Artist description Jeff Tarayla is both rocker and crooner, everyman and bard. He can cling to faith in a hopeless world or throw it away and beat it to New Orleans. Incorporating elements of swamp, blues, and indi-rock, Tarayla is the man behind a thousand masks.

Music Style Multi-faceted

Similar Artists "Tarayla is Tom Waits meets Richard Thompson meets Robbie

Artist History "Tarayla is a songwriter the likes of which Ive never seen. Hes a man who delivers music with all the subtleness of a Mack truck traveling 90 MPH. Tarayla tells it like it is, the way it should be. The only thing I liken attending one of his concerts to would be a Sunday morning revival - jumping up and down and answering "Amen" while watching the Reverend preach the word". Songwriting is a solace. Its the only thing that cannot be controlled or owned by outside forces while at the same time having the power to control and affect whoever opens themselves up to it. Jeff Tarayla is both rocker and crooner, everyman and bard. He can cling to faith in a hopeless world or throw it away and beat it to New Orleans. Incorporating elements of swamp, blues, and indi-rock, Tarayla is the man behind a thousand masks. All his styles come together deliciously while performing his "theater-esqe" solo shows or with his "Tom Waits meets Counting Crows" like three piece band. BECOME A TARAYLA HEAD!

Albums "Dust Devils Dance", "The Wicked and The Free"

Press Reviews "Tarayla presents a Faulkneresque view of life, love, death and rebirth, however, Faulkner never told it like Tarayla does." - Sam Pacetti, Compass Newspaper "Tarayla is joyously difficult to pigeonhole!" - The Leak CD/Magazine "You guys sound REAL good." - Warren Haynes with the Allman Brothers "Taraylas expressive, unpretentious lyrics play on ironic turns of phrase, literary device and more than a wee dose of sarcasm." - Vibes sound Magazine "Tarayla writes songs with a depth and clarity uncommon in these days of one-hit-wonders and recycled successes." - Fast Folk Musical Magazine

Location Clinton, NJ - USA

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