"War Songs and the Muse stands in the face of the tired cliché. It moves and shapes your interpretation of music and culture. It is a great listen that grows on you with each repetition. This is an album that makes me reevaluate my stance on first impressions. I strongly recommend this platter to anyone who feels musically adventurous. You truly won't regret it."
-- TRANSFORM MAGAZINE
A bilingual, multi-instrumentalist and creative force of nature, jar-e's sound celebrates the spontaneity of a muse that has led him across the world. With his latest release "War Songs and the Muse," he blends the music he soaked up living in Mexico, Greece, Britain and Cuba with the jazz, hip hop and rock he grew up with in Hampton Roads, VA. He wrote the album with the help of Mexican, Russian, Polish and Korean immigrants who gave him feedback on what were then works-in-progress as he taught them English at schools in Brooklyn, NY and Asheville, NC. Like his influences that stretch from Manu Chao and Joao Gilberto to Motown greats like Stevie Wonder, jar-e finds places where lines blur and music is born fresh beyond cliche.
