Avi Jacob
Avi Jacob first came to the Friday night Hootenannies on a rainy fall night in 2007, where his rootsy folk songwriting, agile fingerpicking, and voice spineshivering held the crowd rapt. He left behind copies of his self-published debut EP “Whole Wide World,” which hightailed it to the top of the WFR Pop Charts. He continued to perform at the hoots and in 2008 was invited to be the first “outside” artist to release an album on the Whitehaus Family Record. Avi recorded Frolic-a-holic in an empty church in downtown Boston and it was released to strong critical acclaim. Frolic-a-holic continues to be a popular record among oldschool Whitehaus friends as well as newcomers. Avi is currently in the process of recording his next album, tentatively titled “The New Great Depression.”
To learn more about Avi’s worldview, check out his recent interview in the Fall River Herald!
Releases
WFR077: WFRFRvol2 : Are You In Paradise? (LP)
I can no longer prolong the greatest moment of my life. I cannot afford to be afraid of the long silence. Of the after after. The people that populate my bedroom have become too real. My option is every door, every sun and mountain of night. Our options are in people. Honest voices are doors. I have stopped trying to control the narrative. To prescribe the reality of self. Not sleep until ending. Not sleep until climax. I am awake now. I am awake now. I will stop trying to wake up and I will walk out the door and I will see in a way that listens. This moment will be a kingdom of yes simply in the naming. It was always a choice. It was always a way of seeing. I am in Paradise.
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WFR058: avi jacob: 1000
Full rock band recording of Avi’s songs recorded in the hoot room in January 2010. Features Avi on electric guitar on vocals, Joe Deignan on bass, Kate Lee on organ, and Greg Beson on drums. Rough and ready. Dirty.
WFR054/WFRV 001: Whitehaus Family record family record
A double vinyl LP compilation of tracks from 26 artists associated with the Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain.
that summer you moved quickly. there was no time after work to go home before the show so you pack those boots in your bag in the morning when you left the new apartment, made a call during a cigarette break and scribbled an address, a part of town you don’t know but go alone anyway, all the streets look the same but you find it, from the outside it looks like no one’s home and at the bottom of the dark stairs you panic. you almost turn and run but you don’t and the door opens for your knock and there’s a smiling face on the other side…
WFR022: BLASTFEST!
The first Whitehaus Family Showcase happened on March 21, 2008 at the Cambridge YMCA Theater. Sound engineered and recorded by Shane Myrbeck.
WFR021: Avi Jacob: Frolic-a-holic
Avi Jacob’s idiosyncratic folk/gospel-roots stylings are undeniably charming. This album was recorded in an empty church and you can def’ hear the penance and redemption of souls all around you.