Jake Kershaw is a fresh, young, and exciting guitar player/singer/songwriter out of lower Michigan, with many accolades to his name already. He has had the privilege of playing with great performers such as Jonny Lang, Tommy Emmanuel, Anthony Gomes, Larry McCray, Albert Cummings, Walter Trout, and has opened for Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Bernard Allison, Samantha Fish, Marcus King, Wayne Baker Brooks, and Tab Benoit. Jake recorded and released his first EP “Piece of My Mind” in the summer of 2017 when he was just 16 years old. Earlier that year he was honored with his first endorsement from Heritage Guitars as a “Young Artist” and has since been endorsed by Medina Made Straps. Jake has also won two “Jamie Awards” from West Michigan’s WYCE radio for “Listener’s Choice: Best Album by a New Artist” and “2018 Emerging Artist of the Year”, as well as a nomination for a Detroit Blues Award.
In 2016 Jake befriended world-renowned audio engineer Bill Chrysler, and a friendship quickly grew along with the production of Jake’s self-titled debut album in 2022, produced by Chrysler himself.
In Bill’s own words: “I have a very high barometer when it comes to contemporary guitar players. I’ve mixed thousands of live shows over the past fourty years for guitar heavy artists like John Mayer, Rush, Eric Johnson, Maroon 5 and Ted Nugent to mention a small fraction of my touring career. I am extremely honored and grateful to Jake for sharing his journey with me so far. I am as proud of this recording as anything I have done in over four decades in the music industry”.
Jake is now ready to take on the world with his new music and exciting live shows, and is coming to a city near you!
