Jon McLaughlin in New York

Jon McLaughlin is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, born in Anderson, Indiana, in 1982. His piano-led pop is best known through “Beautiful Disaster,” the albums Indiana and OK Now, and “So Close,” which he sang for the Disney film Enchanted. In 2007, he opened shows on Kelly Clarkson’s My December Tour. The following year, he performed “So Close” at the 80th Academy Awards, bringing a song heard in a film ballroom sequence to the ceremony’s stage. He later made Home for the Holidays an annual concert tradition in Indianapolis.