Album Notes

For the last five years, Josh Magis has been touring the east coast from his home state of Vermont to the beaches of South Carolina. Performing at colleges, universities, concert halls, nightclubs and coffeehouses, Josh has been building a growing audience and a powerful and entertaining live show. With songs that talk about our human experience, Josh seamlessly blends folk, blues, pop and reggae influences that have audiences dancing and singing along.

Josh has just released his new critically acclaimed CD, Blacktop Serenade, on Folk Insurrection Records, which features not only Josh"s best material, but also guest performances from such national acts as Rachel Bissex, Patrick Fitzsimmons, and jazz legend James Harvey. Whether Josh is performing a benefit for Children"s Hospital at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C., a coffeehouse at the University of Vermont, an outdoor festival at the University of Maryland, or playing at the Kendall Café in downtown Boston, he is equally at home on any stage.

"It looks like another fine singer/songwriter has bubbled up from the Burlington music scene. Magis' voice is warm and smooth subtly drawing you in. Blacktop Serenade truly gets better with every listen. Cranked up in my car their work earned my admiration." ---Seven Days Weekly

"The upbeat driving material works well. A song such as 'Borderline' is where the song and the studio are perfectly matched and all the elements coalesce brilliantly."
---Burlington Free Press