In-Store Concert, November 19th - Christopher Mark Jones & The Roots Ensemble, Garnet Ash, Vince Rause - 1 TICKET

Thursday, November 19th: An evening of new music collaboration and an album release party for Christopher Mark Jones!

Christopher Mark Jones is a down-home, world-traveled song artist drawing from folk, country, blues and jazz for his acoustic-based, thoughtful, yet grooveful folk rock narratives, now stretching to eight albums with the release of. “Now I Know” at Acoustic Music Works. Between careers as a basketball player and French professor, Jones busked in Paris, toured the UK, Denmark, and Holland, and played New England clubs. For the release show, Christopher will be joined by The Roots Ensemble, Christopher’s full-band performance group, including Dave Gillespie (electric and acoustic guitars and vocals), Christopher’s cousin and a superb multi-instrumentalist, singer and writer in his own right, Eric George (drums and percussion) the house drummer and music director for Acousticafé at Mr. Small’s Funhouse, as well as a frequent session musician, and Mark Perna (electric and upright bass), a Pittsburgh jazz scene regular. Listen @ https://christophermarkjones.com

Garnet Ash is the duo project of vocalist Ashley Lynn and multi-instrumentalist Daryl Shawn. Together they create a sound rooted in classic pop, folk and jazz, with a unique blend showcased in their deep catalog of original music as well as choice covers. They are currently performing locally in Pittsburgh and working on their first album of original material.

Vince Rause grew up listening to the great singer-songwriters of his generation—Cat Stevens, Neil Young, James Taylor, John Prine, Kris Kristofferson and Joni Mitchell to mention just a few. His first album, “Old Guitar” acknowledges their influence on his own songwriting and reflects his love of all good folk, folk-rock, blues, old-time country, alt-country and country blues.

A proud Pittsburgh resident, he has performed across Western Pennsylvania, and in Mississippi, where he is a member of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance, and a regular at the state-wide Mississippi Songwriter festival in Ocean Springs, MS, on the state's Gulf Coast.