Jeff Przech Solo acoustic Country/Americana/Rock artist

“...a musician who's only getting better at what he does.”

- Eric R. Danton (WSJ/Rolling Stone/Paste/Pitchfork)

“There is something mighty refreshing about the delivery of Jeff Przech‘s music. His voice, deep and crackling, a burning fire inside his chest slowly seeping from his mouth. Somewhere between Chris Stapleton and Waylon Jennings, he finds his comfort in that place. And its the brute strength of that voice that truly bites into you when you listen to his songs.” - Redline Roots

Jeff Przech (pronounced “Presh”) is an artist and songwriter originally from Hartford, Connecticut. While he draws inspiration and influence from numerous artists and genres, Przech writes and sings Country music. “There are very few things I love more than singing country songs,” he says. His deep, resonant baritone elicits frequent comparisons to Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker, Gregg Allman, and even Waylon Jennings, one of Przech’s musical heroes. His most recent release, Helena: The Country Sounds, gives a nod to his affinity for the classic country music of the mid-1970s with songs featuring mostly acoustic guitars and accented by pedal steel.

Just a minute… a country music singer from Hartford, Connecticut? That’s right, and not only that but a country music singer with a Masters degree in Writing who spent many years teaching high school students Creative Writing and Public Speaking while ‘moonlighting’ as a musician. It wasn’t until the chaos of 2020 that Przech had an epiphany, his “lightbulb moment,” so to speak. “Like so many others, I lost both my sources of income in 2020. The schools closed and bars and clubs closed so I couldn’t play gigs either. I realized I just didn’t have it in me to teach anymore so I never went back to it. I read a quote somewhere that said, ‘If not now, then when?’ I thought that was a great question so I decided then to put everything I had into my true passion, which is, of course, music.”

Przech’s songs have always relied on narrative writing and soulful, emotive vocals. The songs themselves, which one reviewer described as “ringing with authenticity,” often deal with struggle and the human condition and while listeners may not have walked in the shoes of his narrators, they can surely relate to their plights. “When people listen to my songs,” Przech says, “I want them to be moved somehow. I want to make them think, feel, sympathize, empathize. Waylon Jennings said that Country music is the feeling between the singer and the song and I try to extend that to the listener as well. I want people to find a little bit of themselves in my songs.”

Przech’s songwriting has been recognized both regionally and nationally. His song “Maribelle,” from the Outfit record, was chosen for the Essential Western New England Songbook, which the curators call a “listenable juried anthology of 200 of the best songs ever written by artists who’ve lived in Western New England and whose careers have a significant connection to the area. A virtual “Hall of Fame” of original songs.” Meanwhile, “Eden,” from the Sounds Like Fresh record, was featured on the ABC drama Big Sky. And just recently in June 2024 “Helena” earned Przech Honorable Mention honors in the Planet Bluegrass Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriting competition.