Ayron Jones | Start

Nach der Erfahrung, dass 2021 gar nicht so anders ist als das lebensverändernde 2020, meldet sich Ayron Jones mit “Mercy” zurück, einer Hymne der Kraft und Widerstandsfähigkeit, um Menschen im Kampf für eine bessere Zukunft zu vereinen.
Chaos, Frustration und Verwirrung gehen in den von ihm und seinen treuen Mitarbeitern Marty Frederickson und Scott Stevens mitgeschriebenen Lyrics Hand in Hand: “Got me on my knees / Too much smoke, can’t breathe”.
“Ich hatte einfach das Gefühl, dass diese Zeile die Situation, in der wir uns in Amerika befanden, verkörperte […] Es war, als würde man ein Teleskop nehmen und den Leuten eine Perspektive auf Amerika aus der Sicht eines Außenstehenden geben. Es war eine raue Geschichte über das, was hier in diesem Land wirklich vor sich geht - und besonders für mich als Schwarzer.”

Guitarist & singer Ayron Jones whose songwriting is filled with raw emotion is the new sound of Seattle in 2020. The gritty, genre-blending artist is an amalgam of the incredibly rich history of the city, from Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana to Sir Mix-A-Lot who produced Jones’ first independent record. Now primed to bring his unique sound to the rest of the world, his explosive single “Take Me Away” is available June 19 via Big Machine/John Varvatos Records. “Take Me Away” pulls Jones’ diverse influences into a style that is at once both familiar and yet distinctly his own, with firm footing in the nostalgia of rock music. The tones and musical roots may be familiar, but the story is unique to Jones and the struggles and darkness that shaped his art. With a tumultuous childhood marred by parental additional and abandonment, the weight of Jones’ past because the inspiration for “Take Me Away”.

""Take Me Away" was about how music was my escape, how I sometimes felt stuck in my own personal prison of isolation and solitude that I’d constructed for myself,” explains Jones. “Music was my release, and from the darkness I could create something beautiful, and not be defined by my history.” While gaining a following as an independent artist Jones has become part of the fabric of the Northwest city, opening for Guns ’N’ Roses at the Gorge and
B.B. King, as well as working with Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and Eric Lilavois at the iconic London Bridge Studio. The city has championed his sound with consistently sold out shows, and Jones has been embraced by the city’s wealth of music royalty including Duff McKagan, Mike McCready, and more.

Jones’ ascent also broke barriers in the rock music world, and he explains "being black in the rock industry, I was forging a path into establishments and onto tours that had not previously embraced an artist like me. But the one thing that always changed minds and spoke for itself was the music.” His reach now extends well beyond Seattle, playing alongside such acts as Run DMC, Public Enemy, Rakim, Jeff Beck, Theory of a Deadman, Robin Trower, and Spearhead, plus notable festival performances to include SXSW, Sasquatch, and Bumbershoot.