Jonathan Bernstein
jonbern.bsky.social
Jonathan Bernstein
@jonbern.bsky.social
biography of justin townes earle out jan. 13, 2026
senior research editor at rolling stone
he/him

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jonathan-bernstein/what-do-you-do-when-youre-lonesome/9780306833274/
Can't wait to dig into this one; congrats @johnlingan.bsky.social!
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This shot alone!
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Beautiful writing about Kaleb Horton from @cantkill.bsky.social

nofencesreview.substack.com/p/kaleb-hort...
September 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Here he is on Prine, and life:
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Kaleb was one of my favorite writers, someone you drop everything to read whenever they published anything.

Too many to count, but his meditation on America after Merle Haggard's death was maybe my favorite piece he ever wrote
kalebhorton.ghost.io/from-the-arc...
September 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Props to my barbershop for the rad new artwork
September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My biography of Justin Townes Earle will be released on January 13th, 2026, the week after what would’ve been his 44th birthday.

It’s called ‘What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome’

If you’d like to support a debut author, you can pre-order here:
www.hbglibrary.com/titles/jonat...
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Point of this project is data privacy but my main takeaway, unfortunately, is that Seth Meyers' 'Porch Jams' playlist rules
panamaplaylists.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What a treat to write up two great forthcoming albums by Amanda Shires and Kathleen Edwards in the September issue of Rolling Stone
August 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Come for the whimsy of Jonny Fritz pretending to sell me a house.

Stay for his reflections on what streaming has done to songwriters like him over the past decade.
August 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
August 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Learned a lot myself just hearing what Amanda has learned these past few years!
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
next night's annotation is also superb
July 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
all-time setlist.fm annotation
July 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
and Heems, in classic form, on Eric Adams:
July 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Heems on Zohran's rap roots:
July 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
superb writing about country music right here
May 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
cool as hell booking
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Patricia Lockwood on writing about the dead
April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
and about how one of the single-most influential bands in today's pop landscape is the Lumineers
March 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Wrote about the similarities between the early 2010's folk-stomp boom and the current, Kahan/ZB-led one:
March 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Among other things, she shared her feelings about appearing on 'Cowboy Carter'
March 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Grab it in print!
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Jonny Fritz's new song about needing to flee the "hot chicken condos" of Tennessee:
March 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM