Ones To Watch: Laurence Jones

Inspired to take up music at the tender age of seven after hearing The Groundhogs’ mind-bending 1971 masterpiece ‘Split’, 25-year-old Laurence Jones’ career has been nicely simmering for the past five years. A prolific artist, Laurence has released four solo studio albums via German independent imprint Ruf Records (Joanne Shaw Taylor, Walter Trout), he’s been named Young Blues Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards three times and he’s toured with the likes Status Quo, Gary Clark Jr, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his musical hero Tony McPhee.

Primed to unleash his fifth record ‘The Truth’ on Friday 9th March, Laurence has hailed it as a “crossover blues” album in the ilk of “John Mayer, Eric Clapton and even Jimi Hendrix” and his “favourite” work to date. He’ll be celebrating its release with a Planet Rock presents tour that kicks off in London in January before taking in further shows throughout May.

See Laurence Jones at the following Planet Rock presents shows:

JANUARY 2018
London Borderline – Tue 23rd

MAY 2018
Manchester Band on the Wall – Thu 3rd
Leamington Spa Zephyr Lounge – Fri 4th
Southampton Talking Heads – Sat 5th
Birmingham Hare & Hounds – Thu 10th
Nottingham The Bodega – Fri 11th
York Fulford Arms – Sat 12th
Newcastle The Cluny – Sun 13th

Tickets are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets right now.

To find out more about Laurence Jones, head to his official website and follow him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.