Listen to any song from The 4onthefloor’s recently expanded discography – they just released their third studio album, “All In,” in May – and you get the distinct impression that lead singer Gabriel Douglas and the rest of his band mates – Nate, John and Jake – are having one hell of a time stomping out their particular brand of straightforward blues rock – rock which is clear, if not clean, raw, if not ragged, honest without fear, steeped in simplistic beauty and free of pretention, devoid of suppositions about themselves and about the world.
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Laney Jones’ Guide To A Lively Spirit (Interview)
From an exotic animal farm nestled in the soft-stemmed marshes of central Florida to a collegiate experience so achingly normal as to spur a short stint at the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts and kick start a musical career that, while still in its nascent stages, is just aching to flower, Laney Jones has always found her own quirky way through life. It’s a quirkiness, an endearing singleness, a heartfelt originality that peaks through every shimmering chord, every trembling melody of her songs and it’s a uniqueness she believes has been a part of her since the day she arrived on that little slice of four-legged heaven amongst the orange groves of Mount Dora.
Calvin Setar 