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JM Stevens Tickets, Tour Dates and Concerts

JM Stevens

Slim's Raleigh
227 S Wilmington St

May 6, 2024

9:00 PM EDT
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Thomas
May 2nd 2024
JM Stevens is a natural born storyteller. His songs sound like they could have been on any classic radio station of the past or present without sounding derivative. He is a true original, great songwriter and one mean guitar player too! He put on a 3 hour show and never once left the audience disappointed that night!
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Slim’s is downtown Raleigh’s oldest music venue celebrating their 25th anniversary this year! Since 1999 Slim’s has provided a stage for bands on the rise as well as es...
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JM Stevens Biography

Hailing from Austin, Texas by way of West Point, Mississippi, critically acclaimed Americana and roots-rock/pop singer, songwriter, and producer, JM Stevens returns three years after his well-received solo debut, Invisible Lines. Releasing in April 2024, the 10-song Nowhere to Land is an overall mellower, more vulnerable record than its predecessor, though still speckled with some up-tempo rockers. It’s a thoughtful album further set apart by Stevens’ nuanced songcraft, intimate vocals, and organic production.

DittyTV praised Stevens as, “In that sweet spot of pop-rock represented by guys like Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, John Cafferty, Tom Petty, [and] Don Henley,” while The Big Takeover noted how his “Supremely tasteful arrangements keep excess far at bay.”

From contemplative, optimistic opener “Dry Creek” and the more jaunty but no less questioning title track, it’s a record that preserves the raw emotions of Stevens’ songcraft through admirably restrained production. “I wanted to keep it real open,” he said. “And it sometimes sounds bigger that way, because there’s more space to sink into, more room to breathe.”

Pangs of love, loss and loneliness punctuate Nowhere to Land’s bouts of doubt, jealousy, and recurring hope. Songs search for that old spark as lovers grow apart but often, tempered by empathy, resolve into acceptance and letting go. “After the Storm” came to Stevens almost fully formed while out running in the wake of Texas’ infamous 2021 ice storm, while fellow standout “Cherry Sunburst” takes doing whatever it took to acquire a coveted guitar as a metaphor for losing our senses in all manner of other situations.

Catch Stevens on tour in 2024 supporting Nowhere to Land.

"Recalls records from the Jayhawks, Drive-By Truckers, and Uncle Tupelo, blending acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars around smooth, upper tenor vocals." - Brian Standefer, Texas Monthly

“Supremely tasteful arrangements keep excess far at bay…Stevens modestly but confidently knocks Invisible Lines out the the park.” - Michael Toland, The Big Takeover

“The majority of these songs sound as if they’ve been lingering in the ethos forever, uncannily familiar yet edgy enough to catch immediate attention and resonate well beyond.” - Lee Zimmerman, Goldmine

“Stevens hits a stride riding solo that mellows the Towers' raucous sound while maintaining the heavy hooks.” - Doug Freeman, Austin Chronicle
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