Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Hazel Dickens, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash
Sounds Like
"Her voice has that stripped-down, Dust Bowl quality of Iris DeMent, the Appalachian edge of Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss, and the strength of Joan Baez. Without an ounce of pretense or phony artifice, her sparse sound incorporates a we'll-never-get-out-of-this-alive Hank Williams fatalism that is at once tragic and uplifting." ~ Houston Press
Diana Jones on Mountain Stage HD TV Show
DIANA JONES ~BIO
Diana's music is informed by the themes that have run through her life…love, loss, and redemption…bringing to mind both Emily Dickinson & Loretta Lynn in the same breath. From the mournful lament of a dance hall girl, to the stomping melodic rant of a young woman's burial instructions, each of Diana's original songs from her latest CD, My Remembrance of You, draws life from the rich cross currents of old timey, country blues and mountain music.
Adopted as an infant and raised in New York, Diana left home at the age of 15 in search of her roots. Unlike most of her friends, Diana was attracted to the music of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, as well as contemporary artists Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. It wasn't until she was reunited with her birth family and the music of the Eastern Tennessee hills some years later, that she discovered why that music had always moved her.
"When Diana Jones went in search of her birth family, she not only found them in East Tennessee, she also found her voice - as a writer and a singer. There's an authenticity to her stories and her singing that is truly special." --John Platt, WFUV
"Jones is on the verge of a critical breakthrough. Increasingly compared to the likes of Iris DeMent and Gillian Welch, Jones just might be the best American songwriter most people have never heard of." -- Chicago Tribune
"Diana Jones writes songs which she sings in such a haunting high lonesome that one can’t help but wonder if she isn’t the lost daughter of the Carter Family."-- Ann Patchett, New York Times
"Diana Jones, like Gillian Welch and Iris Dement, has the uncanny ability to write original songs that sound like they originated a couple centuries ago in some backwoods West Virginia holler... she can sit and sing for a spell on my front porch any time." -- Paste
US Booking: Americana Agency John Laird johnlaird@americanaagency.com
919 489-4824
UK/EU Booking: Asgard~ Paul Fenn +44(0)207 387 5090 paulfenn@asgard-uk.com
WWW.DIANAJONESMUSIC.COM
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Please check out my latest CD release: Billy Don Burns THE BERLIN TAPES Outlaw-Country at its finest, a must for fans of Waylon, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, David Allan Coe, etc.
Yes, it's that time of the month again when your listening pleasure can be enhanced by heading off to the AUK Myspace site where you will find folk whimsy from The Travelling Band, poignant thoughfulness from Waylon Jennings, The Butless Chaps (don't you just want to know what they sound like?) and the sweetly swinging (and singing) Tish Hinojosa.
Many thanks for your Friendship! I’m very happy of being your friend. I'is an honour for me. Be Happy! "To be Happy it is to walk with Love and Wisdom"! Much Peace! Much Light! Fraternally, I am, GUILHERME DE ABREU CORREIA (Universalist Spiritualist Writer) Funchal – Madeira Island (PORTUGAL)
This Saturday, November 1st, at Norm's River Road House, it's Monster Slow Cooker Night, and it's free! Here's the line-up...
7:00 Cadillac, Jon & Rob 7:20 John Mann 7:45 Lynn Langham 8:10 Jon Byrd 8:30 Cadillac Holmes 8:50 Nancy K Dillon 9:15 Doug Gill 9:40 Warren Wilken 10:05 Rob Stanley 10:25 Fred Koller 10:50 Diana Jones 11:20 Tommy Womack 11:50 Jeff & Vida
Hello Ms. Jones and thanks for the add! I came by your music on Pandora, the internet radio: I guess it shouldn't be any surprise that you showed up on my Gillian Welch station. As soon as I heard your song, I had to come find you on MySpace. Excellent folky tunes indeed!
Hi Diana! I really like your music. I know you wrote "My Remembrence Of You" about your grandfather but it makes me think of the "Pretty Girl" that gave me a glimpse of Heaven. Thanks for the song that reminds me of one sweet soul. Here is a picture I took of her during the first year of our 28 year love affair....
Dear diana: Thank you very much for your friendship and congratulations on your great music, I very much enjoyed listening. I hope you do well with mine too. My best wishes. Jose Miguel
"Cocaine spiders run your memory on down, I'm thinking of you babe on my way out of town, Five shots to go on a six shot run, I'll stay my story true back to where I begun..."
