"Foucault's writing could stand as poetry. His lyrics daringly but lovingly lift the listener far beyond the pedestrian where it's impossible to jump ahead and 'guess' any succeeding lines. He may take you from point a to point b, but it's generally on a previously undiscovered route..."
––Celtic & Folk Music Review

Jeffrey Foucault was born and raised in Southeastern Wisconsin. His musical career began at seventeen, when evenings were spent playing John Prine tunes on his father's beat up mail order guitar, and spinning old records on a hand-me-down turntable in his bedroom. When he was eighteen he stole a copy of Townes Van Zandt: Live and Obscure from a friend, and immersed himself in the Texas folk of writers like Van Zandt and Guy Clark. With the Dylan-inspired singer songwriter movement as a foundation, he waded through old country, alt country, bluegrass, and blues, and began to identify closely with the midwestern regionalism of Greg Brown. He discovered the poetry of Kenneth Rexroth, and by nineteen had begun to try his hand at writing songs. By the time he graduated with a History degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, he was performing regularly at the Cafe Carpe in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin.

In 2001, Foucault self-released his debut album, Miles from the Lightning - a collection of dark narrative ballads, starkly rendered love songs, allegories and elegies told in plain verse. Equal parts folk, old country, and roots Americana, the album garnered Foucault both attention and acclaim and kick-started a career of extensive touring in the United States, Canada, and the UK. Along the way, Foucault has played with artists and icons such as Guy Clark, Greg Brown, Chris Smither, Kelly Joe Phelps, Gillian Welch, Richard Buckner, Rosanne Cash, John Hammond and others.

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