Select Press

Downbeat ⭑⭑⭑⭑ Review - Kind Folk “Head Towards The Center” (June 2022)
Downbeat “Where We Grew Up” Single Premiere (Sep 2019)
Downbeat ⭑⭑⭑⭑ Review - Real Feels Live Vol. 2 (Apr 2019)
Downbeat Editor’s Pick - Real Feels Live Vol. 2 (Feb 2019)
JAZZIZ “10 Albums You Need To Know About” (Jan 2019)
All About Jazz Review - Real Feels Live Vol. 2 (Jan 2019)
Take Five “Be Still, My Soul” Feature (Dec 2018)
Downbeat ”That Minnesota Nice” (Feb 2018)
Chicago Reader Preview - Joy Ride (Feb 2018)
WBGO Video Premiere - “The Times They Are A-Changin” (Jan 2018)
All About Jazz Review - “Joy Ride” (Jan 2018)
Jazz Times Album Reviews - Real Feels & Real Feels Live Vol. 1 (April 2017)
New York City Jazz Record - Real Feels Live Vol. 1 (Mar 2017)
Stereogum Best of 2016 - Real Feels (Dec 2016)
Downbeat 4.5 Star Review "Sound The Trumpets" - Real Feels (Mar 2016)
Downbeat Player’s Feature - Foreign Territory (Jul 2015)
Revive Music - Foreign Territory (May 2015)
New York Times - Foreign Territory (May 2015)

Select Interviews

The Happy Musicians Podcast “Expectations vs. Aspirations” (Nov 2019)
Downbeat Magazine “That Minnesota Nice” (Jan 2018)
Cultivated Podcast (Oct 2017)
The Gospel Coalition (Jan 2016)
Burning Ambulance - Foreign Territory (Apr 2015)

Long Form Interviews

From 2012-2016, Minneapolis-based journalist Pamela Espeland and I met regularly for a series of long-form interviews. These conversations offer unique snapshots into this phase of my career, as we discussed everything from music, to personal life lessons, my faith, upbringing, disappointments I've had as an emerging artist, the music business, reflections on fatherhood and more.

Pamela Espeland passed away in the Fall of 2021. While there are many writers who I've gotten to know over the years, there will only ever be one Pamela. What a gift she was to me and the entire arts community. We will miss her dearly and think of her often.

October 2021 Pamela Espeland Memorial
January 2016  “John Raymond talks about Real Feels, lessons learned from Billy Hart, and being a new dad"
July 2015  “Jazz trumpeter John Raymond brings ‘Foreign Territory’ home to Minnesota”
September 2014  “John Raymond talks about intensity, disappointment, and his new Roots Trio"
March 2012  “John Raymond talks about his music, his faith and his new CD”