Jalan Crossland

Jalan Crossland is nationally acclaimed by audiences, critics, and his musical peers as being a premier acoustic guitarist, banjo player, singer-songwriter, and engaging showman. Along with dozens of regional contest awards, his extraordinary guitar work earned him National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship Runner Up honors and the State Flatpick Championship title of his home state. His album, “Singalongs For The Apocalypse”, won Wyoming Public Radio’s People’s Choice – Album Of The Year award. In recognition for his contribution to the arts in Wyoming, he was bestowed the Governor’s Arts Award.

“It’s not hard to see the significance of (Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Steve Earle) in his work. His singing voice isn’t all that different from Dylan and Waits’ raspy vocals – sounding like he’s smoked at least a few cartons of cigarettes in his life. And lyrically, he embodies all three men, from Earle’s outlaw country persona to Dylan and Waits’ storytelling skill.” -Ellen Fike, Wyoming Tribune Eagle