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Revision as of 18:51, 7 December 2020
The Jones Family Singers is a 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]
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.[6]
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. 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jones Family Singers: Gospel Funk at Hop | The White River Valley Herald". www.ourherald.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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