J.E. Sunde
Minnesota singer/songwriter J.E. Sunde, born Jonathan Edward Sunde on January 4,
1986, follows in a long line of folk-based chroniclers of the human heart like
Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen. He broke into the music business as one-half of
the band The Daredevil Christopher Wright alongside his brother, Jason. They
released a pair of modern folk albums before J.E. went solo with 2014’s Shapes
That Kiss the Face of God. The album revealed his debt to other unconventional
songwriters such as Cohen, as well as an emotional intensity like that of Nina
Simone. His sophomore solo effort,...
