With his original songs featured in many popular American TV series, including ‘Suits’ and ‘True Detective,’ and nearly one million Spotify audience streams per month, THE BONES OF J.R. JONES (Jonathon Linaberry) is a peculiar American grassroots artist who has infatuated fans over the years with a gritty, bluesy approach, occasionally giving perhaps a modern Brooklyn zest to Southern rock.
His eccentric sound fuses a moody blend of soul, blues, roots, and Americana with a musical style that runs between folksy, sorrowful lullabies and dirty, grainy, cinematic tunes. J.R.’s timeless voice—haunting, grumbling, stirring—communicates a level of intimacy and passion that carries with it a quiet sense of loss, yearning, and wanting.
On stage with a guitar/banjo, harmonica, kazoo, kick drum, high-hat, handclaps, and loops, THE BONES OF J.R. JONES‘s stunning talent is wonderfully captured through his powerful live performances, rich in exquisite musical detail and powerful in authentic emotion.
“The Bones of J.R. sounds like a voodoo experiment of rock n’ roll, while offering lyrics that show no experiment could be as dark or as exhilarating as the one we call life. It feels like a True Blood episode. Rousing choruses, ‘stomp your feet’ melodies, and guitar riffs that could split diamonds in half” ~Diandra Reviews
“‘Howl’ is constructed on simple acoustics and his quivering, forlorn voice that can at times sound tortured with grief, and in this track, it’s longing for the companionship to defeat that pain. When he calls out “won’t you howl with me?”, he’s as lonesome as any creature you’ll find struggling on this planet” ~Parklife DC
