Interview – JBM

It is rare to find a performer capable of silencing a room within their first song; someone who quiets everyone with a heartfelt tune that is given, like a gift, to the crowd.  If you have a chance to watch JBM, the musical moniker of Jesse Marchant, you will find just that.  Marchant crafts delicate, engrossing songs that he performs with calming effortlessness.  He self-released his debut album, not even in July, in early 2009, but it will receive a well-deserved publicity boost when it is re-released through Partisan Records in April.  You might also recognize Marchant’s voice from the gorgeous and heartbreaking songs in the movie, Lovers in a Dangerous Time.  Marchant is currently on a North American tour with Sondre Lerche, but took some time out to chat on the phone after his soundcheck in Tallahassee.