Jefferson Berry combines story telling in the Urban Folk tradition with the intricacies of JamBand and Roots instrumentation. Playing a variety of guitar styles, Berry’s projects bring a danceable style and contemporary point of view to Philadelphia’s local music scene. With the release of his third album in four years, this reputation is spreading nationally.

Berry’s lyrics are informed by his years in corporate media followed by a dozen years teaching African American History, Economics and Government to inner-city Philadelphia high school students. Symeer Woods (aka Lil Uzi Vert) and the late Rasheen Jones (aka Runup Rico) were among his students.

Last summer the Berry played the Philadelphia Folk Festival in August, and the Extreme Folk Festival in June. Following two records with his band, Jefferson Berry and the Urban Acoustic Coalition, Dreams of Modern Living, his first solo album, came out in January. Jun 2023 will see the release of Jefferson Berry & the UAC’s 3rd album in 4 years: Prairie Fire.

“Locks and Guns" was honored as a finalist in the California Music Video Awards this past February, again at the Philadelphia International Film Festival in May. The release of the UAC’s next music video is an animation of the covid-love sing, We’ll Soon Be Together.

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