About this episode
Jenny Eliscu interviews Justin Vernon of Bon Iver about his creative journey and experiences in music.
An all-time favorite artist sits for an all-time favorite interview! Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon is my guest in this episode of the LSQ podcast — the final episode of 2025 and season 8 of the show. We recorded this at his home studio back in June, shortly after the release of Bon Iver’s brilliant latest album, SABLE, fABLE , which recently earned him another couple well-deserved Grammy nominations. I loved this conversation so much, and I’m so grateful to Justin for his openness in a talk that explores his entire history as a creative person and music maker. Justin and I go back a ways and have done shorter interviews over the years. But this gave us a chance to go super in-depth, and I loved hearing stories about his early life and definitive creative experiences — about listening to John Prine’ s “Hello in There,” on his Discman in the back of his my parents’ minivan and realizing music was his calling, about discovering music he loved by Fugazi , Mighty Mighty Bosstones , the Dave Matthews Band , and Baaba Maal , about his dad driving him and his friends from Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Minneapolis to see Stone Temple Pilots and Soundgarden , about the deep camaraderie of his high…
People in this episode
Host: Jenny Eliscu
Guest: Justin Vernon
Topics covered
- music history
- creative process
- artist interviews
- Grammy nominations
- personal stories
Keywords
- Bon Iver
- Justin Vernon
- music interview
- Grammy
- SABLE fABLE
- creative history
- musical influences
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Gayngs, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden
Books & works: SABLE, fABLE
Places: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Raleigh, North Carolina
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