JJ GREY ON NPR'S WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED -- Documentary Film, The Good Soldier, With Music By JJ Grey, Wins Emmy Award

JJ GREY ON NPR'S WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

Documentary Film, The Good Soldier, With Music By JJ Grey, Wins Emmy Award

Multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/songwriter JJ Grey appeared on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered on Saturday, October 2. Talking to host Guy Raz, Grey discussed the inspiration, songwriting and recording process for the new CD, Georgia Warhorse. Grey then performed an acoustic version of Hide And Seek. Raz also played three tracks from the album.

The New York Times calls Georgia Warhorse, "impassioned, riff-based Southern rock, swamp funk and Memphis soul." Grey has been featured in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Relix, Paste, USA Today, Pollstar, Vintage Guitar, An Honest Tune, Hittin' The Note and many other national and regional publications.

Grey and his band Mofro are currently in the middle of a massive 51-city tour.

Listen to the Weekend Edition story here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130217983

In other JJ Grey news, the documentary film for which Grey contribued songs and original music, The Good Soldier (produced and directed by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uyls), won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming -- Long Form.

The film follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars. The film tracks the soldiers from the time they sign up, go into battle, deal with the reality of war and shows how it changes them, and eventually reshapes their definition about what it means to be a good solider. The film intermingles intense and revealing interview footage with documentary film of World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the war in Iraq.

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