-by Steve Bell

Album Cover | Eventide

It would be hard for me to exaggerate my enthusiasm for Jacob Moon’s disciplined talent and extraordinary gift as a singer, a songwriter, guitarist and masterful interpreter of others’ music. And it boggles my mind he is not yet celebrated in the wider music community. But that could be changing – I hope so. But for now, I’m just happy he still returns my calls.

Last spring, Jacob took a couple of friends with hand-held cameras onto the roof of a building in Hamilton where he shot a remarkably good looking and sounding video of his solo-acoustic version of Rush’s epic Subdivisions. The video was subsequently posted on YouTube and almost immediately went viral as some 70,000 Rush fans were stunned at how a single performer could so ingeniously reinterpret an arena-rock song in a solo, acoustic medium. Indeed, there was even a thumbs-up comment from Geddy Lee himself.

Now he’s done it again. Jacob has just posted another roof-top video featuring his rendition of Peter Gabriel’s Come Talk To Me. You have to see it to appreciate Jacob’s tasteful use of digital delays and guitar slapping technique. He has a way of using “toys” without becoming gimmicky – all in service of musicality. Come Talk to Me was originally recorded on Jacob’s Eventide CD. We (at Signpost Music) are proud to be on-line distributors of this fine album. Click HERE to check out the album. But first check out the video:

Jacob Moon | Maybe Sunshine -release date: early November

BTW – Just so you know… Jacob will be releasing his new CD Maybe Sunshine in the next few weeks. Next week we’ll put up some preview notes on his new disc and offer a listen to one of the songs.

• To view Jacob’s roof-top video of Subdivisions, click HERE

• To view Jacob’s bio and discography click HERE