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Artist
Nigel Mazlyn Jones
12+ albums
Progressive rockrocksinger-songwriterfolkengland
about
Nigel Mazlyn Jones (born in Dudley in 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. Over the years, he has collaborated with many notable musicians, including Guy Evans of Van der Graaf Generator, Roy Harper (he plays guitar and dulcimer on Harper's 1990 album "Once"), Banco de Gaia, Steve Jolliffe of Tangerine Dream, Steve Hillage and Nik Turner from Hawkwind. Jones's combination of natural acoustic guitar sounds and electric textures along with his playing of the Indian santor gives him a unique sound. Without tapes or synthesizers he combines brilliant guitar playing with powerful and evocative visuals that emphasise the themes of his music. Much of his writing is influenced by the inspiration of the land, sea and skies of the south west of Britain where he lives. He was born in the industrial Midlands and started playing guitar and writing songs and poetry at an early age. After spending his youth working part time with animals, he moved to the Channel Islands in the seventies to study and work with the great apes for the conservationist and writer Gerald Durrell. After studying animal behavior and that of the onlookers he realised that true conservation required a shift in attitudes. Following his love for the natural landscape, he moved to the north coast of Cornwall. By the early eighties, Jone had a young family, had been a part-time lifeboat man for some time, released three albums, established "Isle of Light" as a small indie label on which all of his sub
