Musical History

Geoffrey Lamar Wilson is a musician and composer, born and raised in Minnesota. He left home at 18, heading to New York for college and adventure. After finishing a music degree in Jazz Saxophone and composition at Bard College, he took a hiatus from that instrument and at 24 decided to learn guitar and become a humble singer songwriter, while also pursuing a masters in Music Psychotherapy at NYU. He moved to Brooklyn and from there led the band Jus Post Bellum with his now wife Hannah Jensen. A band which some described as “indie folk” or “Historical Fiction”, Jus Post Bellum toured the east coast, south, and midwest over the course of 5 years while recording several records.

In recent years since returning to Minneapolis in 2016, his songwriting has shifted from dusty Post Bellum narratives to contemporary issues spanning the American Civil Rights era to current incidents of racial violence and police brutality. He draws inspiration from the simple musicality, cutting wit and lyricism of Bob Dylan, the stark narratives and brutal honesty of James Baldwin, and a childhood steeped in Soul, Funk, and R&B. He has also composed and recorded themes for several MPR/APM radio podcasts including 74 Seconds(Investigating the Philando Castile Shooting), Flyover(w/Kerri Miller), and in 2019 toured a handful of U.S cities with the live performance of the hit podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, with Nora McInerny, which he also wrote the theme music for. Recently he’s dusted of his saxophones and is working on new multi layered solo saxophone project Saxophones Solo, as well as new singer songwriter content, with plans to release new music in 2021.