Musician Dictionary

John Linnell

American musician (born 1959)

DescriptionAmerican musician (born 1959)
Source: Wikidata
Born1959-06-12
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceNew York New York City
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationsongwriter accordionist keyboardist musician lyricist saxophonist singer clarinetist
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentsguitar saxophone bass clarinet keyboard instrument accordion voice contra-alto clarinet Kaoss Pad
Source: Wikidata
Genresalternative rock
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsRestless Records Elektra Bar/None Records
Source: Wikidata
Member ofThey Might Be Giants The Mundanes Sapphire Bullets They Might Be Giants
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata

Also known as

J. Linnell JL John L. John Linell John Linnel John Sidney Linnell Johnny Hart Linnell

Links

Identifiers

mbid: b48f22c6-cab9-436c-a6d0-99839a19ee05 · wikidata: Q707352 · isni: 0000000030976232 · ipi: 00127523096, 00189184819 · discogs: 543875

Cite this page

{
 "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/john-linnell-b48f22c6",
 "cite_as": "John Linnell, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/john-linnell-b48f22c6",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "musicbrainz",
   "dump": "20261024-001001",
   "date": "2026-10-24",
   "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
   "date": "2026-10-28",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
   "date": "2026-10-29",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "discogs",
   "dump": "20261001",
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
   "date": "2026-10-29",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
   "date": "2026-10-30",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
   "date": "2026-10-31",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
   "date": "2026-11-01",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
   "date": "2026-11-02",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
   "date": "2026-11-03",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ]
}

Machine-readable version: /artist/john-linnell-b48f22c6.json