Union Stage Presents
Apr 30

Joseph Arthur + Jimmy Gnecco

Joseph Arthur,

Jimmy Gnecco,
Jammin Java All Ages
Doors 6PM | Show 7:30PM

About the event

Joseph Arthur

If anyone is truly deserving of the title of ‘artist’ it’s the mercurial talent that is Joseph Arthur. Discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-’90s and signed to Gabriel’s Real World label in 1996. Arthur’s first album Big City Secrets was released in 1997 to critical acclaim. He’s been unleashing material for over two decades, his sheer poetic nature and experimental drive gaining him a deservedly fine reputation in the process.

Arthur is a tireless performer – both as solo artist and as a member of Fistful of Mercy with Dhani Harrison and Ben Harper and RNDM with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament. Joseph and Peter Buck of R.E.M. released their debut album Arthur Buck in 2018 to universal acclaim. His latest album “Come Back World” features guest appearances by Ben Harper, The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, Jesse Malin and Greg Dulli and Joseph calls it “an album about rebirth and survival.”

The album of his band Silverlites with Rich Robinson, Peter Buck and Barrett Martin, will be released in November.

His new solo album will be released in 2025, the first single One life is already available.

Jimmy Gnecco

Jimmy Gnecco is the iconic voice, presence and multi-instrumentalist behind the the US band OURS, with whom he has released several albums over the last years (Distorted Lullabies in 2001, Precious in 2002, Mercy  in 2008, Ballet The Boxer in 2013, New Age Heroine in 2024, Rocket’s Red Glare in 2025).

In 2010, he offered a solo album, in which he literally and figuratively laid naked, entitled The Heart

Throughout his career, Jimmy Gnecco has also collaborated and lent his voice to numerous artistic projects, including his interpretation of Chris Cornell’s song “Someone To Die For ” for the Spiderman 2 soundtrack (with Queen’s Brian May on guitar), or the two tracks (“Love Is Not Made Of Gold ” and “What Will Be”) he performed on Robert De Leo’s (Stone Temple Pilots) first solo album.

A stunning showman, universally acclaimed for his intense stage performances, Jimmy Gnecco has toured extensively, both on his own and with his band OURS, and has opened for many artists, from The Cult to A-Ha, not forgetting Lana Del Rey (before touring with him, and even before meeting Jimmy, she had written and performed a song in his honor, entitled… “Jimmy Gnecco”).

This show is at Jammin Java

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227 Maple Ave East
Vienna, VA 22180
(703) 255-1566