The Jones Family Singers is a Texas-based gospel soul/funk music group. [1] [2]
History
The family, including Fred Jones and seven of his children, had in the late 90s and early 2000s been performing for their own and other local churches near their home base of Bay City, Texas. [3] [4] Fred Jones is the pastor of Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church in Markham, Texas. [5] In 2012 the group performed at SXSW music festival and in 2014 at Lincoln Center. [5] They were scheduled to perform at the 2020 SXSW music festival. [6]
In 2015 a documentary, The Jones Family Will Make A Way, was released. [3]
CNN featured them when multiple family members were infected within a week by COVID-19. [5]
Reception
The group has been called "must-see" by Rolling Stone and NPR. [7] The New York Times called them "rip-roaring". [8]
References
- ^ Dansby, Andrew (2014-01-24). "The Jones Family Singers stir hearts with energetic gospel music". HoustonChronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Meet The Jones Family Singers In Their New Video For "Down on Me"". www.vice.com. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ a b "Instead of preaching to the choir, The Jones Family Singers bring Gospel to the masses". MaineToday. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "The Jones Family Singers - Live from Mt. Zion - The Journal of Gospel Music". journalofgospelmusic.com. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ a b c Lavandera, Ed (7 December 2020). "A gospel-singing family performed a virtual concert at a recording studio. Then, five of them got Covid-19". CNN. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "SXSW Announces First Wave of 2020 Showcasing Artists". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Jones Family Singers: Gospel Funk at Hop | The White River Valley Herald". www.ourherald.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (2015-01-12). "Worlds and Rhythms Meet, in Euphoric Result (Published 2015)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-07.