You can just hear it in an artist’s sound when their setting and surroundings play heavily into the writing of their music, which is the case with Aristotle Jones. As you take a debut listen to his new record Mountain Doo-Wop & the Streets of Osage today, you’ll hear the culture, you’ll hear the spirit, and you’ll certainly hear the unique influence of the Appalachian region of West Virginia. As you might expect, Jones grew up on a lot of traditional Black music, which he has infused into the recording of these eight new songs. There are moments of exuberance on this record, but also a place for more soulful ballads, representative of Jones’ experience growing up in West Virginia, and how it affected him as a musician and as an individual. Describing his new record as he only could, ...