'"[2] Tolchin continued to play music through high school with his band Uncle Fran's Breakfast.
[4] On November 8, 2018, Tolchin released a new single and official music video titled "The Grateful Song (Thanksgiving)", via Yep Roc Records.
Tolchin is a self-proclaimed deep thinker and believes this record serves as a “passionate manifestation of the cosmos in perfect harmony.” He described his childhood home on Clover Lane as “the center of the spider’s web from which the interconnected strands have been woven into these songs and recordings.” Tolchin created Clover Lane in Nashville alongside Etzioni and engineer Anderson East.
Tolchin combines these influences in Clover Lane in order to create a piece of work that “bridges the gap between classic folk self-sufficiency and punk's DIY defiance with a uniquely poetic, openhearted sensibility at its core.”[8] Kim Ruehl from NPR Heavy Rotation said that Tolchin was “... A promising new artist who artfully occupies the gulf between old-school tradition and contemporary appropriation.” An album review of Clover Lane from Uncut Magazine said that Tolchin’s “finesse and maturity”.
[9] Music review website Popmatters said that by the album taking “directions from Bourbon Street up to Beale Street and on to Maxwell Street, Jonah Tolchin’s Clover Lane deserves its rightful place on the map as a truly remarkable Americana/blues record.”[10] The website also called Tolchin’s work “foot-stomping, ragged and raw, Mississippi Delta music.”[10] Reviews touched upon Tolchin’s ability to seemingly write and play years beyond his age.
British popular culture website The Upcoming called Tolchin “the epitome of a young man with an old soul…”[11] Writer Emily Burnham of Culture Shock (a subsidiary of Bangor Daily News) described the “maturity to his voice, songs and his guitar playing that definitely belies his age.”[12] Americana, bluegrass and folk blog GrassClippings touched upon a similar topic by explaining how Tolchin sets himself apart from “other young festival and folk stars”[13] with his “brilliant songwriting, strong instrumentation and a unique meshing of sounds from modern Americana to 60s folk to Mississippi blues”[13] on Clover Lane.
When addressing the influences behind the album, Tolchin stated, “these songs come from the joy, pain, and everything in-between that emerge from this way of life.” Tom Wilk, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, said that Tolchin was "the type of artist who embodies a soul and spirit to which many aspire.”[15] Hal Horowitz, a writer for American Songwriter, said that the "mix of upbeat folk-rockers with moodier fare makes this such an impressive and convincing album.
According to Brian Carroll from Red Line Roots, “Jonah Tolchin is the type of artist who embodies a soul and spirit to which many aspire.”[17] Writer York Wilson from Popmatters said that "on Thousand Mile Night, Tolchin builds on the great promise of his critically acclaimed debut Clover Lane.
The inspiration for the title of Tolchin's fourth album came from a line written by the late poet Mary Oliver in which she said, "Poetry is a life-cherishing force.
"[19] Mojo Magazine said that this album "screams of being written and played around a kitchen table in the dead of night as whiskey and wine bottles fall" and that "[Tolchin] often described as old beyond his years, on Fires for the Cold, has truly grown up.
There is heart in his songs that can’t be faked.” [20] Glide Magazine said, "Tolchin really does nail the emotional power of the original tune, reminding us that he is as much a songwriter of today as he is someone who can interpret the past.