About Jonathan

Jonathan Penn is an Akron, OH musician, songwriter and performer. Though his music doesn’t follow a specific genre (a problem many indie-eclectic artists have in common), his influences span Radiohead, Dave Matthews, The Beatles, and many artists in between. His distinctive style comes from his repertoire of original music and his penchant for the slightly absurd.

Though primarily a vocalist and guitarist, Jonathan enjoys exploring whatever tools he has in front of him to craft musical motion and poetry. His stubborn perfectionism and tinkering personality blend well as he ends up doing most of his own producing and arranging.

Jonathan not only has the pleasure of performing in a number of venues in Northeast Ohio (Musica, The Barking Spider, Thursday’s Lounge, Fuel Lounge, Northside Club to name a few), but he's played international venues in Athens and Southeast Asia. His new album, A Transient Warehouse of Damaged Goods, is now available for purchase through this website, wavethenavel.com.

When not channeling his muse, he freelances with his B.S. in computer science, is finishing up a master’s degree in religion, and lives in Akron with his wife, Colleen.

What others are saying...

• "[Spit and Polish is] a great combination of electronic beats and the acoustic guitar, great songwriting. Yeah, he’s got a funny website name, too." Radio Orphans Podcast
• "[Mystery Maiden's] beauty is it’s simplicity; it really is a fine piece of work." Paul from Indie Music Podcast
• "Excellent CD! Suprising work for a home production." Sean Larson, Engineer at Studio B
• "That was a f#@%&ng! great show!" Jeff Klem, Lead Vocalist
  and Songwriter for Maid Myriad