The UK guitarist and singer-songwriter, Jake Aaron, has released a new single ahead of what will be his third album next year. ‘Watery Moon’ was released digitally on 25th October 2024.

Jake Aaron: “Watery Moon is the first single from a new album due out next year. I was strumming the opening chords and starting thinking about the brilliant doo-wop songs of the 1950s. I like the melodrama and nostalgia of the piece and enjoyed the lyric writing process too. It was great to record with the same line up from my last two albums: Steve Lodder on piano and Hammond, Davide Mantovani on double bass, Marc Parnell on drums. They just got it immediately and I think this was the first take. Kenny Jones again is engineering.”

A British guitarist and songwriter who has “moved among both folk and jazz circles” (‘Cosmic Jazz’ – Feb 2023) Jake’s first EP of acoustic pieces was released in 2015 to positive reviews from folk and indie reviewers. His 2018 single ‘Give Me Your Horse’ was a bigger, jazzier number which had airplay on both folk stations as well as jazz, including the BBC’s Jazz Nights. He released his first album in 2019 Fag Ash and Beer, a collection of songs, longer lyrical offerings and instrumentals which was nominated for Debut Album of The Year by Fatea Magazine. That was followed up by a second album, Always Seeking, released in May 2023 to positive reviews and extensive airplay.

You can stream or download ‘Watery Moon’ at https://jakeaaron.com/watery-moon or listen to it on Spotify or iTunes

You can read my interview with Jake Aaron here