Music artist, songwriter, singer, guitarist, drummer, and performer Jon River dove into writing music head first after a former career in IT. Since picking up his first guitar at age 13, music has always been his crutch. In the guitar, River found a calming landscape, and quickly became enthralled - learning as much as he could at an early age.
He found his musical self in college where he had his first experiences playing to larger scale audiences, performing alternative and AC covers in the CAB (Campus Activities Board) coffeehouse at Umass Dartmouth in 2007. He has been writing music for the past 11 years and has played hundreds of shows while gaining the respect and support of local fans and musicians. Prior to creating music full time, he sharpened his skill set as the front man in several successful cover acts, including Designated Driver, who developed a following from the local Salve Regina University in Newport, RI in 2011.
Since his cover band days, Jon has maintained his desire to be an artist - fully embracing the prospect of building a fanbase at the grassroots level, he is well on his way to becoming a RI household name. He has a debut EP out titled "Learning to fly", an EP of 6 songs, recorded and mixed by producers Liam and Declan Jenkins at The Music Building in New York City at Someday's Studios, and Mastered by Mike Kalijian of Rogue Planet Mastering, on Mansion Records NYC.
He has a new single released in Feb of 2021, titled "In This Together", landing on several large audience independent playlists on Spotify, the track is gaining great traction amongst Spotify and internet radio listeners. He is gaining new fans daily with a total Spotify stream count of just under 60k streams in his first year. "Boasting excellent performances and a great deal of heart, "In This Together" is a tremendously uplifting country inspired-infused rock tune that contains a powerful message at its core. Jon River has done a splendid job of crafting an engaging and highly-listenable tune that is both well-balanced and full of the artist's unique charisma, managing to effortlessly flex his evidently strong songwriting skills with great confidence and conviction. Along with the accomplished performances and inspired songwriting, the exquisite production they are wrapped in is superb and mixed to an exceptionally high standard, this is a track that can easily stand proud on any radio station." - Andre Avanessian
You can see him live frequently by visiting Facebook or Instagram for dates and locations. A tour planned for late 2022 is in store, so be sure to reach out to him directly at jonriver.com
He began working with Somedays Studios in 2019.
To listen to more of his music, or to contact Jon River for an interview on their site, podcast, or radio show, you can reach out via Jonriver.com