Franklin Jonas Credit: Photo via frankiejonas/Facebook
Franklin Jonas, the kid who gave Sōsuke his voice in Studio Ghibli’s “Ponyo” is all grown up, and heading in a whole new direction.

The 22-year-old little brother of Joe, Kevin, and Nick Jonas has been jumpstarting his own musical venture throughout the year, and his Sewer Rat EP is described as a collection of songs he wrote as therapy, dealing with suicidal thoughts and his experiences with alcoholism.

Jonas opens for genre-bending vocalist Hobo Johnson—fresh out of a year-long break—and Orlando-based multi-genre performer Maddie Barker.

Tickets to see Jonas Franklin open for Hobo Johnson at Crowbar in Ybor City on Saturday, July 15 are still floating out there, we think, for $25-$30.

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This article appears in Jul 13-19, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...