jonesgirls

Bio

www.jonesgirlsmusic.com
TWO GIRLS. TWO GUITARS. HARMONY DRIVEN ACOUSTIC ROCK.
Exceptional songwriting, solid...acoustic guitar over beautiful vocals. This is a rare and sure to rise musical duo." - Tom Malm, Concert Promoter & Industry Veteran, 2008
They've got a connection that makes for intense performances and a great vocal blend of tight harmonies." - Pulse Weekly, 2007
2008 George's Music 30th Anniversary Songwriting Contest, Top 10 Finalist for "Spend A Little Time"
2007 Lehigh Valley Music Awards Nominee for Best Duo, Best Female Vocalists, and Best Band Website
2007 (Nov) "King of the Stage" Finalist, Chaplin's Music Cafe, Philadelphia PA
2006 Lehigh Valley Music Awards Nominee for Best Duo, Best Female Vocalists, and Best New Band
2006 Lehigh Valley Acoustic Performance Competition Finalist

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"Spend A Little Time" on Chill Out: East Coast Edition Vol. 6
"Spend A Little Time" is Track 14 on Quickstar Productions' Chill Out: East Coast Edition Volume 6 compilation CD. The disc, released on January 8, 2008, is chock full of East Coast acoustic performers with a pretty wide range of musicial styles. Support indie music! Purchase a copy of the CD (only $5!) by clicking the secure "BUY NOW" PayPal button above or come to one of our live shows and pick one up in person! Individual tracks are also available for download on iTunes (search "Karen and Amy Jones") and Amazon.com.

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K&A on Dave Doll's Lullabies and Nocturnes CD

Our incredibly talented friend, Dave Doll, just released Lullabies and Nocturnes, a collection of gorgeous, beautiful, stirring songs that you definitely will not want to sleep through. We do a guest vocal appearance on the track "Bittersweet Surrender." It's pretty. :-) Dave's got some of the songs posted on www.myspace.com/davedollmusic. If you'd like to purchase a copy, contact Dave. $10 for 13 tracks of the lighter side of Dave Doll. You won't be disappointed.

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Two girls. Two guitars. Harmony-driven acoustic rock. These sisters are known for their melodic vocal lines and tight harmonies. Their original songs are passionate and personal with hooks and harmonies that stand out from standard acoustic fare.

Karen and Amy Jones have been around music all of their lives. The women on their mom's side of the family were all known to have beautiful singing voices, and they were lucky enough to have parents who nurtured their musical ambitions.

After high school, Karen attended the Eastman School of Music in New York but found she didn't fit in with the rigid musical atmosphere the conservatory provided. She transferred to Penn State her sophomore year and put her vocal training to use in a different way, fronting several campus rock bands. She taught herself a few chords on her dad's beat-up acoustic guitar and started writing simple songs about guys and shoes. Over the years, with encouragement from some really good friends, she began writing songs about personal experiences…some dark, some light, and some which still include guys and shoes.

Amy graduated from Temple University with a degree in Vocal Performance. Like her sister, she found herself pulling away from opera and classical music and gravitated toward alternative rock. She fell in love with Seattle grunge bands like Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. No big surprise for her college classmates – at her senior recital, Amy performed an operatic arrangement of Guns n' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle.

Karen and Amy finally started writing and performing together in February 2006. Known for their melodic vocal lines and tight harmonies, their acoustic performances are marked by intense, soaring vocals, and the way their voices blend has been described as "breathtaking." Their original songs, best described as "melodic acoustic rock," are passionate and personal with hooks and harmonies that stand out from standard acoustic fare. On occasion, Karen and Amy cover artists ranging from Nirvana to Tori Amos to the Indigo Girls to Nine Inch Nails to Led Zeppelin.

The girls are currently performing in Philadelphia, New York and the greater Lehigh Valley area.

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Places we've played:
Applebee's - Easton, PA
Arts on the Avenue - Collingswood, NJ
Beyond Coffee - York, PA
Bitter End - New York, NY
Blue Monkey - Catasaqua, PA
Cedar Crest College - Allentown, PA
Chaplin's Music Cafe - Spring City, PA
Eddie's Attic - Atlanta, GA
Fig Cafe - Jenkintown, PA
First Friday - Doylestown, PA
Grand Theater - East Greenville, PA
Grape Street - Philadelphia, PA
Gryphon Cafe - Wayne, PA
Hinge Cafe & Art House - Philadelphia, PA
Hometown Heroes - Bethlehem, PA
Independent Music Conference '07 - Philadelphia, PA
Infusion Cafe and Lounge - Hellertown, PA
Java Lounge - Nazareth, PA
Kremmer's Cafe - Allentown, PA
Lakewood Golf & Country Club - Tullahoma, TN
Lehigh Valley Acoustic Competition - Allentown, PA
Lipplefest - Altoona, PA
Little York Tavern - Milford, NJ
McCoole's Arts & Events Place - Quakertown, PA
Millennium Music Conference - Harrisburg, PA
Nazareth Day in the Park - Nazareth, PA
Stonehedge Gardens - Tamaqua, PA
Triumph Brewing Company - Philadelphia, PA
Wildflower Cafe - Bethlehem, PA
Shared the stage with:
Hal Ketchum - Tullahoma, TN - May 2007
Dave Doll - Bethlehem, PA - March 2007

Recordings:
2008 Philly Love Compilation (Jar Records) - release date Feb 2008
Lullabies and Nocturnes (Dave Doll) - release date Jan 2008
Chill Out: East Coast Edition (Quickstar Productions) - release date Jan 2008

Radio play:
AcousticPhilly internet radio (acousticphilly.podbean.com)
Stardog Café internet radio (www.homegrownradionj.com)

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