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Australian artist JAKL first stepped into the limelight in 2016 as one of Glastonbury's brightest emerging talents. Immediately securing U.K national radio support from BBC R1’s Huw Stephens who asked him into a session, XFM, BBC Introducing and BBC 6 Music soon followed suit, enthralled by a vocal range both fragile and ethereal, with a stripped-back, graceful sound that only served to heighten it. JAKL’s new live album 'JAKL Live At Paper Dress Vintage' was released on Lookout Mountain Records on 11th May before a slew of new material this year, including work with David Kosten (Bat for Lashes, Everything Everything). A similarly emotive track, it’s a charismatic new example of his compelling vocal, set to production by Sam Miller. Born into a family of musicians, JAKL’s influences range from John Martyn, Bon Iver and Jeff Buckley to the music of his opera-singing father. Indeed there is a classical precision to his work, whereas the likeness to Buckley - the sumptuous wails and