{{short description|American drummer}}
{{For|the river|Jones River}} {{More footnotes needed|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = River Jones | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = | origin = Austin, Texas, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) --> | death_place = | genre = Art rock - Indie rock - Alternative | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 2004–present | label = River Jones Music, BMG | associated_acts = | website = riverjones.com }}
'''River Jones''' is an American producer, musician, and owner of River Jones Music and Tapestry Sound.
==History== Jones began playing and working with music at the age of five.<ref name="siwrites"/> He was heavily into rock music as a youth. Starting at 19, he began a three-year internship at Elektra Records. He also worked at Maverick Records, Grand Royal, and V2 Music, where he held a number of music industry positions.
River recorded a solo album in Austin, Texas, and collaborated with actress Lorelei Linklater.
===River Jones Music=== From 2002 until 2005, River was a professional musician drumming for Katy Rose on V2 Records and Nettwerk Management in Los Angeles.
In 2008, Jones began playing in a local riot grrl band, and soon met local musician Courtney Marie Andrews. He teamed up with Andrews to produce her first album,<ref name="siwrites"/> on his new label River Jones Music. The album ''Urban Myths'', which was recorded, printed, and produced by Jones out of an apartment June 2008. Andrews's second full length ''Painters Hands and a Seventh Son'' was recorded, produced, and released by Jones exactly one year later.<ref name="review"/> He soon began to sign other acts.
BMG began administering River's solo music in 2018. Jones released his first EP on Austin, Texas label Atomic Milk during SXSW 2019.
== References == {{Reflist| refs =
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<ref name="review">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/09/_courtney_marie_andrews_painte.php |title=''New Times'' album review - Courtney Marie Andrews |last=Bartkowski |first=Becky |date=September 2009 |website=Phoenix New Times |accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>
<ref name="siwrites">{{cite news |url = http://www.siwrites.com/file/siwrites.com__Wavelength_files/WavelengthRiverJones.pdf |title = River Jones Music Label |publisher = NPR Wavelength Magazine |accessdate = 2011-01-31 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101026034210/http://www.siwrites.com/file/siwrites.com__Wavelength_files/WavelengthRiverJones.pdf |archivedate = 2010-10-26 }}</ref>
<!--ref name="Jones-Linklater">{{cite news |url=http://austin.com/river-jones-releases-woozy-song-pure/ |title=You may find yourself humming this catchy River Jones Tune, ‘Pure' |last=Gribble |first=Lauren |date=August 5, 2016 |publisher=Austin.com |accessdate=2016-08-09}}</ref-->
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==Further reading== *[https://austin.com/river-jones-releases-woozy-song-pure/ River Jones in "Austin.com"] (August 5, 2016) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181750/http://www.mtv.com/artists/river-jones/ Mtv: River Jones] (January 4, 2015) *[https://ovrld.com/exclusives/alta-violet-video/ ''Ovrld'': Pass the Time] (May 27, 2015) *[https://austintownhall.com/2016/07/22/atx-spotlight-river-jones-tune-blows-up/ ''Austin Town Hall'': River Jones Tune Blows Up] (July 22, 2016) *[http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/artists/10993 ''SXSW'': River Jones and Lorelei Linklater] (January 4, 2017) *[http://anonmagazine.com/tag/river-jones/ ''Anon Magazine'': River Jones Radio Waves] (March 3, 2016) *[http://www.statepress.com/2011/02/02/spm-acoustics-at-the-river-jones-music-friends-festival/ ''State Press'': RJM and Friends Festival]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} (February 2, 2011) *[https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2011/08/river_jones_what_are_you_liste.php ''Phoenix New Times'': River Jones, What Are You Listening To?] (August 19, 2011) *[https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2012/05/kukq_phoenix_schedule.php ''New Times'': KUKQ Phoenix Locks in Programming Schedule] (May 15, 2012)
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.riverjonesmusic.com}} *[https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2011/08/river_jones_what_are_you_liste.php ''Phoenix New Times'': Interview with River Jones] (August 2011)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, River}} Category:American rock drummers Category:Living people Category:21st-century American singers Category:21st-century American male singers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:American male songwriters