Swaledale Festival recently commissioned John to write a new piece to be premiered at this year’s festival on the 9th June 2021. Entitled ‘The Bait’, this new work, featuring poetry from John Donne, was written for an ensemble of two singers (tenor and mezzo-soprano), viol and...
To celebrate what would have been Merce Cunningham's 102nd birthday today, you can view some of Merce's work as part of an On Demand Film Festival (MERCEDAY). This includes a piece entitled 'Nearly Ninety' that John composed music for, alongside Sonic Youth and Takehisa Kosugi....
London International Festival of Early Music Recorded interview with JPJ over Zoom with Gill Graham (@ 5pm today UK time) www.lifem.org/pages/our-concerts The world premiere of John Paul Jones's 'The Tudor Pull' will be streamed from the LI FEM website, www.lifem.org and Marquee TV www.marquee.tv, TONIGHT from 7pm (UK time)....
John Paul Jones was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 for the Today Programme about the premiere of his new classical work for London International Festival of Early Music on 5th November. Here is an excerpt of the interview where he talks about “Thank You”. Those...
The London International Festival of Early Music (LIFEM) has just announced the world premiere performance of 'The Tudor Pull’, a newly commissioned work by John, written for acclaimed viol consort Fretwork. The world premiere of the newly composed piece will be broadcast at 7.00pm on Thursday 5th November from the LIFEM website, www.lifem.org This...
Tune in Friday the 16th of October for a rare stream of Them Crooked Vultures performance at Royal Albert Hall in 2010 as part of #TeenageCancerGigs Teenage Cancer Trust Subscribe on YT now for a reminder: https://www.youtube.com/TCTUnseen To view the full lineup of events or find ways to donate, visit: http://teenagecancertrust.org/unseen...
Manson Guitar Works, in collaboration with John Paul Jones, are delighted to announce updated specs for the John Paul Jones Signature bass, the flagship E-Bass model. [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#5c5c5c' thickness='' up='25' down='25'] The biggest change in the 2021 edition is the adoption of USA Aguilar pickups...
Back in February, John Paul Jones took part in a charity concert in Todos Santos, Mexico. To raise additional funds for a number of charities there, some of the performances from the concert were broadcast on Facebook this weekend. You can watch the broadcast, and...
Back in 1975, when Led Zeppelin were at the top of their game, Etta James was due to perform at Montreux Jazz Festival. She needed a bass player, and John was asked if he could step in. He did, and this is what happened...
Mark Lanegan’s New album is released today featuring JPJ on keyboards on one track http://www.marklanegan.com...