Jon Freeman

Apr 3, 2024 | rollingstone.com | Jon Freeman

Vampire Weekend’s recordings have frequently been characterized by a kind of tidiness, a clean fusion of Ezra Koenig’s pop songwriting smarts and the group’s instrumental economy. The band’s new album Only God Was Above Us offers something different, pivoting away from the brighter, jammier aspects of 2019’s Father of the Bride with a decided bent toward experimentation and surprising, often harsh, new textures.

Mar 19, 2024 | rollingstone.com | Jon Freeman

Zach Bryan first started giving public performances in 2019 after posting videos of him singing on YouTube. Five years later, the Oklahoma native is one of the biggest stars in popular music, with dates currently scheduled this year for venues like Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and the massive AT&T Stadium outside Dallas.

Mar 8, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jon Freeman

Danny Kiranos had his mind blown after seeing Zach Bryan perform at the 2023 FairWell Festival in Oregon. Kiranos, who records and performs as Amigo the Devil, didn’t quite know what to expect from the Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter, nor was he even all that familiar with the guy’s music, but he left feeling awed by what he’d just witnessed. “I was just sobbing,” Kiranos says. “It was the craziest feeling. It was like his hands extended and grabbed everybody.

Jan 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jon Freeman

After wildfires devastated the island of Maui in 2023, Ron Artis II had an intriguing idea. The singer-guitarist, who grew up in the island’s North Shore community of Haleiwa, wanted to bring a little joy to families who had lost their belongings, so he called some friends and came up with a plan to donate a bunch of musical instruments. In December, he returned to Maui and witnessed those efforts — more than 200 guitars and ukuleles in total — along with the ongoing disaster recovery, in person.

Jan 23, 2024 | spin.com | Jon Freeman

After wildfires devastated the island of Maui in 2023, Ron Artis II had an intriguing idea. The singer-guitarist, who grew up in the island’s North Shore community of Haleiwa, wanted to bring a little joy to families who had lost their belongings, so he called some friends and came up with a plan to donate a bunch of musical instruments. In December, he returned to Maui and witnessed those efforts — more than 200 guitars and ukuleles in total — along with the ongoing disaster recovery, in person.