Jay Sparrow is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician.
Life and career
Born in
Thunder Bay, Ontario and raised in
Edmonton, Alberta, Sparrow was lead singer for the Edmonton
punk rock band Murder City Sparrows.
[ "Local musician Jay Sparrow celebrates album release" . Edmonton Examiner, November 10, 2010.] He eventually decided to dissolve the band and pursue a different musical direction after realizing that he had no punk rock on his
iPod, but instead listened mainly to songwriters such as
Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen.
["Jay Sparrow". Breakfast Television Edmonton (CKEM-TV), September 28, 2010.]
He released his first solo extended play, The Running, in 2009, and followed up with two more EPs, Good Days Gone By in 2009 and The Tempest Line in 2010, before releasing his full-length album debut, In Our Time, in the fall of 2010.[ "Finalists in Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest" . FYI Music, November 24, 2009.]
Discography
With Murder City Sparrows
Studio albums
EPs
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Murder City Sparrows (2006)
Solo
Studio albums
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In Our Time (2010)
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White (2012)
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Bluebird (2014)
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Let Wild Dogs Run (2020)
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Hard Eight (2024)
EPs
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The Running (2009)
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Good Days Gone By (2010)
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The Tempest Line (2010)
External links
