Jairus Sharif Water & Tools 9/23/14 which was named Best Pop/Rock

which was named Best Pop/Rock Album by the Independent Music Awards

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but it was mostly a lot of fresh takes

Shanrae Price

Jairus Sharif Water & Tools 9/23/14 which was named Best Pop/RockThe passionate and unclassifiable work of Calgary based improviser Jairus Sharif embraces each of these definitions of freedom and others, albeit strictly on its own personal and idiosyncratic terms. Since early 2020, the 34 year old autodidact has been generating a steady stream of homespun solo recordings that forge unprecedented connections between hip hop abstraction, cosmic skronk, outsider jazz, and staunch post punk DIY ethos. Water & Tools is