Damien Jurado

Taking his music to a new level with his upcoming album “The Horizon Just Laughed”, Damien Jurado will be at Zorlu PSM on September 11!

Doors 20:30

Damien Jurado 21:00

Urban folk singer/songwriter Damien Jurado quietly built up one of the most influential catalogues on the indie scene, earning high critical praise yet somehow never quite getting his proper due. Nick Drake had a definite impact on much of his work, but Jurado modelled his career on more idiosyncratic, unpredictable figures like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, and Randy Newman -- songwriters who followed their muse wherever it took them, whether fans and critics enjoyed it or not.

His independence was born at least in part from the influence of punk, and one of the results was a concern for emotional authenticity that led him to delve into other people's lives instead of his own. Many of Jurado's best songs spun concise, literate tales of quiet, everyday despair, wh