Originally from Kansas City, KS, Justin Hulsey made Nashville, TN his home in 2002.

Drawing inspiration from a wide array of artists including Jackson Browne, REM, David Gray, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Travis and many more, Hulsey has crafted a sound and a voice all his own.

In 2004 Justin went into the studio with producer Donnie Boutwell to work on what would become The Ghost EP.  The two spent several weeks in the former Park Studio fostering an atmosphere of pure creativity.  Drawn closer to the dark musings of Nick Drake and Elbow’s artful ambiguity, Justin had arrived at a new, distinctively different place, while honing his trademark honesty and emotive flare for the subtle dramatic.

In 2007 Justin returned to the studio, this time with producer Chad Brown (credits to Ryan Adams, Stateside, Alison Kraus & Union Station).  Four Songs called for a more minimalist treatment.  Primarily acoustic, the EP features world-class musicians including Brad Pemberton (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals) on drums and the legendary pedal steel of Lloyd Green (credited to The Byrds, Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney).   Showing as much restraint as his previous EP indulged, this is just the showcase these songs require.  According to Brown, this record is “much like Justin’s personality—sincere and whimsical.  He’ll deliver one poignant line after another—poetic and melodic.”

Hulsey’s latest effort Light Up The Road makes it clear that this is an artist unafraid to push the boundaries of the singer-songwriter genre.  Recorded in Los Angles, CA with producer Justin Glasco (multi-instrumentalist for Jessie Baylin, Cary Brothers, Gary Jules, Matt Kearney) Light Up The Road has some of Justin’s strongest material to date.  The struggles between love and letting go and the religious and the political all combine to create brutally honest lyrics that have the ability to make the listener think twice and musical arrangements that do nothing less than make those words truly come alive.

Justin is performing live backed by a band as well as solo acoustic.

DISCOGRAPHY

Light Up The Road (2010)

Me In Two
One More Mistake
You Taught Me How To
Black And White World
God Is A Ghost
How You Never Knew
I Get The Feeling
Drake Hotel

Four Songs (2007)

One Penny Two
Rose On Driftwood
Barcoded Kid
Hey, Kids

Songs From A Black Room (2007) (Unreleased)

Steady Now
My God V.2
All The Things
Into The Sun
A Quiet Night/A White Wall
No Regrets (Up Our Sleeve)
The Old Car
Lover, Be Good To Me

Hulsey EP (2005)

Altar Song
Don’t Stop
Heights, I’m Afraid
Comedy For Prophets

The Ghost EP (2004)

Comedy For Prophets
Maybe Ghosts
Twostoryhouse

Running Upon The Wires (2002)

Wishful Thinking For The Desperate Deliberate
Spinning Wheels
Last Road To Blue Skies
Downside
Hero
Something More
Apologies In Autumn
Araby
All My Life
Used Cars

Weathered (2000)

All The Way Down
In Your Hands
Inside Out (Coming Back Around)
Take What I Can
The Limit Was You
Late Night Driving
To You, Sleeping Somewhere
Until You Wake
Darker Days
Back Home
When The Credits Run