{"id":12626,"date":"2022-05-18T19:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=12626"},"modified":"2022-05-18T19:55:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:55:36","slug":"new-album-zeno-jones-stonewater-music-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/18\/new-album-zeno-jones-stonewater-music-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Zeno Jones || Stonewater Music EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know Zeno Jones<\/a> from garage blues rock duo Cold Beverage<\/a>, with whom he released the recommended LP Hot Wax<\/em><\/a> last year. In 2011, he’d already put out a traditional, self-titled country blues album, and now he’s once again taking the spotlight<\/a> on his own: on his electrified delta blues Stonewater Music EP<\/em><\/a>, you’ll hear his raw vocals, as well as his howling guitar, old suitcase drum and rusty tambourine.<\/p>\n

Last November, the skilled guitarist won Louisville’s Regional Qualifier for the International Blues Challenge, with some studio time as a reward. That led to eight songs, all recorded in a single live take, that have been brought together on this mini album. Understandably, the tunes are more stripped down and rock a little less hard without Cold Beverage’s powerhouse drummer Rodney B. (active here as producer), but they’re no less intense. This is heartfelt blues\/roots music from a born musician who writes some pretty good songs in the traditional way – his originals can compete with his covers of John Lee Hooker’s Burning Hell<\/em> and Joost Abbel’s To The Moon<\/em>\u00a0– and who also knows how to play them convincingly.<\/p>\n