Background
Laney Jones was born in Maryland and moved with her family to Florida at age 6, where her parents raised kangaroos, wallabies, fennec foxes and other exotic animals on a 10 acre farm.
Laney Jones was born in Maryland and moved with her family to Florida at age 6, where her parents raised kangaroos, wallabies, fennec foxes and other exotic animals on a 10 acre farm.
Jones is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist and performs on banjo, ukulele, guitar, and harmonica. Her voice was described by the Orlando Weekly as "a thing that brims with as much sweet innocence as it does rich craft."
Early From a young age, Jones began taking singing lessons and performing in musical theater. Music Jones first began writing and performing her own music while studying for an international business degree at Rollins College.
Jones later attended Berklee College of Music and majored in songwriting.
Jones self-produced and released her first studio album, Golden Road on July 12, 2013. Later that year, she was invited to perform her original song “Broken Hearts” for a masterclass at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
This performance was featured on the American Voices episode of Public Broadcasting Service’s Great Performances alongside Alison Krauss, Sara Bareilles, Ben Folds, Josh Groban, and Renee Fleming. In 2014 Laney Jones was recognized by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for a co-written electronic song "Still Want You To Be Mine".
In a 2015 interview with Los Angeles Record, Laney Jones cited Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch as major influences on her early recordings.
She said that modern folk rock bands such as Wilco, Doctor Dog, and Lake Street Dive were important influences on her more recent work.
At Rollins she met Matthew Tonner who became her co writer and partner as well as a constant member of her live band.
