Jonathan New hails from the Lake area in Pulaski County, Kentucky. A preacher's son, Jonathan began performing in church at the age of six, not long after beginning piano and later at thirteen finding his true instrument, the guitar. Since, Jonathan has become an accomplished bassist, electric and upright, along with lap steel guitar and is a sought out session musician.

Another of Jonathan's musical hats is his acoustic, one-man, storytelling, jam band. He has performed on Music Row, Nashville, Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach and the PBR Championship, Las Vegas. He has performed all over the country and has opened for the likes of Blackberry Smoke, Confederate Railroad, Cody Canada and the Departed, and performed at festivals with headliners such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and John Prine.