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Jason Jones holds an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University in Miami. His poems have appeared in Cumberland River Review, The Ilanot Review, J Journal, Saw Palm, and Wraparound South, among others. He is a contributing writer for themelomaniacs.com and The Riverfront Times and lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Consider the Source ‘You Are Literally a Metaphor’

Jason Jones Feb 22, 2019

Consider the Source’s sixth studio release, You Are Literally a Metaphor is a creative picaresque, flushed with cultural influences, brought together in a thrilling narrative of layered instrumentation. The title, not to mention the…

Bluegrass/Country

Did You Hear What I Just Heard? Summer Camp 2018 Recap and Gallery

Jason Jones Jun 5, 2018

Summer Camp Music Festival 2018 was a circus of strange artistic juxtapositions, wild forays into the outer limits of musical expression, and once-in-a-lifetime interactions between friends, new and old, both on stage and in the crowd. Jay…

Europe

Gorillaz Announce Demon Dayz Festival

Jason Jones Mar 7, 2017

Gorillaz, the Grammy-winning virtual band co-created by multi-instrumentalist Damon Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett in 1998, has laid plans for its own festival, which is to be called Demon Dayz Festival, after its second album.…

Jam/Progressive

Phish Announces 13-Night Summer Run at MSG

Jason Jones Jan 31, 2017

Rumors of Phish breaking with summer tour tradition and taking an extended stay at Madison Square Garden have been circulating all winter, and today the band announced that they will indeed be taking up residence at MSG for a 13-night run.…

Blues/Jazz

Butch Trucks, Founding Member of the Allman Brothers Band, Dead at 69

Jason Jones Jan 25, 2017

Butch Trucks, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, died on the evening of Tuesday, January 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 69 years old. Born Claude Hudson Trucks on May 11, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida, Butch refined his…

Albany

Marco Benevento Kickstarts the New Year with Album and Show Announcements

Jason Jones Jan 6, 2017

Marco Benevento is set to blastoff in 2017 with a new album and tour on tap. The multi-instrumentalist dubbed the Mad Hatter will start the year spinning forty-fives for an intimate hometown get down at the Catskill Mountain Pizza Company…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Chicago Farmer “Midwest Side Stories”

Jason Jones Dec 22, 2016

Chicago Farmer recently released his seventh studio album, Midwest Side Stories, which debuted on September 30, 2016 on his Chicago Farmer record label. It’s the follow-up to 2013’s Backenforth, IL. Chicago Farmer is the nom de plume of…

Manhattan

Three New Yorkers Top 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Jason Jones Dec 21, 2016

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced today that seven new inductees will be enshrined in 2017, including three New Yorkers among them - Joan Baez, Tupac Shakur, and Nile Rodgers. Rodgers gets the nod for the Hall’s Award for Musical…

Binghamton

Tony Markellis Keeping Busy

Jason Jones Dec 1, 2016

Bassist Tony Markellis, best known for his work with the Trey Anastasio Band, The Mamas and the Papas, Paul Butterfield, David Bromberg, and his own group, the jazz ensemble Kilimanjaro, will be playing a host of local shows in the…

Alternative/Indie

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce First New Studio Release Since 1998

Jason Jones Nov 22, 2016

Post-punk sensations The Jesus and Mary Chain have been getting back up to speed of late. In 2014 and 2015 they played several tour dates in the run up to last year’s release of Live from Barrowlands, and now longtime Jesus and Mary Chain …

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