Minneapolis singer/songwriter Jourdan Myers’ second album Ruin Me With Love is a complex work that showcases Myers’ signature sound, drifting from alternative to avant-garde with her lilting voice, layered lyrics, and haunting melodies. The eclectic collection was recently nominated for Best Producer by the Independent Music Awards. The album centers around the universal theme of human longing, and her live show compels listeners to experience this intense depth of emotion captured in her performance both lyrically and melodically. “Good music has the ability to cross musical boundaries. Great music doesn’t even acknowledge that the boundaries exist in the first place. By that definition, Ruin Me With Love is a great album as it flits between avant-garde pop, contemporary folk, soul and a scattergun blast of other genres. Through its 12 tracks it manages to mix an alternative, arty feel with enough commerciality to make it widely accessible to pop fans, music geeks and hipsters all at the same time, never bowing down to one over the other and creating memorable music along the way.” – Dancing About Architecture

Raised in a northern small town and now living in Minneapolis, songwriter Nolan John takes inspiration from many places. If you mix together his country, folk, and alternative influences, it sounds something like Ryan Adams meets Jeff Buckley. Backed by the best musicians in town, he returns to the Aster for another evening of songs.