QUICK QUOTES:

“The gravelly-voiced Manson attacks the high art of low-rent songcraft with a paid assassin’s precision.”
(No Depression Magazine)

“Anyone who lived in New York in the Eighties and stepped out of their house for firewater on a weekend knows Jono on a first-name basis. His bands Joey Miserable and the Worms and the Mighty Sweetones ruled Saturday nights, achieving legendary Big Apple status without a record deal but with a following that people with a two-figure record deal would kill for.” (The Phoenix New Times – November 2011)

“Three seconds into November, Jono Manson makes one thing clear: The party has begun. November is the latest release from a prolific singer-songwriter who has reason to celebrate. The music is a mix of blues, roots and rock that has touches of jam-band flair. Manson’s songs are tight, polished…he carries on the tradition of light-hearted, yet intelligent, driving music that he’s been helping to create, as a songwriter and producer, since the early 1990s.”
(Santa Fe Reporter review of “November” 2007)

“A funny thing happened during John Popper’s third decade on the music scene—the Blues Traveler front man and harmonica returned to his roots. This self-titled release is an inspired and surprising solo venture featuring guitarist/producer Jono Manson… It features an amazing amount of melodic touchstones (“What Can I Do for You”) served with soul (“Something Sweet”), resonance (“Hurt So Much”) and driving force (“Leave It Up to Fate”). Popper’s Duskray Troubadours rock, but, best of all, it doesn’t sound like a side project—it sounds like an original band with true promise.” (Relix Magazine review of The Duskray Troubadours 2011)

“This New York bar band veteran manages to rise above the roots-rock riffraff offering an effective cure for the alternative rock blahs in the process.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“The Worms helped turn Nightingales into a hangout for local musicians and scenesters and wound up becoming local heroes, influencing countless local bands.”
(Neil Strauss – The New York Times)

“If it wasn’t for Jono Manson, then Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors and Joan Osborne and the New York jam-band scene may never have happened. It was Manson who showed these young whippersnappers how to turn a blasé bar crowd into true believers at now legendary hole in the wall, Nightingales”
(High Times’ Magazine)

“Any PR man worth his weight in hyperbole would be all over Manson’s story–how he befriended and granted crucial opening slots to both of the future platinum recording acts that, a decade later, would sell out hundreds of arenas nationwide as co-headliners of the groundbreaking H.O.R.D.E. jam-band festival tours. In addition, Manson’s acoustic ensemble, the Les Ismore Orchestra, provided the public’s first glimpse of Joan “One of Us” Osborne.”
(Serene Dominic – The Phoenix New Times)

“The latest buzz out of Santa Fe is a man named Jono Manson (first name sounds like U2′s Bono last name sounds like Helter Skelter’s Charlie). But he’s not a native.; in the early eighties, Manson and his band, the Worms, galvanized Manhattan’s downtown bar circuit. Recently, he left New York to live in Tesuque, New Mexico, where he’s practically become the Dalai Lama of local music.”
(The Phoenix New Times – 1993)

“Jono Manson and his band cook up a saucy brew of blues and rock, as shaky vocals, guttering guitar riffs, and solid drumming combine to deliver a sharpened hook.”
(Billboard Magazine review of “Almost Home” )

“The new release features Jono’s signature blend of folk, rock, blues and soul, with infectious grooves of “Jr. Walker Drove the Bus” and “Please Stop Playing That Didgeridoo,” culminating in the almost hypnotic strains of the closer “Summertime’s Almost Over”. Jono Manson continues to deliver his own road-tested and proven brand of soulful roots music in this new collection” (Quad Cities Journal review of “Sumertime ” – 2006)

“This new collection from Jono Manson reels and rocks, serenades the soul, and cuts to the heart of the matter. Strong new compositions like “Alibi,” and the title cut “Live Your Love” each take on their own life. This is tough stuff from a stellar songwriter and performer who makes every note and phrase count” -
(True Blue Magazine review of “Live Your Love” – 1999)

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LINKS TO COMPLETE ARTICLES:
New Mexico Magazine Interview (May 2013)
Review of “Under the Stone” from No Depression Magazine (2002)
Relix Magazine feature on John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours
Santa Fe Reporter feature on The Whateverly Brothers 
Reviews “Mrs Love Revolution”, album that Jono mixed and mastered for Italian rockers Mojo Filter (October 2011):
Shiver Magazine
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