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Steven L. Jones

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Steven L. Jones is a writer, artist, musician, and former instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He writes about music, art, and film from psychological, political, historical, and mythic/folkloric perspectives.

His artwork combines elements of drawing, painting, and printmaking in multi-part works derived from dreams, memories, and his Kentucky ancestry—in a style he calls, half seriously, "suburban surrealism" and "storybook expressionism."

He played in the seminal Louisville post-punk band Folks on Fire and worked as a performance artist for many years.

Kentucky-born, the son of a choir director and violinist, he lives with his dog Queequeg in his adopted hometown, Chicago. ...more

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Murder Ballads Old and New: A Dark and Bloody Record

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