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Dent May

 
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Serge Gainsbourg, Jonathan Richman, Françoise Hardy, Arthur Russell
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Vocals

Biography

Mississippi-based singer/songwriter and ukulele aficionado Dent May crafts elegant and whimsical pop tunes in the vein of Jens Lekman and Magnetic Fields, with a dash of Serge Gainsbourg and Jonathan Richman thrown in for good measure. In 2008 May inked a deal with the Animal Collective-founded Paw Tracks imprint, culminating in the release of The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele the following year. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
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Dent May
Born Jackson, Mississippi
Genre(s) Pop
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Ukulele, Synthesizer, Guitar, Sampler
Years active 2002-Present
Label(s) Paw Tracks, Cats Purring

Dent May is an American musician, based in Taylor, Mississippi. He attended Jackson Prep, then later NYU Film School and Ole Miss, where he studied English and Southern Studies, and found his home in the music of Serge Gainsbourg and Lee Hazlewood.[1] May was also a member of a Mississippi power pop group called the Rockwells.[2]

As a kitschy self-styled pop showman, May fronts a four-man indie pop ensemble called Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, in which he sings and plays the eponymous stringed instrument. The group is signed to Paw Tracks.[2]

A video for the group's recording Oh, Paris! was co-directed by John Rory Fraser and May himself.

Dent May's album The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele was released February 3rd, 2009 on Paw Tracks records.

References

  1. ^ http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2008/10October/MusicNews-22-DentMayhtm.html
  2. ^ a b Jackson Free Press, December 10, 2008

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