Artist: Jonathan Wilson
Hometown: Forest City, North Carolina
Latest Album: Dixie Blur
What other art forms — literature, film, dance, painting, etc — inform your music?
Painting more than others really, I’ve always admired the visual arts so…..I want to be a great painter and the painters want to be a musician…….
What rituals do you have, either in the studio or before a show?
The studio ritual is weed, the live ritual is multi-faceted: setlist, vocal warm-up for good luck, a tequila onstage and voila.
Which elements of nature do you spend the most time with and how do those impact your work?
I live in nature and have for most of my recording career, it’s hugely important, the moon, the sunsets, they inspire new work, they make everything feel meaningful and magical … I live in the woods.
Since food and music go so well together, what is your dream pairing of a meal and a musician?
A Gjelina dinner with Neil Young is on my bucket list.
Photo credit: Louis Rodiger
