J.S. Ondara w/ Kiely Connell

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Ondarasnew album,Spanish Villager No: 3, was predominately produced byOndaraandMike Viola(Jenny Lewis, Dan Wilson) with contributions fromTaylor GoldsmithandGriffin Goldsmithof Dawes,Sebastian Steinberg,Tim KuhlandJeremy Stacey. The new collection of songs features a much morefull, electric sound.Of the album,Ondarastates, This collection of work and the work that lies ahead in presenting it to theworld, is a metaphor for my spiritual path. There is death and resurrectionin it, a peeling of layers, apursuit of the truest form of the self in the universe. Ironically, the adaptation of the Spanish Villagercharacter has made me more acquainted with myself. By creating an obvious demarcation between theart and the artist,I have charted two paths of maturation. One path is the maturation of the SpanishVillager as a work of art, as a character in a narrative, as a commodity partaking in the mandatory sportof capitalism; The other is my own personal maturation into a spiritual, integrated, and useful memberof society.The namesake behind the new album isThe Spanish Villager: a mysterious man with a potent messagewho has proven to be a versatile guy: hes the subject of a short storyOndarawrote and turned into agraphic novel, and now a new album.Spanish Villager No: 3follows his 2020 sophomore album,Folk N Roll Vol 1: Tales of Isolation, and his2019 debut album,Tales of America, which received a nomination forBest Americana Albumatthe62nd Grammy Awards.Ondaraalso received a nod forBest Emerging Actat the2019 AmericanaAwards.

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