With his distinctive style, Laurence Jones is at the vanguard of the British blues scene. Ant Firmin caught up with him at Firevolt Festival to discuss what he is up to, his influences, how to stay healthy on the road, and how to practise singing. Laurence Jones can be found …
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Tonight’s gig was relocated from Koko due to the venue closing for urgent structural repairs, and this meant the venue was rather crowded – and hotter than hell with at least one fan collapsing in the heat. First up tonight was Laurence Jones. Wearing a suit he looked far too …
Read More »Ramblin Man 2018 – Sunday
Sunday kicked off with more hot sunny weather (quite unusual for Ramblin Man – I think this was the first year where it’s been nice weather the whole weekend). The first band I caught today was The Last Internationale, opening the main stage. They’re a band I didn’t know much …
Read More »Laurence Jones – Borderline, London – 23rd January 2018
Ahead of the release of his new album, The Truth, Laurence Jones played the Borderline in London. It’s not too many months since he last played here, so to see the venue busy on a Monday night was a great result and a good sign of his popularity. The night …
Read More »King King – Robin 2, Bilston – 6th March 2015
First up tonight was Laurence Jones, a very young (21 years old) blues guitarist. I saw him support Joanne Shaw Taylor at her album launch last year and was impressed by his short acoustic set. Tonight was a ful eletric set and he was accompanied by his producer, Roger Inniss …
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