An articulate Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a versatile tenor voice and a thoughtful acoustic rock-driven sound, Matthew Perryman Jones rose to national attention in the late 2000s when his song "Save You" -- off his third album, Swallow the Sea -- appeared on major television shows like Kyle XY and One Tree Hill. Subsequent albums like 2012's ambitious Land of the Living and 2018's The Waking Hours displayed the singer's poetic reach, philosophical themes, and gift for storytelling.
Beginning in 1997, Jones spent a few years cutting his teeth in Atlanta's singer/son...