Diana Jones was raised in and around New York by adoptive parents, surrounded by the pop music of the ‘70s but drawn to whatever snippets of Johnny Cash she could lay her hands on. She experimented with song-writing at college, but it was not until she discovered the deep Southern roots of her birth family that she really found her own voice. Once reunited, Diana’s maternal grandfather introduced her to the old-time sounds of Appalachia and raw country blues. Her latest album, Better Times Will Come, features tales of a bygone era when songs were written to make sense of hard lives. She talks to Jane about the poignant influences on her very personal music, and sings live in the studio.
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