman, When I’ve Raised Hell…

Josh T. Pearson – Sweetheart, I ain’t your christ

Josh T Person dates
Fri 1 April Southbank Centre Purcell Room
Mon 4 April Berlin Comet
Tue 5 April Hamburg Gruner Jager
Wed 6 April Koln Studio 672
Thu 7 April Frankfurt Ponyhof
Fri 8 April Rotterdam Motel Mozaique
Sat 9 April Brussels Botanique – Witloof Bar
Thu 14 April Brest La Carene
Fri 15 April Paris Le Cafe de la Danse
Sat 16 April Rennes La Chapelle du Conservatoire
Sun 17 April Toulouse La Dynamo
Mon 18 April Lyon Grond Zero
Tue 19 April Colmar La Colisee
Wed 20 April Tourcoing L’ Hospice D’Havre
Tue 26 April Milan Art Gallery
Wed 27 April Lausanne Le Bourg
Thu 28 April Barcelona Sidecar
Mon 2 May Belfast Catherdral Quarter Arts Festival
Wed 4 May Leamington Spa The Assembly
Thu 5 May Stockholm Cafe Theatre
Fri 6 May Bristol Anson Rooms
Sun 8 May Anstruther Fence Home Game Festival
Mon 9 May Edinburgh Queens Hall
Tue 10 May Liverpool Academy
Wed 11 May London Union Chapel
Fri 13 May Pavilion Theatre Club Uncut – The Great Escape