Joshua Radin Debuts "Streetlight" On AOL Music

AOL Music is exclusively premiering Joshua Radin's new video for his new single "Streetlight," the new single from the acoustic singer/songwriter's third studio album "The Rock and the Tide," released on October 12, and they're also giving away the jigsaw puzzle featured in his video to one of our readers. Want to win the puzzle that's featured in the video? AOL Music are picking a random winner from their followers. Leave a comment at the AOL Music page to enter, or retweet their @AOLMusic tweet. Stop motion puzzle animation in video very original!
From the Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland via New York and Los Angeles, 36-year-old went to Northwestern University to study drawing and painting, but changed his career course after actor Zach Braff heard his demo of the song "Winter," that launched Radin's career. Soon, there was a big demand to hear more from Radin. Other Hollywood types found his music just as evocative, and various Radin songs were being heard 75 times on a string of hit US TV shows (Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, American Idol, One Tree Hill, So You Think You Can Dance, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Eli Stone), as well as movies (The Nanny Diaries, The Last Kiss, Catch and Release) and ads, even before anyone knew who he was.
"This song 'Streetlight' is a reminder to myself to try to be more patient in my life. Sometimes I dream of the girl I'll fall in love with and she's always standing under a streetlight." Radin says the lyrics represent "...a reminder to myself to chill out." Radin is the uniquely word-of-mouth global success story that's just about to get a whole lot bigger with the release of his third album "The Rock and The Ride," which Radin has described "is a very different record for me. Not only did I change the way I recorded for this one (it's all live) but when writing the songs I wanted to try new approaches. I wanted each song to sound different from the next."
Radin plays the role of the quiet, romantic, sensitive guy, obsessed with his own heart and that which surrounds it, and does it all pretty convincingly. His soft, pillowy voice has been compared to singer-songwriters James Taylor and Paul Simon, which is a bit daunting, but he's got room to grow. Radin even performed at the wedding of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, according to the Los Angeles Times. Radin is an artist in the tradition of greats like Nick Drake and Elliott Smith – confessional folk-pop craftsmen who could say more with a whisper than most can with a scream.