Spinnaker was first played on NTS on 10 January 2023. Songs played include The Spirit Of America.

Formerly The Park Bench Rant, Spinnaker is an acoustic act based out of Gainesville, Florida.

Spinnaker began when singer/songwriter Jonathan Spinnaker (known locally as Jon Caswell) moved everything he had in his car, heading north up Interstate 75 from Sarasota, Florida to his current home of Gainesville. Much of Spinnaker's early writing stages would reflect this departure from prior self-abuse and family struggle.

Spinnaker quickly garnered a following in the attentive Gainesville music scene for his sultry croon and sparse chordal arrangements, playing to audiences in house parties, downtown venues…