Guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter Nancy Jones starts her day like most everyone else—with a plan. But that's just the beginning. Where the plan leads her is where the songs occur, and that's where the real story is.

Jones says, "The songs are born from experience and longing. They are a musical and lyrical treatment to what occurs in everyday life. My life, your life. My shoes don't necessarily fit everybody, but I bet I've got a song that does."

Based on the coast in northern California, Nancy is a native of Western North Carolina. And while her Southern Appalachian roots color her songs, they don't define them. A self-proclaimed rambler, she itches to find the next inspiration wherever it may be. Whether that's on the road, in an airport, a greasy spoon in the middle of nowhere, or in the eye of a stranger. "Everything and everyone has a story," she says. "I've just got to dig it out and show it some light."

A few years ago, Nancy decided to drop her back-up band and go solo. It was a hard but necessary decision. Since then, she's had much success carrying off her music in its original form—alone. It's fresh and raw, boiled down and truthful.

With a broad brush of influences, Jones' music is awash with overtones and undertones of blues, folk, front-porch traditionals, gospel and southern rock. But don't be mistaken. Her music is categorically none of these things. It is more the bastard child of them all.

 

Never Mind The Screaming (2009), Hole In The Rock (2006), Northern Star (2005), Man With A Tender Heart (2003 featuring the Nancy Jones Band), Blood of Judas (2001 EP), The Lock (2001), Peace and Love (1996), Metal Mythos (1989 featuring Arctic Wolf), Art of Sound (1988)