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Published on November 22, 2008
JFJO are just back from a tour of Europe where they hit a slew of festivals and turned on a whole new world of fans. At The Cork Festival in Ireland, they won the Guinness Award for “Best New Band,” meanwhile Reed Mathis returned with a treasure trove of soundboard recordings from the tour, so we might even get a limited edition release of JFJO in Europe ’08. Fingers crossed. Back in the U.S., look for JFJO to maintain a high touring profile throughout ’09. Their album from earlier this year, Lil Tae Rides Again, was a musical departure, but then again isn’t every JFJO album. Therein lies the beauty.
