Four important emotions that connect listeners the deepest with the music they cherish are love, passion, resilience, and empathy. These are also the core tenets for how singer/ songwriter/guitarist Jonathan Paull Gertler is able to bond with listeners over the course of the nine tracks that populate his riveting new album, Unfinished Business, which is set for release on all major digital platforms on October 30, 2026, via Rock Ridge Music.
Produced and mixed by Grammy-winner Paul Ebersold (Morgan Wade, Steve Cropper) and recorded at the Rukkus Room in Nashville, Unfinished Business once again places the spotlight on Gertler’s expressive voice and finger-style acoustic guitar accompaniment. He’s also aided and abetted by the likes of Dan Knobler and Nathan Dugger on electric guitar, Matt Menefee on banjo and Dobro, Jimbo Hart on electric bass, Rich Brinsfield on upright bass, Kai Welch on piano, and Josh Hunt on drums. “The whole studio experience of recording in Nashville versus Boston was amazing for me,” Gertler reveals. “There I was, working with all these great musicians — and then I also had a producer who is just encyclopedic about every musical genre, someone who was both adamant in his own and respectful of my sensibilities. It was an honor to work with them all.”
NEW SINGLE “UNFINISHED BUSINESS” OUT NOW • NEW ALBUM COMING SOON
“Jonathan’s lyrics are thoughtful and complex as he touches on the inner life and the best of the human experience: kindness... Fingerpicking guitar is arguable the most honest form of melody making and Gertler employs it on the song beautifully.”
