Videos by American Songwriter
ARTIST: Jordan Klassen
SONG: ‘Strengthen Me With Raisins’
BIRTHDATE: March 21, 1985
HOMETOWN: Abbotsford, BC
CURRENT LOCATION: Vancouver, BC
AMBITIONS: To hear and be heard, to live artfully, to make music my job.
TURN-OFFS: Raw tomatoes, mushrooms, small talk
TURN-ONS: Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, craft beer, history
DREAM GIG: The Orpheum in Vancouver
FAVORITE LYRIC: At this moment it’s ‘I have only two emotions, careful fear and dead devotion. I can’t get the balance right. Throw my marbles in the fight.’ — The National ‘Don’t Swallow The Cap’
CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: My mother (in the best way)
SONG I WISH I WROTE: Nick Drake ‘River Man’
5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Marcus Aurelius, Brian Eno, Elizabeth I, Jesus Christ, Joanna Newsom
MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Radiohead at Thunderbird stadium on the ‘Hail To The Thief’ tour
