'With uncommon attention to the matter at hand—our matter, our lives apprehended as an ongoing encounter with the Mystery of persons in the image of God—Jonathan Jackson brings into harmony the wisdom of the Fathers and the insights of great artists, past and present. The result is a compelling articulation of how the very shaping of our lives is best understood as the most precious and most efficacious of arts.' Scott Cairns, Author of Compass of Affection and Idiot Psalms
Jonathan Jackson began his career in Hollywood over twenty years ago on the soap opera General Hospital. His heart-wrenching performances helped win him five Emmy Awards. Jonathan has also performed in many feature films, including The Deep End of the Ocean, Tuck Everlasting, and Insomnia. His work has taken him to many places around the world, including Ireland, Italy, Romania, and Canada. Jonathan is currently one of the stars of the ABC primetime drama, Nashville, a show centered on the inner workings of the Nashville music scene. Jonathan plays Avery Barkley, an up-and-coming singer/songwriter trying to find his way in Music City.
Along with acting, Jonathan is also the lead singer of the band Enation and the author of Book of Solace and Madness, which was published in 2012. Enation are an alternative 3 piece from Nashville, TN. Their sound is inspired by alternative, anthemic, post-punk, early new-wave artists who tend to define genres - only to defy them later.
Brothers Jonathan and Richard Lee Jackson began playing music together as kids. Originally from the Northwest, the brothers moved to Los Angeles in their early teenage years and began cutting their teeth on the Sunset Strip - playing iconic venues like The Whiskey A-Go-Go, The Roxy and The Viper Room before they were old enough to indulge in the free drinks offered to the other acts on the bill.
Jonathan is known as an enigmatic, introverted frontman. Sit with him for any length of time and you’ll realize he is a well-read, deep thinker. You’re more likely to catch references to Dostoyevsky, an obscure monk from Greece, or the Russian revolution of 1918 in his lyrics than the more superfluous themes in today's pop music. “We’re more interested in the deeper themes in life, the bigger questions, the stuff beneath the surface,” Jonathan says quietly.
Prior to joining up with the Jackson Brothers in Enation, bassist Jonathan Thatcher, was a member of the U.K. based rock band Delirious?, a band the brothers were into. “Jon Thatcher has been an artist we’ve respected for a long time.” Richard says.
What’s ahead may be looking back. Their new music is described with references to “alternative, post-punk, early new wave” with bands like Echo & The Bunnymen, Talk Talk, and Simple Minds grabbing Enation's attention and dominating their intra-band conversations.
Along with acting, Jonathan is also the lead singer of the band Enation and the author of Book of Solace and Madness, which was published in 2012. Enation are an alternative 3 piece from Nashville, TN. Their sound is inspired by alternative, anthemic, post-punk, early new-wave artists who tend to define genres - only to defy them later.
Brothers Jonathan and Richard Lee Jackson began playing music together as kids. Originally from the Northwest, the brothers moved to Los Angeles in their early teenage years and began cutting their teeth on the Sunset Strip - playing iconic venues like The Whiskey A-Go-Go, The Roxy and The Viper Room before they were old enough to indulge in the free drinks offered to the other acts on the bill.
Jonathan is known as an enigmatic, introverted frontman. Sit with him for any length of time and you’ll realize he is a well-read, deep thinker. You’re more likely to catch references to Dostoyevsky, an obscure monk from Greece, or the Russian revolution of 1918 in his lyrics than the more superfluous themes in today's pop music. “We’re more interested in the deeper themes in life, the bigger questions, the stuff beneath the surface,” Jonathan says quietly.
Prior to joining up with the Jackson Brothers in Enation, bassist Jonathan Thatcher, was a member of the U.K. based rock band Delirious?, a band the brothers were into. “Jon Thatcher has been an artist we’ve respected for a long time.” Richard says.
What’s ahead may be looking back. Their new music is described with references to “alternative, post-punk, early new wave” with bands like Echo & The Bunnymen, Talk Talk, and Simple Minds grabbing Enation's attention and dominating their intra-band conversations.
The wreck changed their fortunes as well (evidently) as their ambitions. With each successive record, there was a greater sense of self-reflection in Lee Bozeman’s lyrics, and the music followed that deepening maturity, all the while maintaining the fundamental dichotomy of soaring melodies on top of angular post-punk instrumentation.
The first record was essentially a document of their live shows, which were remarkable events in their intensity and the band’s posture of defiance directed even at their own audience. On successive records, though, Luxury learned to use the studio as an instrument. While, on the first record Bozeman asks “So, what do you expect from life?” he seems to have spent each of the following records seeking to answer that very question.
The first record was essentially a document of their live shows, which were remarkable events in their intensity and the band’s posture of defiance directed even at their own audience. On successive records, though, Luxury learned to use the studio as an instrument. While, on the first record Bozeman asks “So, what do you expect from life?” he seems to have spent each of the following records seeking to answer that very question.
Through interviews and archival footage, ‘Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury’ tells the gripping and poignant story of Luxury and documents the making of a new record, now as priests.
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Enation - Revolution Of The Heart.
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