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Jonathan Kirby

Toronto

Summary

Engaged music industry citizen with nearly two decades experience celebrating and preserving the musical efforts of marginalized artists. At times a story teller, interviewer, advocate or detective, I have devoted my life helping artists see the recognition they deserve.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

A&R/Research and Development

Numero Group
09.2010 - Current
  • Helped expand the Numero Group's respected catalog of obscure recordings from the '60s, '70s, and '80s
  • Increased web and social media engagement with engaging copy, archival photos, and musical ephemera
  • Produced compilations devoted to Nicaraguan psychedelia, Haute Volta couture, and the Black music of Minneapolis

Co-Host/Executive Producer

Dogpatch
04.2017 - Current

Co-host of cultish music podcast with 100K listenership. Establishing a new theme each month and curating a thoughtful and evocative playlist to promote dialog and share stories related to music, culture, and record collecting.

Associate Editor

Wax Poetics
05.2007 - 02.2009


  • Help curate content, recruit writers, and copy edit a dozen issues of the revered bi-monthly music magazine
  • Helped populate website with copy in step with the magazine, conceptualize themes to connect platforms
  • Full Length articles and interviews with: Camp Lo, George Duke, Shabazz Palaces, among others

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
05-2004

Skills

  • Grammy Nominations:
  • Best Liner Notes - Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound

    Best Historical Album - Bobo Yeye: Belle Époque in Upper Volta

    Incomplete List of Productions:

    Lou Ragland: I Walk Alone

    Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label

    Universal Togetherness Band - S/T

    Edge Of Daybreak - Eyes Of Love

    Seafaring Strangers: Private Yacht

Timeline

Co-Host/Executive Producer

Dogpatch
04.2017 - Current

A&R/Research and Development

Numero Group
09.2010 - Current

Associate Editor

Wax Poetics
05.2007 - 02.2009

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication

University of North Carolina
Jonathan Kirby