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{{Infobox musical artist
|Name = Jason Karaban
|Img = jasonkaraban_mellow.png
|Img_capt = Jason Karaban in Los Angeles, California
|Born = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|01|15}}<br />[[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]], Pennsylvania, <br />United States
|Background = solo_singer
|Birth_name = Jason Karaban
|Alias = <!-- Only officially credited names should appear here-->
|Origin = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], Pennsylvania
|Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[Musician]]
|Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[Alternative country]]
|Years_active = 2003–present
|Label = Ascend Records<!-- This is formatted correctly, based on template guidelines. -->
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|URL = http://www.jasonkaraban.net
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'''Jason Karaban''' (born January 15, 1980) is an [[United States|American]] [[Singer-songwriter]] and [[Rock]] musician living in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Karaban began his music career in [[Philadelphia]] with bands Dragstrip Courage and Grand<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WB&s_site=timesleader&p_multi=WB&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED8A13AA22F08F3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Group Launches New CD in Grand Style |publisher=The Wilkes Barre Times Leader, July 27, 2001 |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F0D9C35EE4D1E55&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Guys of Grand just want a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t |publisher=The Philadelphia Daily News, January 3, 2002 |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref> before moving to Los Angeles in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xpn.org/allaboutthemusic/my-morning-download-12709-jason-karaban-5225 |title=My Morning Download 12/7/09 – Jason Karaban |publisher=[[WXPN]] |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref> Along with vocals, Karaban plays acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums and other percussion instruments, xylophone, mellotron and stylophone. He has released four critically acclaimed albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=JASON|KARABAN&sql=11:hzfpxqtrldse~T4 |title=Profile of Jason Karaban |publisher=[[Allmusic.com]] |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/sresult.asp?psychicsearch=on&HT_Search=ARTIST&HT_Search_Info=Jason+Karaban&style=music&altsearch=yes |title=Jason Karaban Discography |publisher=[[CD Universe]] |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref> Karaban has had a number of songs featured in film and television shows, and earns his income primarily from the licensing of synchronization rights to those media. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/WINTER/RADAR/killer.aspx |title=Killer Songwriting - Los Angeles via Philadelphia Songwriter Jason Karaban Kills With His Newest Release |publisher=[[ASCAP]] Radar Report |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref> Over the course of his career, Karaban has collaborated with notable musicians including [[Ivan Neville ]], [[Ani DiFranco]], [[David Immergluck]] ([[Cracker]]), [[Pete Thomas]] ([[The Attractions]]). <ref>{{cite web |url=http://xpn.org/allaboutthemusic/my-morning-download-12709-jason-karaban-5225 |title=My Morning Download 12/7/09 – Jason Karaban |publisher=All About Music, [[WXPN]] |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref>

== Critical response ==
Tracks from the 2006 album ''Doomed to Make Choices” were licensed extensively by film and television, including placement in the romantic comedy [[Novel Romance]], and use in televisions shows from [[FX Networks]], the [[Oxygen Channel]], [[VH-1]], [[MTV]], [[NBC]] and [[ABC]]. The album also received airplay from [[WXPN]] in Philadelphia, and [[KCRW]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xpn.org/allaboutthemusic/philly-local-pick-of-the-day-9106-jason-karaban-2-4587 |title=Philly Local Pick of the Day 9/1/06: Jason Karaban |publisher=[[WXPN]] |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref>

Karaban’s ''Mayfly'' album was named as one of alt-country magazine [[No Depression|No Depression’s]] “Top 10 Albums of 2009”.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/favorite-albums-of-2009?xg_source=activity |title=Favorite Albums of 2009 |publisher=[[No Depression (magazine)]] |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref> The album employs images fallen soldiers in civil war battles to invoke subtle political messages relevant to current events. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/54928/volume-28-jason-karaban.html?FORM=ZZNR |title=Volume 28: Jason Karaban |publisher=Glide Magazine |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref>

Glide Magazine calls Karaban’s recent single, ''Succeed 101'', in its Stranger’s Almanac: Best of 2009. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glidemagazine.com/index.php?r=1&task=Articles&id=55451&section=93&useraction=rate |title=Strangers Almanac: Best of 2009 - All That and Then Some
|publisher=Glide Magazine |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref>

