With nine CD releases under his belt, JP Jones is Rhode Islands most prolific indie recording artist. Best known for his folk-influenced songwriting, Jones recorded work has been compared to Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and Greg Brown.
Jones breaks new ground with the release of "Life and Death." Tackling genres as diverse as punk, funk and jazz, "Life and Death" is not for folk purists. Its a concept album about opposites: black and white, beauty and ugliness, birth, death, sex and salvation. The disc features 11 original songs and Jones touring band, Rite Tite. The groups seven member line-up includes Jones on acoustic guitar and vocals, drummer Dave Lang, percussionist Matt Niebels, bass player Kurt Meyer, Mike Barrette on electric guitar, Louise Muller on violin and ("Dr.") Donn Watson on keyboards.
Jones remains the focal point. While the bands been gigging together in this present configuration for better than a year, at smaller venues Jones often plays a stripped-down set, solo, or accompanied only by one or two from the larger group. At the larger shows and on this disc its the best of both worlds: great songs delivered by the writer and an organic listening experience from a band whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Life and Death,JP Jones,Artist One-Stop,Intense and eclectic folk-based collection is songwriter's ninth independently released CD. "Thoughtful, spiritually grounded music that tells stories rather than thumps bibles." - Bill Conner, KNBT,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop
Rock Music:
- Lin/Kliff Story [Box set] [Import]
- Love Police [CD-single]
- Make Me an Island [Import]
- Mann Alive [Import]
- Maybe
- Melting in the Dark [Import]
- Mest [Clean] [Enhanced]
- Minerva [CD-single] [Import]
- Moonflower Lane [Import]
- Mustard Gas & Roses
Rock Music
Best of Sarah Brightman: 1990-2000 [Import]
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / G. Jones, Schwarz, Kollo, Moll; Bernstein
Boas Festas 2: Feliz Natal [Import]