SOLD OUT! MIRADOR w/ Laney Jones and the Spirits

MIRADOR conjure sky-shaking and boundary-bursting rock “n” roll by invokingspirits of Ancient myth, traditional folklore, and Delta-born blues in one concentrated musical incantation. In the band, 21st century guitar hero, innovator, songwriter, and GRAMMY® Award-winning Greta Van Fleet co-founder Jake Kiszka not only shares vocal and guitar duties with critically acclaimed co-vocalist and guitarist Chris Turpin of Ida Mae, but he also shines as a producer and songwriter, stepping out on his own. Working and songwriting in tandem with Jake and curating this vision side-by-side, Chris has emerged as a perfect creative partner, adding yet another dimension to MIRADOR. Fiercely resolute in an unapologetic commitment to bucking any and all rules, the group stretches the limits of rock ‘n’ roll blasted out of the stratosphere by a thunderous vocal call-and-response, fret-burning six-string sorcery, and evocative lyrics. Jake and Chris met in 2018 when Ida Mae opened up for Greta Van Fleet during a sold-out three-night stand at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, MI. Ida Mae later canvased North America with Greta. On the road, Jake and Chris cemented their friendship with late-night jam sessions fueled by wine and a shared passion for blues and classic songwriters. In Nashville, these friends decided to “write a couple of songs for fun” during 2023. A week later, they had ten tunes. They rounded out the lineup with the addition of Mikey Sorbello on drums and Nicki Pini on bass & keys, virtuosic instrumentalists and underdogs of central London’s underground Jazz and Rock n’ Roll scene. Initially, the world got to know MIRADORwhen they spent a month opening up Greta Van Fleet’s Starcatcher World Tour in arenas throughout 2024. Galvanized by this nightly trial-by-fire, the band rolled right into a Savannah, GA studio with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Dave Cobb [Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton], and cut their self-titled full-length debut, MIRADOR, live in barely two weeks. Jake and Co. pave an unprecedented path rife with uncompromising fire, unbridled fearlessness, and unmatched attitude, laying the groundwork for a rock ‘n’ roll movement beyond the established scope of the genre.

Independent rock n roll from the gutters of Nashville, Tennessee.

Laney Jones and the Spirits have big f*cking heart. It's undeniable watching Jones who usually performs live as a trio on her gnarly 1960s Sears Roebuck Silvertone guitar with her life and musical partner (Brian Dowd) holding the heartbeat on the drums.
They're "everything that’s good about rock and roll” says GRAMMY- winning icon Lucinda Williams.

And like Williams, Jones's road has been hard fought. Cutting their teeth on mics literally and metaphorically across the US for the past decade, Jones's free-wheeling, do-it-yourself lifestyle is the stuff of modern folklore. With few prospects when the Florida-raised couple first moved to Nashville in 2017, they made rent by stacking beers at the local Piggly Wiggly. A chameleon of a songwriter, Jones has since found other ways to pay the bills, licensing songs for pop projects to the likes of Guinness and Google, but the music the couple creates cuts deeper than that. It's personal.

And nothing shows more clearly the spirit of their work than one of their latest self-produced and mixed release, the aptly titled “Feel Something”

“If everything was perfect, and we lived just like a king, I don’t know if it would matter, babe, I don’t know if I could sing. It’s the ripping of my heart out – the flicker of a dream – that binds us to tomorrow and makes us feel something.”

Catchy, yet raw and arrestingly sincere, it's no wonder Jones's cult following has been steadily growing since the release of their seminal record Stories Up High (2022) produced by Andrjia Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Langhorne Slim) of the famed Bomb Shelter in East Nashville. Though the record wrestles with themes of depression and the meaning of life, the vibes are more bittersweet than sad. Jones says “Stories Up High was me writing what I needed to hear. It taught me to let go. Let my ego die...it was deeply healing and freeing. It's where I live now".

From a youth growing up with kangaroos in swampy central Florida to opening for bands like Kurt Vile and the Heartless Bastards, to officially showcasing at this year's SXSW, Laney Jones is not someone you can put in a box. Nor should you try with the music. The crew’s live punk energy and heart-on-their-sleeves mentality is something that you just gotta
witness for yourself.