== Discography ==
[[Image:Jason_Karaban cover.png|thumb|150px|right| Cover of Jason Karaban’s new album, ''Insert name here'']]

=== Albums ===
*''Doomed to Make Choices'' – released July 7, 2006, Ascend Records. Includes: ''Crying Spell'', ''Perfect Falling Out'', ''Great Unknown'', ''Cracked'', ''Unsolved'', ''Look What You’ve Done'', ''Cicada'', ''Time is Now'', ''For Nothing'', ''Gone'', ''Don’t You Love When That Happens'', ''Play Dumb'', ''Ambulance''.
*''Leftovers'' – released August 15, 2006, Ascend Records. Includes: ''Oughta Know'', ''Maybe You’re Right'', ''Eating My Heart Out'', ''Thread'', ''Harm’s Reaches'', ''First Love Song'', ''Again'', ''Drag the Night'', ''Into'', ''Backslide'', ''Beat ‘til Now'', ''Scattered'', ''Fall Down'', ''Sleep''. Artists [[Ani DiFranco]], [[Dave Pirner]] ([[Soul Asylum]]), [[C.C. Adcock]], [[Ivan Neville]] and [[Keith Richards]] ([[Neville Brothers]]) [[David Immerglück]] ([[Counting Crows]]) and [[Pete Thomas]] ([[Elvis Costello]]) all made contributions to the album. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://xpn.org/allaboutthemusic/philly-local-pick-of-the-day-9106-jason-karaban-2-4587 |title=Philly Local Pick of the Day 9/1/06: Jason Karaban |publisher=[[WXPN]] |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref>
*''Sobriety Kills'' – released January 6, 2009, Ascend Records. Sobriety Kills includes contributions from [[David Immerglück]] of the [[Counting Crows]], [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]]'s Glen Phillips, [[Ani DiFranco]], and [[Pete Thomas]] from [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello's]] band [[The Attractions]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/WINTER/RADAR/killer.aspx |title=Killer Songwriting - Los Angeles via Philadelphia Songwriter Jason Karaban Kills With His Newest Release |publisher=[[ASCAP]] Radar Report |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://xpn.org/allaboutthemusic/philly-local-pick-of-the-day-9106-jason-karaban-2-4587 |title=Philly Local Pick of the Day 9/1/06: Jason Karaban |publisher=[[WXPN]] |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gimmyimmy.com/discography.html |title= David Immerglück Discography |publisher=GimmyImmy.com |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref> The album includes: ''Sobriety Kills'', ''Middle of the Storm'', ''Don’t Start Without Me'', ''Because I Love You'', ''Oughta Know'', ''Perfect Falling Out'', ''Thread'', ''Old As You Are Young'', ''Not Afraid to Die'', ''Make It Over'', ''All in a Day’s Dream'', ''Tried Untrue'', ''Hurry Up''.

=== EPs ===
*''Mayfly'' – [[Extended play|EP]] released April 7, 2009, Ascend Records. EP includes: ''Sullivan Ballou'', ''No Casualties'', ''A Far Better Place''. ''Mayfly'' is a [[Civil war]] concept album. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hyperbolium.com/2009/04/07/jason-karaban-mayfly/ |title=All too brief EP of haunted despair and melancholy |publisher=Hyperbolium, A Critical Element |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/WINTER/RADAR/killer.aspx |title=Killer Songwriting - Los Angeles via Philadelphia Songwriter Jason Karaban Kills With His Newest Release |publisher=[[ASCAP]] Radar Report |accessdate=2010-09-17}}</ref>

=== Singles ===
*''Succeed 101'' – released November 17, 2009, New Model Music. ''Succeed 101'' is a preview of Karaban’s [[EP]] ''Just Enough, Just in Case'', and includes contributions from [[Ani DiFranco]], [[Glen Phillips]], [[Dave Pirner]] and [[Pete Thomas]] ([[Elvis Costello]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/112934-la-based-jason-karaban-releases-new-single-succeed-101-out-now-on-itunes.html |title=LA-Based Jason Karaban Releases New Single “Succeed 101”, Out Now on iTumes |publisher=Alt Sounds |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref>

=== Appears On ===
*''Undiscovered'' – Various artists, released August 19, 2008, Media Creature Music/12X12.

