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Justin Vernon is a singer, songwriter, and producer most closely associated with the acclaimed indie band Bon Iver, which he launched as a solo project in 2007. The veteran Wisconsin musician had already amassed a significant back catalog by the time Bon Iver's home-recorded debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, achieved breakout success in 2008. Features with Kanye West and a pair of Grammy Awards for Bon Iver's eponymous 2011 album followed, as Vernon expanded the project into a full band that experimented widely beyond its indie folk roots. He simultaneously branched out with side projects like Volcano Choir, Gayngs, and Big Red Machine, while also positioning himself as an in-demand collaborator and producer. Vernon steered Bon Iver into avant-garde territory on 2016's 22, A Million and 2019's I, I, yet they retained enough of a mainstream sound to be featured on hits by Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan, and to have Bruce Springsteen guest on one of their own songs. In 2023, Vernon released Epoch, an archival box set devoted to his pre-Bon Iver band DeYarmond Edison.
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