From the forthcoming album Shimmer, to be released on May 28th. 

Vocals, guitar and bass: Josiah Mortimer
Mixing, strings and percussion: Greg Pierce

Chase the Sun - Preview from new album Shimmer

Josiah Mortimer's debut album, Shimmer, out on May 28th - pre-order here: https://josiahmortimer.bandcamp.com/

All funds go to Global Justice Now, which is pushing for greater access to Covid vaccines in developing countries.

Cityscapes - Preview

Josiah Mortimer's debut album, released May 2021. 

Josiah Mortimer on guitar, vocals, bass, kalimba and mandolin
Mixed and mastered by Greg Pierce

Shine

Stowaway

Who We Are

Into the Night

Tomorrow

Simple Things

Shimmer

Cityscapes

Chase The Sun

A cover of one of Bob Dylan's most moving songs.

Song To Woody

A rough phone-recorded cover of Defiance, Ohio's epic rant against modern society.

Lyrics
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are you angry? are you searching for a better way to live? are you waiting? have you been waiting too long? what holds us back and how to burn the bridges of a culture that taught us to hate and fear and live like cogs in a machine and not like lovers friends and kin.

how can i help but feel depressed, get up in the morning and get dressed, look out the window through rush hour smog ... smoke and drink the world away 'cause what the politicians say won't answer any of my questions like ...

why am i angry? what am i searching for? is there a better way to live? why am i hopeless? have i been waiting too long to strike back against this state of affairs? 

Hey Kathleen, Are You Hungry?

From my latest EP, Luddite Ballads - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/luddite-ballads-ep/id959378237

A Movement and a Reason

From my latest EP, Luddite Ballads - buy it here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/luddite-ballads-ep/id959378237

The Ballad of a New Luddite

A cover of Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues', performed live at the Crooked Well, Camberwell (London), in March 2016.

Folsom Prison Blues - Live At The Crooked Well

A cover of John Martyn's 'Don't Want to Know', performed at the Crooked Well, Camberwell, London, in March 2016.

I Don't Want To Know - Live At The Crooked Well

An original song performed at the Crooked Well in Camberwell, London.

Lo And Behold - Live At The Crooked Well

An original song performed live at the Crooked Well in Camberwell, London, in March 2016.

All I Got Is This - Live At The Crooked Well

One for All - Live At The Crooked Well

A cover of Bob Dylan's 'Song to Woody', live at the Crooked Well in Camberwell, London, March 2016.

Song To Woody - Live At The Crooked Well

An acoustic version of William Blake's poem 'Jerusalem', arranged and performed by Josiah Mortimer.    

Jerusalem

Written in 2014, recorded in London. A song about home. 

Memento

A cover of John Martyn's amazing song from the album Solid Air. 

I Don't Want to Know

Josiah is a singer-songwriter from Cornwall, and now based in South London. His first professional release, 'Luddite Ballads', came out in 2015. In 2021, he released a new EP, 'This Town' - recorded from home during lockdown, dedicated to frontline workers: https://open.spotify.com/album/5HueKDGxxbOOdEkLGVwULU

Reviews of 'This Town':
“Fresher than a bag of apples…Every track is nail-biting. The story flows with expertise and each track charms” – Breaking and Entering
“Nice acoustic guitar” – Folking.com
“A man on a mission…This Town oozes passion” – Is This Music
“Josiah cements himself in the 2021 songbook” – New in Music
“Masterful, sophisticated” – From Sophia With Love

For bookings or more info get in touch with him at josiahjmortimer@gmail.com

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