Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal is a six-piece American

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/ R&B band, based out of

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, United States. The band is led by Josh Hoyer on keyboards/vocals, with Myles Jasnowkis, Blake DeForest on Trumpet, James Cuato on Saxophone, Harrison ElDorado on drums, and Mike Keeling on bass. Benjamin Kushner, the guitarist, died in 2024 of cancer. The band has played 125+ shows a year in the United States since 2015, along with two headlining European tours in 2017 and 2018 and a Spanish Tour in 2021.

History

Hoyer formed Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal in 2012

. Hoyer, DeForest, Kushner, Cantarero, Cuato, and ElDorado are all native Nebraskans. Before Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Hoyer had fronted the band Son of 76 & The Watchmen, and Electric Soul Method. Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal were named ''2018 Artist of the Year'' by the Omaha Entertainment and Arts awards.

Discography

Studio albums

''Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal'' (2014)

The self-titled debut album was released on January 17, 2014. Tracks 1-3 produced by BZZZ at Studio F and Tracks 4-8 produced by Charlie Johnson at Fuse Studio in Lincoln, NE.

''Living by the Minute'' (2015)

Released on January 13, 2015 on Silver Street Records. The record was produced by Hoyer, engineered by Ben Brodin, mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering and recorded at ARC Studios in

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. The song "The First One" was featured in the TV One movie "For The Love of Ruth."

''Running from Love'' (2016)

Released on April 8, 2016 on Silver Street Records. The record was produced by

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(

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) and recorded at

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. ''Glide'' magazine premiered the music video for the record's first single, "Parts of A Man", on February 8, 2016. The Vinyl District premiered a music video for "Natural" on June 9, 2016. The video features a remixed version of the studio cut, and was produced by James Fleege.

''Do It Now'' (2018/2019)

The album was globally released on January 18, 2019, following a European release on August 16, 2018. The record was produced by Hoyer and recorded at Silver Street Studio in Ashland, NE and Make Believe Studios in Omaha, NE. The record was mixed by James Fleege and mastered by Eric Conn in Nashville, TN. It is available on vinyl, CD, and digital formats.

''Natural Born Hustler'' (2021)

The album was released on March 26, 2021, on Color Red Records. Natural Born Hustler was produced by Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds.

''Green Light'' (2022)

The album was released independently on October 21, 2022. Recorded LIVE at Mighty Fine Productions in Denver by John Macy and produced by Josh Hoyer.

Live albums

''Cooked Raw'' (2015)

Released on November 6, 2015 on Silver Street Records. Cooked Raw was recorded live, direct to disc at Welcome To 1979 in

. The recording engineer was Chris Mara and the mastering engineer was Cameron Henry. Welcome to 1979 is one of the few studios in the world that can record a performance directly to a vinyl master. Released exclusively on 180g vinyl, the album contains select cuts from the band's first two studio releases. Each side of the record contains 3 songs, which were played straight through, without stopping. Glide Magazine gave the record 9/10 stars.

''Live! Ancienne Belgique'' (2017)

Released on June 2, 2017 on Silver Street Records. Live! Ancienne Belgique is a live record from the final night of the band's 2017 European tour at

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. Live! Ancienne Belgique features 7 songs from the band's previous three studio releases. It was recorded by Stef Van Alsenoy, mixed by James Fleege, and mastered by Doug Van Sloun.

EPs

''The End of the Night'' (2018)

Released on January 26, 2018 on Silver Street Records. The three song EP is a solo side project from Hoyer, and the result of a writing collaboration between Hoyer, veteran Nashville songwriter Jay Knowles (

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), and Jon Coleman,

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' band leader and producer. The record was recorded and mixed in

by Engineer Teddy Morgan, and mastered by Richard Dodd.

NBC's ''The Voice''

Hoyer was a contestant on

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of NBC's ''The Voice''. He earned a spot on Team

by singing a version of

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hit "Oh Girl" for his blind audition which aired on March 6, 2017. Hoyer sang " In the Midnight Hour" by

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during the battle rounds against fellow soul singer TSoul and was eliminated from the show on March 27, 2017 when Shelton declared TSoul the winner and neither of the remaining coaches with steals, Adam Levine and Gwen Stefani, opted to steal Hoyer.

References

External links

Official website

YouTube Channel

Spotify
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