The ladder has no limit of height
Yet the ground it stands on is still the focus.
We seek to go higher
and when we get higher we seek 
to see further and so we go higher...
Yet we don’t see further, instead that which was our focus has now been consolidated and blurred and so we descend 
Cursing the journey itself 
Arriving on land more appreciative, yet with a frustration and anger towards self
Because We Think We Chose To Climb;
That competition was natural,
That succession and progression meant upward procession.
Would we actually choose to rise above if we knew that meant isolation?
Up there one seeks again to walk through tall grasses of an untouched valley.. 
If only down there we knew it as it is-
That momentary presence of all there is, 
the wonder of it all, the vastness, 
the void manifest in a blade of grass.
One cares not to rise 
when wonder is the focus,
For it is in all things present 
Equal here and on the horizon.
We experience this wonder,
knowing it’s temporary beauty as a gift;
The grass our flesh
The journey our love and passion, and
The ground - the Present Now woven within 
Us All, 
as we flow;
individual sparks amongst a sea of stars.

Trinity 37

My newest single from my upcoming album "Under the Influence" 
The CD will be available on iTunes on July 31st!

Eggshells by Jo Stones

These are three songs from my upcoming album 'The American Odyssey' that will be released most likely in February 2017.

Wild Child  
Sweet November
Requiem

All music/rights owned by Jo Stones.  Sharing is SUPER WELCOME!

The American Odyssey

Wild Child

Track 1 from the upcoming June 11th, 2017 release of "Trails"  
They tell you there's reason to fear, I'm telling you PHOOEY!
'I'm not looking over my shoulder no more!'

Trails

Bread and Circuses

'Love On' was written while I lived in Boulder, Co for a hot minute. 

New album "Trails" release date JUNE 11th, 2017! on Bandcamp

Love On

I wrote this camping on Mt. Shasta, took a 3 day vacation from the friends I had met and this came out.  "I feel your mercy!" yessss

Campfire Song

This song reminds me of Meatloaf....i dnno why but it does :)
Check out my album on iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify

LOVE Jo

Everything I Do

This song is dedicated to the friends and loved ones of those lost to suicide.
Please, if you are even remotely thinking suicidal thoughts, 
TELL SOMEONE NOW.  It is a STRONG thing to admit one's fears and pain, for it is a release leading to healing.

Come Back Down

Track one from Jo Stones' upcoming EP  
WHITE WOODER
Lyrics:

If you're reaching out and you get an answer
If the way becomes something you can't understand
Oh I'm feeling a little bit torn, a little weary
Do I listen now? Do I give an answer?

Could i take a vow? Could i become your own?
If it's timing now then the timing's known
Take a breath for life, give a breath to freedom
Let the steps allow for the time that you've been needing.

Reach on out, take the back seat and throw it out the window
Be awfully proud enough to know what you can't handle
Love is how, it's enough to rest your chin on
If you reach on out, take a moment for the spindle

Love is how, love is how, love is how
take a moment for the spindle

Could you blossom now little yellow bud of light?
Could you stretch up tall reach the stars alone at night?
Would the way of the milky flow beside ya
as you call the name of a million gods...
One, Two, Three - there's you and me
It's even, its even
Its evening now, good evening.

White Wooder

Love and Spindle

Love And Spindle

Set Their Hearts on Fire (in memory of George Floyd)

Soulful, virtuosic, yet down-to-earth vocals and dynamic, captivating live performances are what define Jo Stones as an artist.  A formally trained classical singer, he broke out as a songwriter with his 2011 debut album ‘Travels’, a highly personal album accompanied by piano in which he processes the heartbreak of his childhood through his undeniable love for music.  His talent was immediately recognized when he won the 1st Philly Songbird: The Search for Philadelphia’s Next Great Singer, precipitating the release of his first single on iTunes, ‘The Letter’ (2013).

Stones embarked on his first national tour in the summer of 2016, playing 13 cities from Philly to San Fran (ultimately relocating from his hometown in Burlington, NJ to Long Beach, CA).  2017’s ‘Trails’ (available at JoStonesMusic.bandcamp.com), his most socially conscientious album (‘All the Lives’ and ‘Changing Tides’) reflects on his journey across America and his search for love, life and a better world.  Accompanied by guitar instead of piano, ‘Trails’ features a mellow, stripped-down, folk acoustic guitar feel with soulful grooves like ‘Wild Child’ and ‘Campfire Song’.

In 2019, Jo Stones is out to carve himself a unique niche within the world of music, allowing his songs to be organic and spontaneous reflections of the ever-changing quality of life itself.  He is currently working on his next project ‘Spark’, an album in three parts, and is enjoying experimenting with new instrumentation.  Stones is thrilled to have been invited to perform for the upcoming 5th Annual Vivid Resonance Festival in the Mojave Desert (March 8-10).  An eclectic festival focusing on sustainability, natural health, acoustics, sound healing, yoga and more, it will feature live entertainment and vendors under the desert sky and is sure to be quite an experience.  If he could tell everyone one thing, it would be to live their life to its very fullest potential.

Jo Stones

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