=== Music videos ===
*''Sullivan Ballou'', released April 7, 2009, Ascend Records

== Music Sample ==
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|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jasonkaraban.net Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jasonkaraban Jason Karaban on Myspace]
*[ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Karaban/44493424012 Jason Karaban on Facebook]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZbvenWl84 Music video for Sullivan Ballou] on [[Youtube]]


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Revision as of 20:37, 21 September 2010

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Jason Karaban (born January 15, 1980) is an American Singer-songwriter and Rock musician living in Los Angeles, California. Karaban began his music career in Philadelphia with bands Dragstrip Courage and Grand[1][2] before moving to Los Angeles in 2003.[3] Along with vocals, Karaban plays acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums and other percussion instruments, xylophone, mellotron and stylophone. He has released four critically acclaimed albums.[4][5] Karaban has had a number of songs featured in film and television shows, and earns his income primarily from the licensing of synchronization rights to those media. [6] Over the course of his career, Karaban has collaborated with notable musicians including Ivan Neville , Ani DiFranco, David Immergluck (Cracker), Pete Thomas (The Attractions). [7]

Critical response

Tracks from the 2006 album Doomed to Make Choices” were licensed extensively by film and television, including placement in the romantic comedy Novel Romance, and use in televisions shows from FX Networks, the Oxygen Channel, VH-1, MTV, NBC and ABC. The album also received airplay from WXPN in Philadelphia, and KCRW in Los Angeles.[8]

Karaban’s Mayfly album was named as one of alt-country magazine No Depression’s “Top 10 Albums of 2009”.[9] The album employs images fallen soldiers in civil war battles to invoke subtle political messages relevant to current events. [10]

Glide Magazine calls Karaban’s recent single, Succeed 101, in its Stranger’s Almanac: Best of 2009. [11]

Discography

File:Jason Karaban cover.png
Cover of Jason Karaban’s new album, Insert name here

Albums

EPs

  • Mayfly – EP released April 7, 2009, Ascend Records. EP includes: Sullivan Ballou, No Casualties, A Far Better Place. Mayfly is a Civil war concept album. [16][17]

Singles

Appears On

  • Undiscovered – Various artists, released August 19, 2008, Media Creature Music/12X12.

Music videos

  • Sullivan Ballou, released April 7, 2009, Ascend Records

Music Sample

References

  1. ^ "Group Launches New CD in Grand Style". The Wilkes Barre Times Leader, July 27, 2001. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. ^ "Guys of Grand just want a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t". The Philadelphia Daily News, January 3, 2002. Retrieved 2010-09-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |DN&p_theme= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "My Morning Download 12/7/09 – Jason Karaban". WXPN. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  4. ^ "Profile of Jason Karaban". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-09-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |KARABAN&sql= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Jason Karaban Discography". CD Universe. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  6. ^ "Killer Songwriting - Los Angeles via Philadelphia Songwriter Jason Karaban Kills With His Newest Release". ASCAP Radar Report. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  7. ^ "My Morning Download 12/7/09 – Jason Karaban". All About Music, WXPN. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  8. ^ "Philly Local Pick of the Day 9/1/06: Jason Karaban". WXPN. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  9. ^ "Favorite Albums of 2009". No Depression (magazine). Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  10. ^ "Volume 28: Jason Karaban". Glide Magazine. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  11. ^ "Strangers Almanac: Best of 2009 - All That and Then Some". Glide Magazine. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  12. ^ "Philly Local Pick of the Day 9/1/06: Jason Karaban". WXPN. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  13. ^ "Killer Songwriting - Los Angeles via Philadelphia Songwriter Jason Karaban Kills With His Newest Release". ASCAP Radar Report. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  14. ^ "Philly Local Pick of the Day 9/1/06: Jason Karaban". WXPN. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  15. ^ "David Immerglück Discography". GimmyImmy.com. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  16. ^ "All too brief EP of haunted despair and melancholy". Hyperbolium, A Critical Element. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  17. ^ "Killer Songwriting - Los Angeles via Philadelphia Songwriter Jason Karaban Kills With His Newest Release". ASCAP Radar Report. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  18. ^ "LA-Based Jason Karaban Releases New Single "Succeed 101", Out Now on iTumes". Alt Sounds. Retrieved 2010-09-20.


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