@jonbern.bsky.social
author, biography of justin townes earle
senior research editor at rolling stone
he/him
@jonbern.bsky.socialGreat review from @erdanton.bsky.social, and one that couldn't have been easy or fun to write. Something about this posthumous T.S. release has just felt off.
@natalieweiner.bsky.socialReposted by @jonbern.bsky.socialWhat do you do when it turns out you gave birth the same week as a really wonderful country singer songwriter, and your babies are both about to turn 1? Interview them of course! Many thanks to Brit Taylor for her generosity and candor!!
@nashvillescene.comReposted by @jonbern.bsky.socialThe Scene's annual Best of Nashville issue has landed! Check out all of the 2026 readers' poll and writers' choice winners now. Illustration by Katie Turner. https://www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2026
@jonbern.bsky.socialEnormous honor. Thanks @nashvillescene.com
www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2026/art...
@jonbern.bsky.socialphoebe bridgers felice brothers cover alert incoming
@jonbern.bsky.socialThis important and wonderful book is out today
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
@rollingstone.comReposted by @jonbern.bsky.socialSongwriter Nat Myers Has Stage IV Cancer. He Just Wants to Play His Next Show
"Death didn’t give me a hug, but it winked at me a bunch,” says the blues troubadour.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
@jonbern.bsky.socialno
@jonbern.bsky.socialpre-ordered! excited for it.
@jonbern.bsky.socialIan Noe might be my favorite songwriter of the last decade. Here's my story on the reclusive songwriter:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
@matoswk.bsky.socialReposted by @jonbern.bsky.socialNow up, my newest for @rollingstone.com: Private equity firms bought up all the big rock publishing. Now they're going after the indie labels.
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@sepinwall.bsky.socialReposted by @jonbern.bsky.socialOne year ago today, I left Rolling Stone and turned What's Alan Watching? into my full-time business. I'm SO grateful to everyone who's supported me. I've got a preview of what's to come, and a discount for people on the fence about signing up for a paid sub:
@jonbern.bsky.socialBrooklyn! Must-see singer-songwriter double bill next month
www.eventim.us/event/margo-...
@jonbern.bsky.socialGot milkshakes and talked about what it means for your weirdo side project to suddenly become a career with Nate Amos
@millerscave.bsky.socialReposted by @jonbern.bsky.socialAt #americanafest next week in Nashville? I'll be on a couple of panels that will be fun. Especially excited to talk about #justintownesearle & his legacy on his home turf w/ @jonbern.bsky.social
C'mon by.
@illinoispress.bsky.social #booksky📚 #americana #authors #altcountry #insurgentcountry
@jonbern.bsky.social"It was as if, for some, Dolly had ceased to be Dolly and had become instead an avatar of the desire for a celebrity who was truly good."
@jonbern.bsky.socialunbelievable factoid. thanks for that!
@jonbern.bsky.socialno way!
@jonbern.bsky.socialit's finally here!