–talks about move from GT to Georgia, missing home, struggle with temptation

GUYANESE National and gifted young singer-songwriter Juke Ross is making his name in the music industry with his latest single, “Atlanta”.
The 26-year-old musician’s new single made its way to music streaming platforms on May 1, 2020.

The track, which was co-written by Ross and Ido Zmishlany, and tells of how one dared to dream, dreamed to live, and change his own world, and how special Atlanta is to him after he moved there in 2016 from Guyana.
Ross was featured on Friday’s edition of the Rolling Stone Magazine.
In an interview with the Magazine, Ross detailed his journey from being a Guyanese moving to the United States and following his dreams as a musician. Here’s the weigh-in on the Magazine’s Website:

“In 2017, the Guyanese singer-songwriter, Juke Ross moved to Atlanta, hoping to build on the modest success of his single, “Color Me”, a wounded cry bottled into a delicate ballad.
The three-month stint was disorienting. “I am from Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana,” Ross says. “It’s very simple, very calm, very quiet.” While Atlanta taught Ross about the wonders of Young Thug, “I really didn’t know how to operate,” he continues. “I struggled, missed my family and friends.”

That feeling of dislocation is the subject of Ross’ new single, “Atlanta”, out Friday. The singer delivers straightforward lines about alienation (“the city’s bigger than I’m used to, really makes me miss you”), overload (“promised we’d talk every day, but we don’t, ‘cause I’m out all night long”), and temptation (“almost sold my guitar for a dance at Magic City”). There is a smidge of Paul Simon in Ross’ lilt, and in the almost New Orleans-parade turn on the drums that precedes the track’s final hook.”

Ross told the magazine that he was unable to get a flight out of the United Stated before the airports were closed, expressing that he would rather be in his home country during this pandemic. “Being alone here, I thought it would have been better if I was home in Guyana.”