Jake Shane is an American singer-songwriter and recording artist. He is known for his lyricism, vivid voice and guitar playing which masterfully blends Americana, pre-war blues and flamenco techniques to create a captivating sound. Leonard Cohen’s long-time friend, biographer and Spanish translator, Alberto Manzano, has praised Jake's “powerful and precise musical fusions” and “bold and dynamic philosophy,” writing that in Jake’s songs “nature, religion and love meld into one another and the artistic personality of their author bursts through, innocent as a whale who longs to be a child again, and experienced as a sponge that has absorbed all waters and now wrings them out, drop by drop, converting them into luminous musical notes and words.”