Josh Kaufman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Josh Kaufman
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	May 26, 1978(1978-05-26)
Age	46
Birthplace	Paterson
Country	United States
Birth City	Paterson
Horoscope	Gemini

Josh Kaufman Biography

Josh Kaufman is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on May 26, 1978 in Paterson, Paterson, United States. Josh Kaufman (born May 26, 1978) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, composer, arranger and engineer based in Brooklyn, NY.

In late 2015, Bob Weir revealed in an interview that he was writing songs with Kaufman and Josh Ritter for a project that had come about after Kaufman encouraged Weir to revisit the fireside songs and cowboy spirit of his teenage ranch years in Wyoming. On August 4, 2016, it was announced that Bob Weir would release his first solo album in almost 40 years on September 30, entitled Blue Mountain. The album would be produced by Kaufman and feature contributions from Josh Ritter, Scott Devendorf, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dawn Landes and many others. An 11-date tour featuring a backing band made up of Kaufman and members of The National was also announced.

In March 2018, The Hold Steady unveiled two new tracks, “Eureka” and “Esther” which had been recorded with Kaufman in Brooklyn. Kaufman is collaborating with the group on further recordings.

In 2019, Kaufman was appearing as part of a three-piece “supergroup” called Bonny Light Horseman, consisting of himself, Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats and singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. The band released their first album in January of 2020.

While gigging around New York in venues such as The Living Room and the Knitting Factory, Kaufman met Bryan Devendorf of The National who were fans of Kaufman’s band Follow The Lieder. As well as assisting with the recording of Boxer, in March 2012 Kaufman was invited by the band to act as musical director for a one-off ensemble performance with Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir and a host of big names from the US indie scene (including Walt Martin of The Walkmen and Thomas Bartlett under the title “The Bridge Session”.

Josh Kaufman Net Worth

Josh Kaufman is one of the richest Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josh Kaufman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While working in a record store in the early 2000s, Kaufman encountered the music of the Twin Cities rock band, Lifter Puller. Many years later, in 2012, Kaufman was backing Hannah Cohen during an appearance at Crossing Border Festival in The Hague, Belgium. Craig Finn, frontman of Lifter Puller and more recently The Hold Steady, was on the same bill performing solo material. After watching Cohen’s set, Finn approached Kaufman about collaborating and the pair reunited back in the US at Kaufman’s studio in Dumbo. There, they worked together on music for a production of Scott Z. Burns’ play The Library before Finn lined up Kaufman to produce two solo studio albums, Faith in the Future (2015) and We All Want the Same Things (2017).

Kaufman married his long-term partner, Yellowbirds and Rocketship Park bandmate and regular musical collaborator Annie Nero in 2010. The couple gave birth to daughter Clarabelle in May 2014. They live in Brooklyn.

Subsequent to this outing, Kaufman was brought in to co-produce Day Of The Dead, an elaborate Grateful Dead charity tribute album with Bryce and Aaron Dessner. Released in May 2016, the 59-track compilation was recorded over four years and featured a host of big names reinterpreting the Grateful Dead songbook, including Wilco, The War on Drugs, The National, Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Will Oldham), Jenny Lewis, Lucinda Williams, Mumford & Sons, Perfume Genius, Lisa Hannigan, The Flaming Lips and Bill Callahan. Proceeds from the sales of the album were donated to the Red Hot Organization.

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Who is Josh Kaufman Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Josh Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Josh Kaufman celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.

What happened to Josh Kaufman from The Voice?

Kaufman won The Voice in season 6 and went on to find success on Broadway, performing in “Home for the Holidays” in 2017. He has since moved to Indiana with his wife, Jennifer Myer, and their five children.

How old is Josh Kaufman?

About 46 years (1976)

Who was Josh Kaufman's coach on The Voice?

Josh Kaufman is the winner of Season 6 of The Voice, as part of Team Usher. Josh wowed the coaches in the Blinds with his performance of George Michael’s “One More Try”, where he chose to be part of Adam Levine ‘s team.

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Has any winner from The Voice made it big?

Danielle Bradbery (season 4 winner) Since graduating from Team Blake Shelton, Bradbery has gone on to have a successful country music career with 15 songs on the Hot Country chart, including “Goodbye Summer” with Thomas Rhett which rose to No. 39 in 2018.