Jon Lindsay (musician)
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| Birth name | Jonathan Lindsay Phillips |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Pop, rock, alternative, folk, baroque pop, powerpop, indie, experimental, protest music |
| Occupation(s) | Recording artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, music director, progressive activist |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, drums, trumpet, lap steel |
| Years active | 2007—present |
| Labels | File 13, Bear Hearts Fox, Chocolate Lab, No More Fake Labels, North Star Media (Publisher), Heron Bay, Redeye Distribution, Love Army Records |
| Associated acts | Benji Hughes, Django Haskins, The Young Sons, The Catch Fire, Quells, Twelve Thousand Armies, Raised By Wolves, NC Music Love Army, Caitlin Cary, Amigo, The Motel Beds, American Aquarium, Eston and the Outs, Machine Theatre, Rhiannon Giddens, The Farm Theatre |
| Website | jonlindsaymusic |
Jon Lindsay is an American recording artist born in Portland, Oregon, now residing in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Lindsay is best known as the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer of his own solo rock and pop albums, and for his work in film, television and theatre as a writer and composer. He regularly collaborates with other artists - contributing performances and production both live and in the studio - and has been a founding member of many bands and groups. In 2013, Lindsay gained notoriety in the American political sphere for his work as producer and music director of North Carolina Music Love Army - a collective of prominent NC-based artists he co-founded in 2013 with Caitlin Cary of Whiskeytown. Lindsay is also the head of Love Army Records, the label arm of the NCMLA.
Lindsay founded the band The Young Sons in June 2007 and produced its debut LP Hearts Inc. In 2008, Lindsay joined the band Benji Hughes (New West Records) on keyboards and vocals. In 2009, he independently released his debut as a solo artist, the EP Magic Winter & the Dirty South which showcased folk-tinged, literary pop songs, earning Lindsay positive notices in the indie press. Also in 2009, Lindsay co-founded Charlotte's Machine Theatre, serving as music director and company composer. He sound-designed an adaptation of Ionesco's The Bald Soprano and composed an original score for the company-created absurdist musical ThomThom; If That Bird Won't Sing.
Lindsay made his official debut on Chicago-based label Chocolate Lab Records, who released his 15-song solo LP, Escape From Plaza-Midwood on August 17, 2010. Concurrent with the album release was the 7-inch EP Coping Strategies, which features four songs from Escape From Plaza-Midwood. Three free-download singles debuted with the album launch: "Frequent Flyer" at Magnet Magazine, "My Blue Angels" at Fuse.TV, and "Futuretown" at AOL Spinner. The album received high critical marks, gaining Lindsay some prominence in the US indie scene, bolstered by both solo and full-band tours, television appearances, Daytrotter and Ardent Studios sessions. The Independent Weekly wrote that the album is "a sprawling opus of pop rock splendor", and Charlotte Magazine, regarding Lindsay's album and title, wrote "What Sufjan Stevens did for Chicago, Lindsay might just pull off for Charlotte." In December 2010, Performer Magazine called Escape From Plaza-Midwood "One of the best records to come out of the Southeast over the course of the decade", Shuffle Magazine's album review wrote that the album "comes as close as any regional record in recent memory to rendering what it means to be alive" and NPR praised the song "During The Beauty Shortage" as showing the mastery of composer Aaron Copland.
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