In 2011, Jon Tarifa launched his debut single “So Right” and that same month he performed at the Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival. In 2013, Jon released his debut album “Free to Be” which included the number 1 hit on Dutch radio (FunX) entitled “Focus” and “Next to Me” which picked up the song of the week on Radio 6 in The Netherlands. Jon Tarifa has toured through the Netherlands and performed at some of the largest music venues and festivals, including Eurosonic Noorderslag in 2014-2016 and Parkpop Festival (biggest free European festival) 8 times, among other large festivals and concert venues. In October 2016, Jon Tarifa became world news with his single “Don’t Go”, that went viral over night. The song reached the likes of CNN (India) and The New York Times, to only name a few. The music video was also shared by both of President Obama’s daughters on social media. As a result, Jon Tarifa was invited to perform the song on various TV shows in the Netherlands, such as the popular RTL Late Night and Hart van Nederland, among others. In the meantime, the video has reached 60 million views and well over 2 million streams on Spotify. In the summer of 2017, “Don’t Go” was re-launched with an official (animated) video clip by Universal Music in the United States. Since then, Jon Tarifa has been touring with his live band and has been bringing out new music regularly. He is currently in the final stages of cooking up his new album and it sounds delicious. Stay tuned!