John Mark Nelson is a well-spoken frontman with the subtle charm of a cultured outdoorsman and a personal maturity far beyond his years. He was born in 1993 in a small, rural suburb outside of Minneapolis to a family of musicians who encouraged him to play at the young age of 14. Nelson became a talented multi-instrumentalist who began on drums and was accepted at McNally Smith College of Music’s program before deciding to pursue the life of a touring musician full-time. He independently penned, recorded, and released his first full length, “Still Here” in 2011 at the age of 17. Nelson graduated from Minnetonka High School the next year and subsequently released his second full-length, “Waiting and Waiting” which premiered tracks on several local radio stations. His third full-length, “Sings the Moon,” gained wide exposure through placement of the video, “The Moon and the Stars,” on MTV. Though the album was recorded at the Library Recording Studio in Minneapolis and co-produced by Matt Patrick, Nelson kept to his independent core by funding the production budget through Kickstarter.

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