Avi Jacob is an American singer-songwriter originally from

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Life and career

Avi was born into a Jewish family in

. His father, historian Robert Michael, is the author of several books about the Holocaust. Jacob left home in his teen years to live in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

. He spent the next several years developing skills as a songwriter and performer. While living in Boston, he was involved in the DIY music community The Whitehaus Family Record and released several amateur recordings with them. Jacob moved to

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in 2010 and began to focus on his professional career in music by playing small music festivals, and being featured in music blogs and samplers. Avi is a writer of the Diana DeMuth song "All the Liars" released in 2020 He unofficially released the song "Cannonball" in 2014 on social media. In December 2015, he was brought to

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by the band

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who named him the best

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emerging superstar. He opened for

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in February 2016. In March 2016, Avi was featured on A&R Report as an artist to watch. Avi recorded his EP ''Surrender'' with Simone Felice (producer of the Billboard #1 Lumineers album ''Cleopatra'') and members of

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. In May 2020 Avi released a new album, ''Preservation'', via Bandcamp. Jacob is an independent artist, formerly signed to Skate Mountain Records, and related to popular ghost-folk songwriter Allysen Callery.

Influences

Avi is most influenced by

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, and

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Discography

EPs

*''So Hard To Reach You'' (2014) *''Surrender'' (2018) *''Preservation'' (2020)

Singles

*"New England" (2017) *"Pickup Truck" (2018)

References

Other sources

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, Avi Musicians from Charleston, South Carolina Living people Musicians from Newton, Massachusetts Year of birth missing (living people) American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from South Carolina Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts