Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (; born June 18, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. LaMontagne has released nine studio albums: ''
Trouble'', ''
Till the Sun Turns Black
''Till the Sun Turns Black'' is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's second full-length release, which was released in the US on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York. The alb ...
'', ''
Gossip in the Grain'', ''
God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise'', ''
Supernova
A supernova (: supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. A supernova occurs during the last stellar evolution, evolutionary stages of a massive star, or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion ...
'', ''
Ouroboros
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'', ''
Part of the Light'', ''
Monovision'', and ''
Long Way Home''. He was born in
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
and was inspired to create music after hearing an album by
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
. Critics have compared LaMontagne's music to that of
Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...
,
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American Rock music, rock and Country music, country singer-songwriter. He has released 30 studio albums and three as a former member of Whiskeytown.
In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released ...
,
Beck
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi mus ...
,
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...
,
The Band
The Band was a Canadian-American rock music, rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957. It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, d ...
,
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...
,
Nick Drake and
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk paired with his ...
.
Early life
LaMontagne was born in
Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua () is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester. It is on ...
, in 1973, one of six children raised by his single mother. In his early teens he lived in
Morgan, Utah
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, and was more interested in drawing images of ''
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...
'' than in his school work. After graduating from high school, LaMontagne moved to
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston (; ) is the List of municipalities in Maine, second most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with the city's population at 37,121 as of the 2020 United States census. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, Augusta, the sta ...
, and found work in a shoe factory.
LaMontagne also spent a significant amount of time in
Wilton, Maine.
Other sources state that by his teen years he was living in Maine, spending time in
Turner
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* Turner (given name), a list of people with the given name
*One who uses a lathe for tur ...
and
Buckfield.
Career
1999–2005: ''Trouble''
LaMontagne was inspired to quit his job and begin a career as a singer-songwriter after waking up one morning to the radio on his alarm clock playing the
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
' song "Treetop Flyer".
LaMontagne began performing in 1999 while maintaining a part-time job as a tutor.
In the summer of 1999 he recorded 10 songs for a demo album that was sent to various local music venues including Maine's
Oddfellow Theater, where he was hired as an opening act for
John Gorka and
Jonathan Edwards.
A business executive named Ron Clayton discovered LaMontagne at a musical festival in Maine and introduced him to
Chrysalis Music Publishing and in 2004 LaMontagne recorded the album ''
Trouble'' with producer
Ethan Johns and sold it to
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...
in the US and
Echo Records in the UK.
The album featured performances by
Sara Watkins and
Jennifer Stills, daughter of
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
. The album sold over 250,000 copies in the US and 500,000 worldwide.
[ Last accessed October 15, 2006] During a 2005 tour, LaMontagne appeared on the
PBS music program ''
Austin City Limits
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'' (season 31, episode 4).
An
EP of LaMontagne's performance at the
Bonnaroo Music Festival
Bonnaroo (or Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival) is an American annual four-day music festival developed and founded by Superfly Presents and AC Entertainment.
Bonnaroo has taken place at what is now Great Stage Park, a 700-acre (280 ha) fa ...
was released in 2005 and his song "All the Wild Horses" was part of the soundtrack for the TV series ''
Rescue Me'' and the 2009 film ''
The Boys Are Back''. His song "Trouble" appeared in the TV series ''
Alias'' as well as in a national television commercial for Travelers Insurance, and his song "Jolene" was heard in the credits of the 2010 film
''The Town''. His song "Hold You in My Arms" was featured in the 2006 movie ''
She's The Man''.
In 2005, he performed at two charity events, a New York City fundraiser for the victims of
Hurricane Katrina
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and the
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...
Christmas Jam.
2006: ''Till The Sun Turns Black''
LaMontagne's second album, ''
Till the Sun Turns Black
''Till the Sun Turns Black'' is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's second full-length release, which was released in the US on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York. The alb ...
'', was released in August 2006 and featured horn and string sections on several of the songs with
Rachael Yamagata providing additional vocals on the song "Barfly". The album peaked at No. 28 on the
''Billboard'' 200 album chart, selling 28,000 copies in its first week of release. The album spawned the single "Three More Days". In 2006 LaMontagne performed on ''
The Tonight Show
''The Tonight Show'' is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2 ...
''.
The song "Till the Sun Turns Black" was featured on the television show ''
ER'', and the songs "Lesson Learned" and "Within You" appeared on
the CW
The CW Network, LLC (commonly referred to as The CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network which is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75% ownership interest. The network's name is derived from the firs ...
drama ''
One Tree Hill''. His song "Be Here Now" was heard on the trailer for the movie ''
Away From Her'', in the film ''
27 Dresses
''27 Dresses'' is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, and starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. The film was released in the United States on January 18, 2008. It received mixed re ...
