Jason Webley

While he started as a street performer in 1998, Webley has since released eight albums and numerous collaborations on his own Eleven Records label, including Evelyn Evelyn, a duo with Amanda Palmer. He has taken his fiery accordion-driven music all over the world and performed everywhere from the 2014 TED conference to a former Siberian gulag.

A strong believer in the power of the internet and community, Webley used Kickstarter to crowd-source his most recent project: Margaret, a book and album telling the unlikely and magical story of a scrapbook found in a San Francisco dumpster.

Webley will play Dux Live, Christchurch on March 4 and Bodega, Wellington on March 6 before hitting the Tuning Fork on March 7.

Praise for Jason Webley:

“One of Seattle’s most talented musicians, a singer-songwriter with a rare gift for crafting timeless songs that approach Waits and Leonard Cohen territory. - Seattle Times

Webley owned the audience. The fans danced along the aisles for song after song as he took them on a journey through sadness, happiness and just plain craziness. - The Stranger

Webley howls at the rafters with the courage and conviction of a long-gone sailor, and seduces the candlelight with melodies as delicate as a gossamer balloon; he pumps the bellows like a Romanian wedding singer and feathers the keys like a desert drifter. - San Francisco Weekly