
There are people who know Jack Gibson as an aspiring filmmaker, as an untiring supporter, and even as a perspiring drunk. This week, with the release of "Shelters," his third album as Tenlons Fort , Gibson has solidified his identity as an inspiring songwriter. Whether "Shelters" — a startlingly beautiful, strikingly intimate collection of 10 songs — propels Gibson from one of L.A.'s best-kept secrets to folk hero is anyone's guess. He's done a yeoman's job of dodging success so far, as he'd be the first to admit. But in a city teeming with singer-songwriters plumbing the [...]