A new label, a new record, a new solo career and a wedding. For a guy who’s been in and out of hospital in 2025 Laurence Jones seems to have a lot on his calendar. In actual fact, it’s his way of taking it easy…

Laurence Jones first appeared on my musical radar, as many a blues performer has, via RUF Records. A young Brit playing the Blues. He quickly became one of my favourite Blues artists, not just for his excellent music, but also for being an all-round nice guy (in the company of other nice guys like Wayne Proctor and Roger Innis I should mention!). It was only later that I discovered Laurence had Crohn’s Disease. Having a similar disease myself (Ulcerative Colitis) I was always amazed at how the guy toured with what can be a very debilating illness.

Sadly, it proved to be too difficult to keep a band on the road with this year’s health problems. Laurence lost three stone in weight and, as he puts it: “sometimes I wouldn’t get out the house for months then all of a sudden I’m on stage, performing with a lot of pressure to hundreds and thousands of people and really my body couldn’t take it being seriously inflamed”. The result is that December 11th saw an emotional farewell for the Laurence Jones Band in Northampton. 2026 will see a less frantic solo acoustic tour that is currently gently spaced out and mainly within the UK (currently also two stops in Holland).

A new acoustic CD ‘On My Own’ is in the starting blocks for release in January and, true to Laurence’s intentions to get out of the musical Rat-race, he has even created his own record label in memory of his Grandad and biggest supporter Ron Redcliffe. “The vision is to own my own music, putting artist welfare first!!! Something this industry lacks behind the scenes… it’s only taken me 15 years but good things come to those who wait and it’s all about timing and the universe coming together. I’ve learnt when things are natural and not pushed they naturally progress into something beautiful”

So a new career, a new album, a new tour, and a new label. I seem to also remember reading something about marriage next year – Amy Eftekhari will be supporting Laurence on next year’s tour and beyond.
Sounds like Mr Jones has good reason for singing the Blues with a deserved smile! 🙂

Here’s a taster of the new Laurence Jones. Sounds very tasty indeed!