Aptly self-described “psychedelic country noir” songsmith and multi-instrumentalist Stone Jack Jones came up in West Virginia and settled in Nashville a little more than three decades ago. He’s been a touchstone for artful and thoughtful Music City musicians practically that whole time, helping shine a light on human-centered ideas about art and life that don’t necessarily jive with the consumerist ideals that rule mainstream music.
“Voodoo Home,” the titular track of the EP Jones released himself in May, zooms in on the fruits of this labor. Over cyclical melodies that coalesce into a drone, Jones sings about the things you can draw sustenance and energy from when you tune out the noise: “Take a stone and skip it on the water / Go tripping stumble and falter / Come wisdom and sadness and