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 "Jonivan Jones is a songwriter who grew up in Arkansas, and began playing guitar in 1994, crafting and recording melodies on an old 4 track tape recorder. Over time, he ventured into the realm of publishing and affecting audiences with his minor chord heavy compositions, chasing opportunities to perform and connect with listeners, regardless of a transient lifestyle.  

From South Pacific travels, to Twang and Psychedelic sounds learned in South Texas to the early years of learning old Folk, Blues and Cowboy songs around campfires while growing up around the Ozarks and Ouachita Forests, this emerged into its unprocessed, ragged and jangly form that you hear now.

 

A musical style characterized by its gritty bones and a deep reverence to Delta & Folk Blues, exposed to during formative years in the American South. Drawing influences from Traditional Folk, and Early Country/Western, live performances are a stirred-up framework of these genres, creating a unique but familiar sound. 

 

Years of relentless songwriting and live shows, amassed a catalog of hundreds of songs, each one a nod to life’s pact with the wild.  

 

Featured on NPR, 2011's Levee Breaking Northeast Album Showcase, 91.9 FM KASU 'Arkansas Roots', KABF 88.3 Shoog Radio and multiple other independent internet radio broadcasts."

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Ragged Jangly

Jonivan Jones

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Produced and Recorded at Buffalo Music/Jonivan Jones Music. All songs written by Jonivan Jones. Mastered for Digital and Vinyl by James Plotkin (Plotkinworks).

"Fighting uphill the last few years and traveling, sleeping in cars or on the ground in parks & national forests along tour routes created the backdrop for an album. It's full of road

Produced and Recorded at Buffalo Music/Jonivan Jones Music. All songs written by Jonivan Jones. Mastered for Digital and Vinyl by James Plotkin (Plotkinworks).

"Fighting uphill the last few years and traveling, sleeping in cars or on the ground in parks & national forests along tour routes created the backdrop for an album. It's full of road songs, still spells, little red hens, ragged truths, an ode to an important cowboy singer/songwriter, old trails, road staggers, lonely highway blues, bat countries, 2nd chance hearts and a fast fade. This release blankets the peak of 17 years of Independent songwriting, performing live and traveling across the States and parts of the world, it's a mixture of influences and experiences from Arkansas Folk to the Delta & Country Blues sound to the familiar rhythm of Americana and its roots." credits released December 2, 2022

Jonivan Jones - Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Lap Steel Guitars, Bass Ken Andersen - Bass Guitar Michael West - Lap Steel guitars Wren WhiteSeven - Fiddle

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    Little Red Hen 3:19
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    Ragged Truth 3:59
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    Dear Lucky 3:15
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    Old Trails 3:05
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    Road Stagger 4:47
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    Lonely Highway West Blues 3:44
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    Second Chance Heart 2:01
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    Bat Country 2:58
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    Fading Fast 3:26
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Same old Rush

Jonivan Jones

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released August 14, 2021

Written, recorded and mixed in late summer of 2021 by and for Buffalo Music. Mastered by J. Plotkin (Plotkinworks).

  1. Jones - vocals/guitars/harmonica
  2. Andersen - bass guitar
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Outta Sight

Jonivan Jones

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Outta Sight

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Written, recorded and mixed in late summer of 2023 by and for Buffalo Music. Mastered by J. Plotkin (Plotkinworks).

  1. Jones - vocals/guitars/harmonica
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Some Press

“Music Review: Jonivan Jones, ‘Ragged Jangly’” - Carol Roth

— Adventures in Americana

“ Single ‘Roadside Attendant’”

— Music Mecca

“NEW MUSIC: Jonivan Jones – After The Sunset”

— Post to Wire

“I had hit a loop and returned to a point where I started from and I realized it was time to connect with my own roots and combine my experiences and what I had picked up along the way.”

— Canvas Rebel

“Review from a few years ago for a project called "The Unknown"”

— The Pacific Northwest ~ 2011 - for the now lost LP "The Unknown"