Jay Som live in concert.
ON TOUR

Jay Som

24
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
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Based on 
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critic concert
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Critic Consensus

Based on 24 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Jay Som is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Jay Som concert reviews describe live shows and performances as mellow, visceral, and amazing.

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Latest Release

If I Could - Single (10 May 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California, United States (3/25/1994)
Bio
Jay Som is the musical project of Oakland-based songwriter Melina Duterte, whose album Turn Into was released on Polyvinyl Records. Duterte is the daughter of Filipino immigrants and grew up playing trumpet.
Has Performed With
The Courtneys

Critic Concert Reviews

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2020
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LA-based California dreamer Melina Mae Duterte, better known for her solo project Jay Som, shot arrows through the hearts of her first ever Tāmaki audience during her album release show at Neck of the Woods last night.

The Music (Australia)

February 23, 2020
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Song after song, most of them from her acclaimed 2019 album Anak Ko, send the audience into raptures.

Diandra Reviews It All (USA)

October 28, 2019
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Jay Som Makes Me Happy At Elsewhere

Berkeley B-Side (USA)

October 26, 2017
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Going hard at the Jay Som show: Melina and friends return to the Bay with unbridled fun

MAGNET Magazine (USA)

January 6, 2020
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Working its mellow magic to a rapt crowd at The Foundry, Jay Som proved you dont have to take up every inch of sonic space to get attention.

We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA)

October 29, 2019
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This incarnation of Jay Som featured a new member to the live touring band that also features Oliver Pinnell on guitar, Zachary Elsasser on drums and Dylan Allard on bass.

Utah Concert Review (USA)

September 27, 2019
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Jay Som September 21, 2019, Urban Lounge

Past critic reviews published in

Country Standard Time (USA), Spectrum Culture (USA), Too Many Blogs (UK), Vancouver Weekly (Canada), Shepherd Express (USA) and more

Image Credit

Andy Witchger [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons