Jeff Talmadge

Born in Uvalde, Texas, Jeff Talmadge grew up in small Texas towns, spending most of his childhood years on the coastal plain and his teenage years in west Texas, 300 miles west of Dallas. Jeff was a successful Board Certified Civil Trial attorney in Austin when he closed his law office in 2003 and moved to Atlanta. By then, he had released four studio recordings and had signed with CoraZong Records in Europe. Two more CoraZong releases followed, as did tours in The Netherlands and Germany. In 2011, Berkalin Records, a Texas indie label, released Kind of Everything. Jeff was a finalist or showcase artist in places such as Kerrville New Folk and Falcon Ridge and received nominations from The Academy of Texas Music and song of the year honors from the West Coast Songwriters Group. Tours have included some of the country’s great listening rooms, such as The Bluebird Café (Nashville), Club Passim (Boston), Eddie’s Attic (Atlanta) and The Cactus Café (Austin). At Duke University, he won the Academy of American Poets Award, and his poems have appeared in numerous literary journals. He has been a Congressional staffer, a construction worker, and even an associate scout for a major league baseball team. In recent years, songs written or co-written by him have been recorded by other artists, a Townes Van Zandt cover appeared on a tribute record in Italy, and bootlegs have popped up here and there. His new record, Sparrow, will be out in 2024. He is married and lives in Austin.