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 the Rocky Mtns, and even ventured out to favorite big cities like Stockholm and Duluth.

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

Send an email: jshogrenshanghaid[at]gmail.com

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

Photos by Susan Moldenhauer