AJ Rosales

Indie

Acoustic/Alternative/Folk/Indie/Pop / Rock/Progressive-Rock/Rock
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Progressive Folk / Rock Singer-Songwriter / Guitar Player that has performed all over Chicago and other parts of the country, including Sofar Sounds Shows.

AJ Rosales is a genre-bending acoustic artist that has been making waves on the Chicago scene with his soulful and progressive take on being a singer-songwriter. His music has been featured on WXRT, Q101, Chicago Independent Radio Stations, WGN Live Broadcasts, and even wafted through the halls of the venerable Abbey Road Studios.

AJ latest full-length release came out in June 2025! The singles "Wait", "Thunderclouds", "Leitmotif", "Happenstance", and "Phosphene" were played by various outlets and radio stations. He was also featured on NPR's "The Great American Folk Show" playing the tune "Dead Man's Sea" from Phasedrift.

AJ's previous 2021 album "Manifestations"was featured on Q101, ChirpRadio, Relix Magazine, Reverbnation, Abbey Road Studios' webfeed, and many other media outlets.

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AJ Rosales is not trying to prove anything. His appealingly layered guitar playing and honest lyrics are just the pure expression of a unique musical vision, not some calculated product.

Rosales is already an acknowledged force in the rock/folk scene. His intelligent songwriting, which draws as much from pop as from jazz, classical, rock, jam, and folk, has been the basis for five well-received albums. Fueled by critical praise and airplay on hundreds of radio stations, Rosales has reached out to fans nationwide on these releases. He describes his style as "rock music run through an avant garde folk filter," but it's easy to hear a vast array of other, subtler influences underscoring his take on folk and rock. His guitar work conjures ghosts of the blues and invokes modern masters of high technical ability.

But being a "guitar pyrotechnician" is not what he's about, and being the next pop idol is also not at the top of his list. He's all about recording his lush, rootsy music, brilliant and humble. And there is no doubt he has all the talent to back it up.