Interview with The Lumineers

Many years after the worldwide success of the 2012 breakthrough hit Ho Hey and the three studio albums The Lumineers, Cleopatra and III which all reached number one in the US album charts and went straight between number one and two on the Billboard Global 200 chart, the American indie folk-rock duo The Lumineers who said mobile phones should be banned at live shows are still on top of the world, both as a pair and as solo artists.

In fact, as they continue working toward making music as a band, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites?released one solo album each?at the same time in 2021: multi-instrumentalist and composer Jeremiah Fraites put out an 11-track melodic ambient album titled Piano Piano, made out of serene and soul-soothing piano music, whilst band lead vocalist Wesley Schultz came up with Vignettes, a collection of blues and folk sound consisting of 10 new cover renditions of classic songs by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and more - all inspired by different life stories.

Both Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz are in for an interview about music, inspiration, life and what it’s like to have released solo works simultaneously whilst remaining bandmates and close friends.