Another Idol On The Rise

Who can forget Josiah Leming, the misty-eyed contestant from Season 7 of American Idol? The Tennessee-born singer and songwriter will release his eagerly anticipated debut album for Reprise Records in early 2009. The 19-year-old newcomer, who made a splash with his powerfully expressive voice and passionate performance style, recorded the songs, all of which he wrote himself, during several weeks over the summer with producer/musician David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Faultline.)

Leming left his home in Morristown, TN, at age 17 to make it as a musician, hoping to find a way to help support the family he was leaving behind -- eight siblings (six of whom are adopted), an out-of-work stepfather, and a mother with terminal cancer. Leming traveled around the Southeast playing open-mic nights in any club or coffeehouse that would have him, sleeping in his car and taking odd jobs to pay for food and gas, all the while dreaming about the album he would make one day. His appearance on American Idol landed him a manager who brought him to Warner Bros. Records, who signed him in June 2008. For Leming, the dream of making an album has finally arrived.

To give listeners a sneak peek at the album, Leming is releasing Angels Undercover, a five-song sampler of tracks from the album. It is now available digitally on iTunes and Amazon.com, and on CD from Josiah's MySpace page, where Leming’s songs have been listened to nearly three million times collectively.

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