Single Review: "Wading through Whiskey" from Jonivan Jones
Single: "Wading through Whiskey" Artist: Jonivan Jones Label: Self-Released Website: https://jonivanjonesmusic.com Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jonivan Jones delivers his slow simmering, bluesy soul rocker "Wading through Whiskey" with genuine tenderness. His smooth brooding vocalese caramelizes into the porch-folk swagger of his acoustic guitar. He produces a bare-naked fervor that is infused into the profound lyrics as he muses introspectively, "I found a door into the past / But oh it might not last / Help me exhale all the faces / I suppose they were never even there... Wading through Whiskey / Hazing through hazy." Endowed with a vulnerable grit in his timbres reminiscent of U2's vocalist Bono and complimented by guitar vibrations that bristle and rustle displaying a likeness to guitarist Gram Parsons, Jones's vocals slather and graze the languid palpitations of the acoustic guitar. Glinting a soulful wailing that enshrouds ...