Next show: San Francisco, Fri 4 Dec
Jaime Tjahaja is an Oakland-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music unfolds with quiet intensity, drawing listeners into a space both intimate and expansive. Born in Jakarta and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he embodies a “third culture” identity, blending folk, rock, and indie traditions with a deeply personal voice. His distinctive guitar style draws from blues, jazz, folk, Indian classical music, and Indonesian gamelan, adapting piano-like voicings to guitar through alternate tunings and expressive slide work in the lineage of Ry Cooder and Blake Mills. Influenced by Paul Simon and Eric D. Johnson, his songs pair vivid imagery with emotional nuance. After releasing debut singles in 2025, he began recording his first full-length album; his next single, “Indeed I Do,” arrives mid-summer 2026.
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Jaime Tjahaja plays indie folk and folk rock, blending alternate-tuning guitar work with influences from blues, jazz, and Indonesian gamelan. Follow Jaime Tjahaja on Mood.
Jaime Tjahaja was born in Jakarta, raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is based in Oakland.
Notable tracks by Jaime Tjahaja include "Long Gone", "Into The Light", and "Indeed I Do".
