J.E. Sunde
Photo credit : Adam Wheeler
J.E. Sunde (Jonathan Edward Sunde), a Wisconsin native, is now a Minneapolis, MN based songwriter/composer. Beginning in the years studying western classical music with an emphasis in vocal technique at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Jon spent a decade writing beautifully unusual music with indie-folk trio The Daredevil Christopher Wright.
He has since released four solo records, his most recent being Alice, Gloria and Jon. (Vietnam Label) all amassing millions of streams on Spotify. Speaking of his third studio album 9 Songs About Love, Tastemaker Bob Boilen of NPR speaks of the album "as a fight against melancholy that ends up in a surpassing place — it also speaks to the notion of knowing when a good idea has turned into a great one."
With an affinity for the classic American songwriters and performers like Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, and Paul Simon, Jon writes densely poetic songs with a bent toward the philosophical.
There is subtle witty humor threaded throughout the live performance as the music pirouettes between introspective balladry and infectious bouncy folk-pop numbers.
J.E. Sunde performs solo and as a trio (guitar, bass, and drums)
Now booking concerts and festivals in the USA and Canada
“J.E. Sunde is one of the greatest indie-folk songwriters around.”
- Daytrotter
“His soft falsetto voice and his gift to write flawless ballads are reminiscent of the Paul Simon of the seventies.”