Biography

Avi was born in a Jewish family in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. His father, an historian, is the author of several books about the Holocaust. Moving to Boston at age 18 he spent the next several years developing skills as a songwriter and performer. He was involved in the DIY music community "The Whitehaus Family Record" and released several amateur recordings with them. Jacob moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 2011 and began to focus on his professional career in music by playing small music festivals, and being featured in music blogs and samplers. In December 2015, he was brought to CMJ and the band Counting Crows tweeted that Avi is a " an emerging folk superstar". He opened for Dr John in February 2016. In March 2016, Avi was featured on A&R Report as an artist to watch.[3] Avi recorded his EP Surrender with Simone Felice (producer of the Billboard #1 Lumineers album Cleopatra) and members of the Felice Brothers. Avi is a writer of the Diana DeMuth song "All the Liars" released in 2020 In May 2020 Avi released a new album, "Preservation", via Bandcamp. In 2022 Avi was awarded the "Rhode Island Rising Star" award at the New England Music Awards In 2023 Avi will be releasing the debut album of his new project "Hawk in the Nest" with Lovechild Productions.