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Folk, Americana.

Dreams of Modern Living, Jefferson Berry’s first solo album , apart from bening The Urban Acoustic Coalition bandleader is an album of guitar and vocals that is centered on stories, tales from “these modern times.” The themes of the good love, the bad love and these days of strange that were on display on Double Deadbolt Logic (2020) and Soon! (2021) by Jefferson Berry & the UAC are given clarity on Dreams of Modern Living. “The songs I’m writing convey stories. As much as I love how these work within the Urban Acoustic Coalition jam band thing, I wanted to create and album where the characters and message stood out.”

Berry’s newest offering has some wild characters. Urban scenes take the listener from the wet-brained street urchin in “Sand in My Shoes” to the actual and potential homeless souls in “Sleeping in Public.” The political actors in the “Ballad of Sammy Rodriguez” and “Locks and Guns” offer commentary on issues of social justice. Berry sings of adolescent angst in the Elton John / Bernie Taupin-penned “Come Down in Time.”

Berry is a published and cited historian, but after leaving inner-city teaching he decided to go head-long into his music. Following the UAC’sappearance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 2022, Berry went to work on two albums: Dreams of Modern Living and the upcoming Prairie Fire (a Jefferson Berry & the UAC Americana record due out in mid-2023).

“Locks and Guns” was the first single serviced to folk radio from Dreams ahead of the album’s release. A version of the song was released by the full band on the 2020 pandemic album, Double Deadbolt Logic. The folk version is supported by a music video that has been nominated for several film festival awards. It’s director Ciro Ayala previously worked on the band’s animated video of “We’ll Soon be Together” (the most played single on Soon!). While the video has received over 50,000 views on Facebook, the response by trolling vigilantes has been remarkable. “I had no idea that I was making such a hot political statement with this song,” says Berry. “It’s become a hot mix of social justice and social media.”

Tracks:
01. Locks and Guns
02. Sleeping in Public
03. Come Down in Time
04. To the Sea
05. Sand in My Shoes
06. Doubtin Thomas
07. Rendezvous with Destiny
08. Puerto Rico
09. The Ballad of Sammy Rodriguez
10. Water in the Well

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