'', on the TV shows ''
Bones'', ''
Covert Affairs
''Covert Affairs'' is an American action drama television series filmed in Toronto, Canada, starring Piper Perabo and Christopher Gorham that premiered on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. On January 6, 2015, USA Network canceled ''Covert Affairs'' afte ...
'', ''
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (, ) was a 17th-century Dutch Empire, Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''Factory (trading post), fac ...
'', and ''
Brothers & Sisters''. LaMontagne performed at
KYSR's Lounge for Life charity concert on October 5, 2006, at the
House of Blues
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in
West Hollywood, California
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History
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. He also auctioned off one of his guitars on
eBay
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for its charity auction. Funds raised from the concert and auction went to breast cancer research.
2008–2009: ''Gossip in The Grain''
LaMontagne released his third studio album, ''
Gossip in the Grain'', on RCA Records in 2008. It debuted at No. 3 on the
''Billboard'' charts with 60,000 units sold. Working again with producer
Ethan Johns, the album featured LaMontagne's touring band of
Jennifer Condos on bass,
Eric Heywood on guitar, and
Ethan Johns on drums and guest vocals from singer-songwriter
Leona Naess.

The song "You Are the Best Thing" was featured in the movie ''
I Love You, Man
''I Love You, Man'' is a 2009 American bromantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg, based on a script by Larry Levin. The film stars Paul Rudd as a friendless man looking for a best man for his upcoming wedding. However, his ...
'' and in the television series ''One Tree Hill''. LaMontagne performed on ''
Saturday Night Live
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'' in March 2009. The songs "Sarah" and "I Still Care For You" appeared on the television series ''
House
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''. His song "Let It Be Me" was featured on the television series ''
Parenthood'' and was included on the
''Parenthood'' soundtrack in 2010. It was also used in an episode entitled "JJ" from the sixth season of ''
Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...
'' and in the seventh episode from season one of ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts and music
* "The Fringe", or Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* Purple fri ...
'' titled ''
In Which We Meet Mr. Jones''.
2010–2011: ''God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise''
LaMontagne's self-produced studio album, ''
God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise'', was released in August 2010.
In December 2010, LaMontagne received
Grammy
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nominations and won the award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
In August 2010, he performed at a
Nashville, Tennessee
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, charity event to raise money for victims of a local flood. The song, "Empty", appeared on an episode of ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' in 2010 and was heard during the film credits for the movie ''
The Conspirator''. It also appeared in Tony Kaye's film ''
Detachment'' in 2011, released in the US in 2012. LaMontagne performed on the program ''
Live from Abbey Road'' in October 2006. The New England native was featured on ''
VH1 Storytellers'' in 2011.
In 2011 LaMontagne sang a duet with Irish singer
Lisa Hannigan, "O Sleep", which was featured on her
Choice Music Award-nominated album ''Passenger''.
2014–2015: ''Supernova''
In April 2014 LaMontagne released his fifth album, ''
Supernova
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''. The album reached No. 2 on iTunes in the first several hours of its release. The album then went to number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Albums chart. It was produced by
Dan Auerbach
Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...
of the Black Keys and recorded at his Nashville studio. The title track was made available for download on
ITunes
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and
Google Play Music on February 25, 2014. On October 9, 2014, LaMontagne spoke and performed at the
Grammy Museum
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The museums in this group include:
*The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live, which opened in 2008 in Los Angeles, Cali ...
''Supernova'' garnered generally positive reception from music critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a "weighted average" score to selected independent ratings and reviews, the album has eight reviews and a Metascore of 78, meaning that it received "generally favorable" reviews. At ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason.
The magazine was first known fo ...
'',
Will Hermes rated the album three and a half stars out of five, stating, "Predictably,
anAuerbach
s producerhelps the singer pull bright colors from the Sixties' crayon box; less predictably, he makes it seem a perfectly logical progression of LaMontagne's 10-plus years of cozy vibes." Thom Jurek of
AllMusic
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rated the album three and a half stars out of five, writing that "''Supernova'' is unapologetically and indulgently retro; a casual listen might dismiss it as mere nostalgia"; however, the "pairing
fAuerbach's detailed, careful production with LaMontagne's open, expertly crafted songwriting and breezy, sensual, emotionally unburdened singing, that boundary is shattered."
At ''
The Guardian
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'', Dave Simpson rated the album four stars out of five, remarking, "There's nothing here that's exactly new, but by assembling an array of unexpected influences in one blissful place, LaMontagne has crafted an unlikely perfect summer soundtrack."
On July 23, 2014, during a show at the
Meijer Gardens in
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is the largest city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. With a population of 198,917 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 200,117 in 2024, Grand Rapids is the List of municipalities ...
, Michigan, LaMontagne interrupted a song and walked off stage as a result of two fans talking during his concert, after having previously asked the audience to quiet down. The incident included yelling profanity at the couple before walking off stage. Once the couple was escorted away, LaMontagne continued the concert.
