The new album Roadside Attraction by singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster. His 6th full-length, independent studio release is a snapshot of imagery presented through music and lyrics, primarily inspired by the past two years of touring solo across the continental United States. Accessible songs with in-focus hooks include the upbeat The Mountain Echo

The new album Roadside Attraction by singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster. His 6th full-length, independent studio release is a snapshot of imagery presented through music and lyrics, primarily inspired by the past two years of touring solo across the continental United States. Accessible songs with in-focus hooks include the upbeat The Mountain Echo (reflection on primary school) and Lander Spring (the west), to thought provoking The Anchor (self-doubt) and The Warm Light (near death experience), to the laid back Cottonwood Vines (wine), the reckless Americana Insomnia (road tales), to the moody When You Leave (southwest), The Change (climate disruption), Roadside Table (season’s greetings) and his frame on traditional tune The Cuckoo (Appalachian). Take the exit, peak through the viewfinder, hear the depth of field, and enjoy the new long-player Roadside Attraction by Jonathan Foster.

JF’s Roadside Attraction U.S. Tour shutters to a city near you June through October 2023!

Influences: The Tragically Hip, Alan Lomax, Townes Van Zandt, Ansel Adams, Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Rachel Carson, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Todd Snider, Earnest Hemingway, Gillian Welch

Recommended if you like: Bob Dylan, John Denver, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Steve Earle

Somewhere between the dark and the light comes the new album Lantern Shade by Redding, California based singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster. His 5th full-length independent studio effort debuts to the world June 1, 2021, and is packed with musical residuals from the past year of reflective moments during uncertain days. Foster brings this 10-song

Somewhere between the dark and the light comes the new album Lantern Shade by Redding, California based singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster. His 5th full-length independent studio effort debuts to the world June 1, 2021, and is packed with musical residuals from the past year of reflective moments during uncertain days. Foster brings this 10-song long player to life with vocal conviction, imaginative lyrics, driven guitars, and rootsy sounds inspired from time in the Cascade Mountains to memories of his hometown Cranberry Lake, New York. The album steers towards the rock side of modern folk music with some big help from Bruce Turgon on bass guitar and Joe Misztal on drums. Lantern Shade comes out of the gate with the catchy single “Stardust Saltwater” and weaves between the heavy “The Beast”, “Into The Black”, “The Ship” and fun “When It Gets Dark”, “Alpine Line”, “Shady Grove”, “Ani Bird” to dedicated celebrations “May Our Paths Cross Again” and “Where We Belong”. Cross paths with Jonathan’s music again or for the first time with some Lantern Shade through your airwaves!

Folk-Americana Songwriter Jonathan Foster’s 4th studio album, the 10-song blissful listen Wildlife. He is joined by stars Scott Joss on fiddle (Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam), Bruce Turgon on Bass (Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Black Sheep), and Morgan Hannaford on pedal steel guitar and dobro (Honeybee, Muletown, Jim Dyar) with special

Folk-Americana Songwriter Jonathan Foster’s 4th studio album, the 10-song blissful listen Wildlife. He is joined by stars Scott Joss on fiddle (Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam), Bruce Turgon on Bass (Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Black Sheep), and Morgan Hannaford on pedal steel guitar and dobro (Honeybee, Muletown, Jim Dyar) with special guest Anna Jae on backing vocals. Foster delivers a beautiful album with poetic lyrics, passionate vocals, melodies and a diverse array of sounds and acoustic instrumentation. Highlighted by the first single California Golden, an upbeat cover of Bob Dylan's classic Girl from the North Country, the exquisite Bled The Blood, and the rousing Louise give this long-player an excellent mix of musical moments and emotions from the journeyman songwriter. Self-produced and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Bruce Turgon at After Hours Recorders in Redding, CA from September 2018 - June 2019.

Independent record label, Miracle Mile Records (MMR) is proud to announce the July 4th release of “Green Eyed Bird”, a stellar, 12-song folk-rock studio album by singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster. This marks Foster’s 6th full length recording project and 3rd studio album with Bruce Turgon (Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Black Sheep) at After Hours

Independent record label, Miracle Mile Records (MMR) is proud to announce the July 4th release of “Green Eyed Bird”, a stellar, 12-song folk-rock studio album by singer-songwriter Jonathan Foster. This marks Foster’s 6th full length recording project and 3rd studio album with Bruce Turgon (Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Black Sheep) at After Hours Recorders in Redding, California. These brand new recordings will be available in CD, streaming and download formats at all popular online retailers and available at his tour shows this summer, through MMR, and www.JFMusic.net.

Green Eyed Bird includes Foster’s most introspective work to date and showcases his evolution as an independent artist with long-time comrades Morgan Hannaford (multi-instruments) and Joe Misztal on drums with several very special guest appearances. The first single, Sunrise Letdown leads off the project, a catchy and simple tale of growing up and going away when summer ends. Additionally, co-writes with Hannaford (Honeybee, Muletown, Jim Dyar) include the rollicking folklore noir about dragonfly’s (The Devil’s Darner), a classic alt-country breakup song (Fence Posts), and a sea-shanty ballad (To The Sea), which is also co-written and performed with songwriter Jim Dyar (Muletown, Jim Dyar Band). Also included is the haunting One Line At A Time about his wife’s travels to Sierra Leone fighting the Ebola virus that joins two other subtle protest songs Scotch Pine (Sing With Me) and Letters To The World. Rounding things out is the somewhat auto-biographical rocker Freewheeling American Dream, that explores the “don’t judge a book by its cover” idiom, an upbeat prison break fable, an alt-festive tune, songwriting contest winner Reclamation Town, and the resurrection of a crowd favorite that Foster wrote 16 years ago, Rain In July, complete with a roots orchestra.