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Jonathan Rundman

About Me

Born and raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Jonathan Rundman has been writing songs and performing across the country since he was 18 years old. He emerged on the national music scene in the late-90s as a Chicago-based touring artist, generating rave reviews in Billboard, Performing Songwriter, Paste, and countless regional publications. Now living in Minneapolis, he continues to tour and record. Jonathan's songs can be heard on radio stations across America, in Scandinavia and England, and have been featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show and on the PGA Golf Tournament television broadcast.
Jonathan Rundman's 2004 album Public Library was produced by Walter Salas-Humara and features legendary New York rock band The Silos as backing musicians. In 2007 Salt Lady Records released The Best of Jonathan Rundman: 20 Songs from the 20th Century, a collection of Jonathan's best songs from his earliest albums. In 2008, Rundman presented Insomniaccomplishments, an 18-song CD exploring a surprising array of lyrical topics and musical genres.
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View Jonathan's BLOG at jonathanrundman.blogspot.com
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Jonathan's song "Front Row at the Fashion Show" appeared on the Paste Magazine CD Sampler in the Dec 07 / Jan 08 issue, along with other artists like Jens Lekman, Mindy Smith, and Jars of Clay.
Tour dates, news updates, and complete album information available at
www.jonathanrundman.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/06/2005
Band Website: www.jonathanrundman.com
Band Members: Jonathan Rundman usually performs solo-acoustic when on tour, but occasionally his entire Minneapolis-based band hits the road as well. Special guest musicians like Beki Hemingway, Jeff Krebs, Bruce Rundman, and George Baum have been known to appear at live performances.

Here's Jonathan with drummer Troy Alexander and bassist John Kerns playing "Librarian" in 2009.

This is the video for Jonathan's song "You Don't Speak For Me" from his double-CD concept album Sound Theology. The video was shot and directed by filmmaker Jeremy Plumb in 2006.

Here's a cell phone video of Jonathan and Beki Hemingway performing the song "Forgiveness Waltz" at a Minneapolis house concert.
Influences: The Silos, The Rainmakers, Simon & Garfunkel, T Bone Burnett, Paul Westerberg, John Mellencamp, Rolling Stones, The Hooters, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Carter Family, REM, Eurythmics, Liz Phair, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Earle, Jeff Krebs, Buddy & Julie Miller, Tommy Womack, Jon Brion, Peter Case, Sam Phillips
Sounds Like: Paul Westerberg, Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw, Freedy Johnston, Neil Young, Jason Falkner, Eels
Record Label: Salt Lady Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

my "Best of" CD now available at iTunes music store!

Click here to see my Best of the 20th Century CD at the iTunes music store! You can listen to audio samples and download your favorite tunes for only $0.99 each! OR buy all 20 songs for $10. Such a de...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:47:00 GMT

Jonathan’s first trip to SXSW! Come to the show!

Jonathan will be journeying to Austin, TX in a couple weeks, and invites all South By Southwest attendees to check out the Swollen Circus show on TUESDAY, MARCH 11th. Jonathan will perform at The Hole...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:21:00 GMT

"Ashes" posted for Lent

Thanks to listener requests, my song "Ashes" has been posted here on my MySpace player for the season of Lent. Feel free to add it to your profile. "Were You There" is posted as well, for use later in...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Jonathan’s October 2007 Update

Jonathan Rundman's October 2007 Update!In this message:+ East Coast Tour scheduled for November+ EAST COAST DATES AVAILABLE: Book Jonathan in your town!+ new FREE MP3 download+ Where have the monthly ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:57:00 GMT

Best of the 20th Century CD now available!

Hey folks!I'm pleased to announce the availability of my new "Best of the 20th Century" CD, featuring twenty would-be hits from the pre-2000 era. Thrill to the sound of remastered, remixed, and renova...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:27:00 GMT

Have you seen my first music video?

I posted the higher-res version of my first music video "You Don't Speak For Me" atjonathanrundman.blogspot.com! Also, there are some thoughts about the video shoot, and some commentary on the songwri...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:41:00 GMT

McDonalds, Finland, Potty Training, etc.

Oh, you should see the stuff I've been blogging about over atjonathanrundman.blogspot.com!JR
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:35:00 GMT

Snowmania

Please visit my blog at jonathanrundman.blogspot.com and view photos of the amazing (yet slightly disturbing) snowman I built today.JR
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:08:00 GMT

Christmas vacation and recent gigs!

Yes, please check out my new blog location at jonathanrundman.blogspot.com for details of my Christmas journey to the U.P., as well as recent gigs with Jeff Krebs, Marc Perlman (of the Jayhawks), Jim ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:03:00 GMT

"Old Hotel" and concert review

Hey folks!Check out my NEW BLOG at jonathanrundman.blogspot.com for comments on the song "Out Behind the Old Hotel" and a review of tonight's performance with Michael Morris and band.Merry Christmas t...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:52:00 GMT