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  • The London Ear 300 // In Conversation with Maddox Jones

    The London Ear 300 // In Conversation with Maddox Jones

    The London Ear with Nessy – Episode 300

    Wow! Episode 300 of The London Ear. Firstly, thank you all for listening to the show for all this time, it is very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has joined me on the show from the arts and culture worlds for a chat, I appreciate your time.

    I love that the show gives me the opportunity to explore new music, from Ireland, the UK and beyond, alongside some occasional classics as well as speaking to brand new artists and those further on in their career. It also keeps me in touch with the Irish music scene for which I’m very grateful.

    I think though, that the most important thing is it gives me a platform to share new projects in the worlds of music, arts and culture. After what we’ve been through for the past few months, I’m sure you’ll agree, it’s the arts and artists, and their use of technology, who have kept us entertained and occupied during lockdown.

    Thank you.

    In Conversation with Maddox Jones

    Maddox Jones side view under blue and red lights with a black background

    It’s kinda fitting that today’s guest was someone I got to know online and met at one of the first gigs I went to when I came to London.

    Maddox Jones is a singer – songwriter and has just released his debut solo EP, Headspace. Since the interview aired (not I’m not taking the credit), The Headspace EP went Top 20 in the iTunes charts in the UK.

    I actually had him do a Q&A on the blog a little while ago but I’m delighted that I had the chance to chat to Maddox on the show. I’ve learned so much about him and his talent filled life since that Q&A. For Eg, I did not know that Maddox Jones was one time member of The Departure. Check out this video of ‘All Mapped Out’ on MTV2.

    We also chatted about ageism in music, growing up in a religious community, remote songwriting and much more.

    You can find out more about Maddox Jones on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and listen to his music on Spotify.

    This week’s #FromTheVault track is ‘Tangled’, taken from Annette Buckley‘s 2005 album ‘The Ever Changing Colours of The Sea’.

    The London Ear // Show 300 July 11 2020 Playlist

    1. Aislinn Logan: What Everybody’s After
    2. The Academic: ACting My Age
    3. Roisin El Cherif: Cross Your Mind
    4. Jafaris: Glue
    5. Annette Buckley: The Ever Changing Colours of The Sea
    6. Interview with Maddox Jones pt 1
    7. Maddox Jones: No More Ghosts
    8. Interview with Maddox Jones pt 2
    9. Maddox Jones: Headspace
    10. Interview with Maddox Jones pt 3
    11. Maddox Jones: My House
    12. The Clockworks: The Future is Not What It Was

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.

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  • Interview // Maddox Jones gives us ‘Headspace’

    Interview // Maddox Jones gives us ‘Headspace’

    Interview // Maddox Jones gives us ‘Headspace’

    Maddox Jones is no stranger to the UK music scene, he was born to do it. I first got to know him when I moved to London in 2013. He was fronting bands, I was trying to figure out what the London music scene was like. 

    He’s now front and centre with his own solo project and has just released a banger of a track, ‘Headspace’, 3 minutes and forty four seconds of perfection. It’s also the title track taken from his forthcoming EP. Have you met Mr Jones? Well, here’s a good place to start.


    Hello Maddox Jones! Who the hell and where the hell are you?

    My name is Maddox Jones and I am currently in Northampton, UK which is about an hour north of London.

    This isn’t your first foray into music, you’ve fronted bands before. What makes this project right for you, right now?

    This project is literally me authentically writing and releasing music that tells a story about where I am at right now!

    Headspace is seriously catchy, it’s a definitely a grower and has a hook that you’ll be singing all day. You produced the track with Dave Crawford. Although you’re a solo artist now, is collaboration still an important thing for you?

    Yes, I love the energy that working with other people brings. It adds to the ideas in a track and also makes it more fun to create. I think collaboration makes me more productive.

    What’s your songwriting process like?

    It starts with me on a piano always, as I like to make sure the melody, chords and lyrics stand up as a song before adding production.

