Austin’s J-Po ( Jana Pochop) has hit with her second indie american roots EP, “For and Against,” and I can’t find a darn thing against it. If there is a sound to the south-west, Jana’s songs and music define it. From the raw, emotive vocals to the guitars that sting like sand on the wind, and calming acoustics like the cool, crisp evening the record plays out like a western movie.

Beautifully executed melodies and simple harmonies work with introspective lyrics that seem to be like that dusty cowboy standing on the mesa for a better view while examining his options. The story is long and deep with lots of little unknowns to be answered, and every turn of the trail shows a whole new facet.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard a folk female artist like Pochop, and if you haven’t heard her name in some big circles yet, I’ll wager you will, soon. She’s already making a name for herself across Texas and other major cities…

cutting her teeth in the Austin scene, playing as much as she could all around Central Texas and opening for cool folks like Terri Hendrix and Susan Gibson. In 2009 she started working with Gibson as a hybrid booking agent/road manager/office assistant, and has traveled the country and learned nearly 50,000 useful things about the business of folk music from being in the van with a kick butt musician of Gibson’s stature.

http://www.janapochop.com
http://janapochop.bandcamp.com/
http://www.reverbnation.com/janapochop
https://twitter.com/janapochop