Nathan Landis Funk is a Canadian/American singer-songwriter, musician and performer whose songs infuse catchy folk jams and contemplative piano ballads with dramatic storytelling true to his theater roots. His music explores themes of faith, disillusionment, and finding a way when life plans get shipwrecked.
He grew up in the Saskatchewan prairies listening to maritime music and CCM, and declared at age 6 “When I grow up, I’m going to be a storyteller”. He began writing music in middle school, but it wasn’t until after he went on some other adventures—dairy farming, a school of supernatural ministry, a trip to Africa, and a theater degree from Temple University—that he felt he had music worth sharing with a larger audience.
He released an EP Stay Here With Me in 2018, followed by the single Easy to Be in 2019. When COVID hit, Nathan moved to a cabin on a farm and began working on his first full-length album. Here’s to the Sojourners debuted in December 2021, and features collaborations with Paul Harrold and the Nuclear Bandits, SueEllen Bontrager, and fiddler Katie Grennan of Gaelic Storm.
Nathan also has performed for Holland America cruise line, theme parks, local festivals, bars and restaurants, and has music directed at Gretna Theater, Prima, 11th Hour, and the PA Renaissance Faire. He has also written a celtic musical, Tales of the Phantom Ship, which was performed at the Philly Fringe Festival in 2015. He’s also known for creating a semi-viral music video parody which involves him fighting a panda.
If nothing else, he thinks his life choices have kept him in good standing with his inner child.