About

I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee

I met a lot of my best friends there - some of the best musicians I know. Namely, Jason Bennett, one of my best friends and early collaborators. While he and I were barely passing classes at Belmont University, we started making music together - just exploring different ideas in his apartment and avoiding the classic Nashville country sound as much as we could.

First we made “Dirt”; Then “Honey/Misty” - 3 songs about growing up, divorce, and heartbreak. It was awesome. The cathartic relief was incredible.

Hi. I’m Jackson Wooten

In 2018, I wrote a Song called “Dirt” - recorded it in Jason Bennett’s East NAshville Apartment. That ecstacy was the beginning.

So we made a record - A New child.

A New Child explored a deep depression, falling in love, and finding a sense of direction. After its release in 2021, the album received critical acclaim and an A2iM nomination for Best Self-Released Record of the Year. An insane honor.

Then came my “pandemic” EPs - Outside the Chateau Apartments (2021) and From a Warm Valley (2022). It was a weird time making music. Just a weird time to be alive. Then everything sucked.

I was tired of Nashville. I was uninspired. I was heartbroken. I was lost.

So I said “fuck it” and moved to London, where I’m writing this now. Moving across the Atlantic certainly doesn’t do that, but I worked on some stuff, so we’re cool now.

I spent my first year in London collecting stories, growing, and writing songs - culminating in my second full length album Reprieve.

Reprieve (2025) felt like a long exhale and letting my body relax. It’s got some pretty cool songs on it - exploring a huge break-up, my parents’ divorce, and the fear of falling in love all over again. It’s actually a really cool record. Check it out.

And that’s pretty much up to the present. I’m sitting at a little desk writing this now (June 2025). A lot of real life shit has happened since 2018. A lot of crazy shit. A lot of beautiful shit. But this roughly sums up my artist life. It always feels a bit strange writing a long page about yourself on a website with your name as the url, but yeah. Here we are.

I’m writing a new project.

I’m not sure what it is yet. Because I’m still writing it. It could be the best thing ever. It could be mildly mediocre. Idk. We’ll find out together. It will at least be a fun thing we get to do, so like join the emailing list or something. Okay. I’m going to bed now. Goodnight.

Much Love,

Jackson