At ''
The A.V. Club
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'', Chris Mincher graded the album a B+, saying, "''Supernova'' is a surprisingly bold, enterprising follow-up from an artist who could have easily ridden out the rest of his career on adult-alternative autopilot."
In May 2015, NBC's ''The Voice'' contestant
Sawyer Fredericks performed "Please", a song written by LaMontagne early in his career and included on his self-released album ''
Introducing Ray Lamontagne''. The song immediately became the number two single on the iTunes chart, and Fredericks was declared the winner of the competition that same month.
2016–2018: ''Ouroboros''
LaMontagne released his sixth studio album, ''
Ouroboros
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'', in March 2016. The album was produced by
Jim James of
My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Kos ...
. LaMontagne stated that ''Ouroboros'' was written as a single arc, rather than a "batch of songs" and that it was intended for
vinyl
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.
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''NPR'', April 5, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2017. He cited the
Talk Talk
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album ''
Spirit of Eden'' as stylistically similar to his vision of an unstructured, free-flowing album.
''Ouroboros'' received favorable reviews from critics, scoring an 80 from
Metacritic
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based on 10 reviews. Many critics noted the album's psychedelic qualities, comparing it to
Pink Floyd
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's ''
The Dark Side of the Moon
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''.
On September 20, 2016, LaMontagne announced that he was canceling a September 22 show at the
Bass Concert Hall at the
University of Texas at Austin
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, due to Texas's recently implemented
campus carry law.
2018: ''Part of the Light''
LaMontagne released his seventh studio album, ''
Part of the Light'', on May 18, 2018. The album is produced solely by LaMontagne. The first single released from the LP was "Such a Simple Thing', where those who purchased the album on LaMontagne's website received a stream of the live version of the track. LaMontagne commenced his "Part of the Light Tour" which kicked off May 27 at the
Pacific Northwest Sasquatch Music Festival.
2020: ''Monovision''
LaMontagne released his eighth studio album, ''
Monovision'', on RCA Records in 2020.
2024: ''Long Way Home''
LaMontagne released his ninth studio album, ''
Long Way Home'', on August 16, 2024.
Style
LaMontagne has a unique vocal style which he says is created by singing through his gut instead of through his nose. He cites
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
,
Richard Manuel, and
Rick Danko as strong musical influences, while critics have compared LaMontagne's music to that of
The Band
The Band was a Canadian-American rock music, rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957. It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, d ...
,
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...
,
Nick Drake, and
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk paired with his ...
.
A ''
Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
'' review of his album ''Supernova'' referred to his voice as an "impeccably weathered tenor croon" and his phrasing as "marble-mouthed."
Awards
For his debut album, LaMontagne won four awards, including three
Boston Music Awards (Best Male Singer-Songwriter, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year) and an XM Nation Music Award for Acoustic Rock Artist of the Year. LaMontagne has received a nomination from the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards for Best New Touring Artist, the
BRIT Awards for International Breakthrough Act, the
MOJO Awards for Best New Act, and was given the title of Best Voice in 2006 by ''
Esquire
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''.
In 2011, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs received two
Grammy Award
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nominations, and they were awarded the Grammy for the
Best Contemporary Folk Album for ''God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise''.
Personal life
In 2009, LaMontagne paid $1.05 million for a 103-acre farm in
Ashfield, Massachusetts, the former residence of U.S. Ambassador
William C. Bullitt, where he lives with his wife, Sarah Sousa, and their two children in the farmhouse built in 1830.
Sousa is a published poet via Red Mountain Press and their sons are budding artists. LaMontagne refers to himself as a "very private person" and rarely gives interviews.
Discography
Studio albums
*''
Trouble'' (2004)
*''
Till the Sun Turns Black
''Till the Sun Turns Black'' is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's second full-length release, which was released in the US on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York. The alb ...
'' (2006)
*''
Gossip in the Grain'' (2008)
*''
God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise'' (2010)
*''
Supernova
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'' (2014)
*''
Ouroboros
The ouroboros or uroboros (; ) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent symbolism, snake or European dragon, dragon Autocannibalism, eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via Egyptian mythology, ancient Egyptian iconogra ...
'' (2016)
*''
Part of the Light'' (2018)
*''
Monovision'' (2020)
*''
Long Way Home'' (2024)
References
External links
Ray LaMontagne Storytellerson
VH1
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1973 births
Living people
American folk rock musicians
American folk singers
American harmonica players
American male singer-songwriters
American rock songwriters
American rock singers
Grammy Award winners
Singers from Maine
People from Wilton, Maine
People from Nashua, New Hampshire
RCA Records artists
Songwriters from New Hampshire
Songwriters from Maine
Guitarists from Maine
People from Lewiston, Maine
People from Turner, Maine
People from Buckfield, Maine
People from Ashfield, Massachusetts
People from Morgan, Utah
American male pianists
American male guitarists
21st-century American singer-songwriters
21st-century American pianists
21st-century American guitarists
21st-century American male singers
Singer-songwriters from Utah