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Following the release of her debut album Whiplash in September, Riccio has since made her national TV debut on CBS Saturday Morning, earned invitations to tour with Willi Carlile, and Molly Tuttle, was selected as a Luck Reunion Southwest Artist On The Rise finalist, and garnered rave reviews from The New York Times, NPR Music, Stereogum, Billboard, The Tennessean, MOJO and more.
Whiplash - written over the course of several formative and tumultuous years in Riccio’s late teens and early twenties - effortlessly melds classic folk and country sounds with indie and atmospheric production. From the bittersweet album opener “Summer” to the jazz-infused album closer “One Last Time,” each song is a revelatory, coming-of-age story about change, healing, growth, and self-love. Watch the music video for album standout “For Me It’s You” HERE.
For more information and all upcoming tour dates, please visit https://www.jobiriccio.com/.
Jobi Riccio 2024 Tour Dates
June 15 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
June 16 - Manchester, TN - Outeroo
June 18 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe^
June 19 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern^
June 22 - Bethlehem, PA - Levitt Pavillion Steelstacks^
June 23 - Greenfield, MA - Green River Festival
June 25 - Portland, ME - Portland House Of Music^
June 26 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground^
June 28 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right^
June 21 - Redmond, OR - FairWell Festival
June 28 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
August 16 - Park City, UT - Park City Song Summit
August 18 - Stern Grove - San Francisco, CA*
^supporting Margo Cilker
*supporting Lucinda Williams
Recent Praise for Jobi Riccio:
“On ‘Sweet,’ Riccio dabbles with a ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ groove, but vocally inhabits an insouciance towards changing personality traits or personal preferences to please a lover — or anyone else, for that matter.”
-Billboard
“‘Everyone has a person they sing their love songs to,’ Jobi Riccio sings in ‘For Me It’s You,’ a slow, terse, old-fashioned country waltz complete with a plaintive fiddle. It just gets torchier as that love goes unrequited.”
- The New York Times
"Once in a blue moon, a singer-songwriter emerges that writes so far above what their young life would inform, that it feels as if there is a touch of the divine at work. Jobi Riccio is that kind of artist.”
- NPR, Public Radio’s Favorite New Musicians Of 2023
“The songs she’s been drip feeding us so far in the run up to the album have been things of wonder… The latest single, ‘Sweet’, sounds like a lost Sheryl Crow cut from the early 90s or something off Caitlin Rose’s first album, as she dips into all her anxieties and comes out on top.”
- Holler
“Classic-country twang and touches of Rocky Mountain bluegrass using tender, almost transparent vocals.”
- Nashville Scene
“A natural knack for memorable melodies and a gift for infusing her stories with raw, recognizable emotion… Whiplash somehow feels both precisely detailed and universally relatable at the same time.”
- Bandcamp
“Captivating vocals and cutting lyricism that sticks with you for the long haul.”
- The Boot
“When Riccio sings, she hands you her whole heart.”
- No Depression
“A little bit classic country, a little bit nineties Sheryl Crow kiss-off, and that’s about as winning a combination as you can get. [“Sweet”] is the anthem for anyone who doesn’t want to conform or change to make other people happy, find a love or make people comfortable in your presence. Wear what you want, be who you want, be with who you want. Yes, please."
- Marissa Moss, Don’t Rock The Inbox
“Riccio’s full-length album is a beauty… You can hear her Rocky Mountain past in the music, but the lyrics are modern and personal.”
- MOJO
“Blending country twang with indie production and exceptional lyricism, Riccio is an obvious standout in the traditional Americana landscape.”
- WNXP
“Jobi Riccio has stirred up the kind of buzz as a new artist that gets a year off to an exciting start.”
- WMOT
“Jobi’s carefully crafted lyrics turn songs into movies. Melodies blend with smooth vocals, and mournful fiddle solos lift between lines. It’s the kind of music I catch myself playing for hours.”
- The Bluegrass Situation
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