Nigel Mazlyn Jones has been played on NTS in shows including Fergus Clark, featured first on 7 May 2024. Songs played include Frozen Waves and Frozen Waves.

Nigel Mazlyn Jones (born in Dudley in 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. Over the years, he has collaborated with many notable musicians, including Guy Evans of Van der Graaf Generator, Roy Harper (he plays guitar and dulcimer on Harper's 1990 album "Once"), Banco de Gaia, Steve Jolliffe of Tangerine Dream, Steve Hillage and Nik Turner from Hawkwind.

Jones's combination of natural acoustic guitar sounds and electric textures along with his playing of the Indian santor gives him a unique sound. Without tapes or synthesizers he combines brilliant guitar playing with powerful and evocative visuals that emphasise the themes of his music.

Much of his writing is influenced by the inspiration of the land, sea and skies of the south west of Britain where he lives. He was born in the industrial Midlands and started playing guitar and writing songs and poetry at an early age. After spending his youth working part time with animals, he moved to the Channel Islands in the seventies to study and work with the great apes for the conservationist and writer Gerald Durrell. After studying animal behavior and that of the onlookers he realised that true conservation required a shift in attitudes. Following his love for the natural landscape, he moved to the north coast of Cornwall.

By the early eighties, Jone had a young family, had been a part-time lifeboat man for some time, released three albums, established "Isle of Light" as a small indie label on which all of his subsequent material has been released, and played most of the clubs and festivals in the UK and Europe. In 1980 a meeting with ex-Van Der Graaf Generator drummer Guy Evans marked the beginning of a long-term collaborative relationship, starting with the third album, Breaking Cover. By the mid-eighties he had developed and honed his skillful guitar styles and writing which led to him appearing as a special guest to numerous well known bands in the UK and European rock circuit, notably Barclay James Harvest, at that at time nearing the peak of their massive continental European popularity.

His first album 'Ship to Shore' 1976 is a much sought-after collectors piece. It has now been released on CD and includes previously unreleased bonus tracks.

http://www.nigelmazlynjones.com