<p>An all-time favorite artist sits for an all-time favorite interview! <a href="http://boniver.org"><strong>Bon</strong> <strong>Iver</strong></a><strong>&#39;s</strong> <strong>Justin</strong> <strong>Vernon</strong> 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, <em>SABLE, fABLE</em>, 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 <strong>John</strong> <strong>Prine’</strong>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 <strong>Fugazi</strong>, <strong>Mighty</strong> <strong>Mighty</strong> <strong>Bosstones</strong>, the <strong>Dave Matthews Band</strong>, and <strong>Baaba</strong> <strong>Maal</strong>, about his dad driving him and his friends from Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Minneapolis to see <strong>Stone</strong> <strong>Temple</strong> <strong>Pilots</strong> and <strong>Soundgarden</strong>, about the deep camaraderie of his high school band with friends he still collaborates with today, and the vital growth that came from moving the band to Raleigh, North Carolina when he was in his twenties. Oh, and you’ve also gotta hear the story about <strong>Prince</strong> coming to a <strong>Gayngs</strong> show at First Avenue, and nearly joining the band onstage.</p>