{"id":2614,"date":"2014-03-12T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2014-03-12T13:02:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T17:02:04","slug":"stone-jack-jones-ancestor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/03\/12\/stone-jack-jones-ancestor\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone Jack Jones, Ancestor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/03\/12\/stone-jack-jones-ancestor\/wv109-1500\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500-500x498.jpg\" alt=\"WV109.1500\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2673\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500-500x498.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500-900x897.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WV109.1500.jpg 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Ancestor<\/i> is one of the most extraordinary and unusual records I have listened to so far this year. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s mountain music, but it&#8217;s modern mountain music. The songs are still about love and loss, but the sound evokes a dreamy opiate-induced haze rather than a whiskey-fueled blues bender.<\/p>\n<p>The man behind it is by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonejackjones\">Stone Jack Jones<\/a>, originally from Buffalo Creek, WV. He comes from four generations of coal miners, but he&#8217;s a wanderer. Now based in Nashville, he&#8217;s &#8211; to quote his bio &#8211; &#8220;been a carny, an escape artist, a ballet dancer, a professional lute player, and even owned a late night performance art club in Atlanta.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And he&#8217;s taken all of those experiences and channeled them into songs like <i>O Child<\/i>:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/136558111&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd <i>State I&#8217;m In<\/i>, which sounds like the end of a long night:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/136558114&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBut there are bursts of sweetness too, such as this tune, aptly named <i>Joy<\/i>:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/136558115&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestor is one of the most extraordinary and unusual records I have listened to so far this year. It&#8217;s mountain music, but it&#8217;s modern mountain music. The songs are still about love and loss, but the sound evokes a dreamy opiate-induced haze rather than a whiskey-fueled blues bender. 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