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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.

Jam/Progressive

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…

Brooklyn

Summer Camp 2018 Set to Blast Off

Jason Jones May 14, 2018

Summer Camp Music Festival, now in its eighteenth year, is right around the corner once again. Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois has hosted the annual Memorial Day weekend bash since its modest inception in 2001. The festival has…

Features

New York, get LIT this Friday with our 4/20 show round up!

Jason Jones Apr 19, 2018

420 is almost here and NYS Music has your very comprehensive guide to seeing music all across the Empire State this Friday. If you like to mix your favorite herbs with some tunes, you'll find a variety of funk, jam, reggae, rock and much…

Brooklyn

Lake Street Dive Announces New Album, International Tour

Jason Jones Apr 17, 2018

Lake Street Dive, the Boston-born and Brooklyn-based quartet, is slated to release Free Yourself Up on May 4. It will be their seventh studio release to date, and the second on Nonesuch Records. In keeping with their typical schedule of…

News

CAKE and Ben Folds Reunite for Summer Tour

Jason Jones Apr 16, 2018

CAKE and Ben Folds will embark on a co-headlining summer tour in 2018. Tall Heights will provide support as the tour’s opening act. This is not the first time CAKE and Ben Folds have shared a bill, and both parties have expressed excitement…

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

Jahman Brahman at Funk ‘n Waffles, Brooklyn Bowl

Jason Jones Mar 4, 2017

Jahman Brahman, a quintet based out of Asheville, NC and known for their unique shred n’ flow playing style, captivating songwriting, and energetic live shows, is bringing its winter tour to the northeast. They will be making two stops in…

News

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.…

Obituaries

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…

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