J Shogren is “an affable bear of a man” (NYTimes), a “brilliant storyteller” (Rootsy), and a “Wyoming music legend” (WY Trib Eagle) whose songs has taken him from the local bar scene to the Lincoln Center (NYC) and Kennedy Center (Wash DC) and back.

In a voice “like one of those great bluesmen from ninety years ago” (Oliver di Place), his dark humorous stories are “endearingly eclectic” (NewSong) and “like a garden full of wildflowers” (Performing Songwriter). “Split the difference between Cohen and Dylan…you’ll have a place to start” (Rambles). His catawampus songwriting explores roots & traditional music filtered through a contemporary dissonant transmitter: “Americana at its best” (Village Records). He has played nearly all the stages, theatres, festivals, and cook-outs in Wyoming, and has even ventured out to play in favorite big cities like Stockholm and Duluth.

Festivals/shows include WHAT Fest, Oyster Ridge Music Festival, Beartrap Festival, Treefort, FoCoMx, Gryphon Theatre, Denver Underground Music Festival, Trading Post, Nowoodstock Music Festival, Snowy Range Music Festival, Highwater Hoedown, Buckhorn, Ruffed Up Duck, Bumblebrew Fest, Friendly Store, New Song, Swing Station, High Hat, The Garage, Lincoln, Pollinator Fest, Queen City Songwriter Invitational, Deadwood Songwriter Fest, Blue Plate Special, Stampen, Kafe Himlavalvet, Centennial Uptown Breakdown, and more.

Send an email: jshogrenshanghaid[at]gmail.com

Find music on Bandcamp - https://jshogrenshanghaid.bandcamp.com/

Photo by Mike Vanata (Western AF)