Bertrand Russell once wrote that, “Happiness is not something best achieved by those who seek it directly.” No quote can more aptly describe the life of singer Jake Sears, front man of The Jake Project Band, though in his case, it might be wise to throw survival and success into the mix. Sears is a quiet, polished, unpretentious figure, with a larger-than-life voice - a blend of Joe Cocker’s raw, gritty, captivating sensibility, and Johnny Cash’s deep, woodsy, blues-meets-rock quiet rebellion – that can only be matched by his striking intellect. Much like Cocker and Cash, particularly later in their respective careers, Sears’ range is spacious, as he shows incredible versatility as an interpreter of several generations of rock and pop’s best songwriters, not to mention, a strong, stunning delivery of blues and Southern rock. Lest the comparisons not end here for, like Cocker, Jake Sears comes from very similar circumstances, a self-made man in his own right, having seemingly lived something of a thousand lives, all before forging a successful career in medicine. A self-described “nomad,” he’s been everywhere, including making it through a two-week saga aboard a Russian icebreaker in Antarctica, and claims to already have ticked off most items on his “bucket list.” Jake captures the emotions of a nation at war in Another Soldier. He is donating half of any money he receive to charities benefitting the victims, soldiers, and the people displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine. Allegra Cantate