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    You’ve managed to get a pretty cool video together for Headspace, while in lockdown. How did you manage that?

    Well, my friend Christian Pinchbeck helped out and had fun, fun and some perfect footage already. I recorded a few takes of me singing the song against a white wall and we blended it in and it ended up working perfectly. The universe was with us that day!

    I’m been lucky enough to hear your EP and can’t wait to share it with my readers and listeners. Your lyrics seem to be autobiographical about your day / life. Is storytelling an important part of the creative process for you.

    Well, this is quite a new thing for me writing about what I know. This year learning to be more honest and open with my lyrics, it’s part of my new journey of self discovery. This EP has helped me make sense of where I’m at the moment and what things I want to change and what I want to celebrate and be proud of.

    Your sound is lodged between somewhere between dance/pop/synthwave. Can you recommend three albums that will give us an idea of how you got to here on your musical journey?

    Depeche Mode – Violator, Coldplay – Ghost Stories and The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness.

    You’ve been busy in lockdown doing some covers and making videos to go along with them. How important has this been to you to keep your creative juices flowing?

    I’ve found reaching out to other musician friends and making little lockdown covers videos has been really cool. It’s been great to see the amount of content that’s happening in lockdown I think it’s forced people to make the most of technology in a really positive way. And yes, really important to keep the creative juices flowing.

    Plans for a lot of things have changed with the pandemic. How have you had to adjust the goalposts for what you want to achieve with your first release?

    Actually for the first release, me and my team wanted to introduce Maddox Jones to the world and hopefully get people listening on Spotify and falling in love with the music, which can still very much happen now so it’s cool. Will deffo play some gigs as soon as we are able though.

    Have you acquired any new skills during the lockdown? I managed to plumb in a washing machine!

    I’ve learnt how to do a bit of video editing and also how to make a quiche, which are amazing… very (a bit too) moreish.

    Any secrets you would like to share with us?

    I used to have a stutter at primary school and the teacher used to think I was being sarcastic during registration when I stuttered my name. Thankfully I grew out of it!

    Send us a selfie?

    Maddox Jones selfie for Nessymon Interview

    Find Maddox Jones Online

    You can find Maddox Jones on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can stream ‘Headspace’ here and buy on iTunes.

    You can also pre-save the ‘Headspace EP’ here

    Listen to ‘Headspace’

  • The London Ear // Show 293

    The London Ear // Show 293

    The London Ear // Show 293 May 23 2020

    It’s a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK. I will admit, I’m glad I have an extra day off from work.

    So this week I started digitizing all my CDs and found a CD from 1994. I’m going to write a blog post about the whole process, which is turning into a bit of hassle.

    Anyway, I found a CD by Swampshack, a band from my hometown, Kells in County Meath. Two of the band, Ollie Cole and Ian Melady, went on to form Turn. So I thought I’d play the title track from the Screamer EP.

    I might turn that into a regular feature.

    I also had a #FirstPlay of the new single ‘Headspace’ from Maddox Jones. Keep an eye out on the blog for a Q&A with Mr Jones in the next few days. You can find out more about him on Facebook and Twitter.

    I think I will make this a regular feature also.

    Hope you enjoy this week’s show. Stay safe!

    The London Ear // Show 293 Playlist

    1. The Academic: Anything Could Happen
    2. Fontaines DC: A Hero’s Death
    3. 1000 Beasts & Lenii: Waistcoat
    4. Future West: Emergency
    5. Shaefri: 23
    6. Swampshack: Screamer
    7. Skanger: Condolences
    8. CheryM: Weird Ones
    9. Swimmers Jackson: Lose Myself
    10. Maddox Jones: Headspace
    11. Fears: two_
    12. Malaki: Fair play
    13. Uppbeat: Seasick
    14. Time: One Morning in August
    15. Sick Love: I’m So ( Fucked Without You)

    Listen On Demand to The London Ear

    Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTÉ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.