Sit Down in the Living Room with Ashley Jones This Saturday

Ashley Jones is playing a highly anticipated show tomorrow night at The Living Room (154 Ludlow Street). Her set starts at 9 pm and she will be joined on stage by Justin Depuydt on keys, Robert Hellyer on bass, Paul Stivitts on drums, and Joely Pittman on background vocals. The concert is free. Any money collected in the tip jar will go toward Jones' trip to Rwanda next month.

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Jones' heart is for both music and Rwanda. She says:

In February of 2008 I traveled to Rwanda to build houses and relationships. I performed a concert at the University in Butare, donated guitars to a vocational school for street kids after a quick strumming lesson, and wrote two songs about my time in this beautiful country -- and those are only the music-related aspects of the trip. It was an awesome experience that changed my life in yet another way....

Jones' talent and passion is evident to anyone who has ever heard her sing. Not surprisingly, the New York-based musician has a lot of fans. First across the interweb came an invite to see her show from City Grace Church, where she is music director, then exactly ten minutes later I was Facebooked (anyone lobbying for "facebook" to become a verb like "google"?) about it by the bassist for the show. But it's not just her friends that dig her -- The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Committee placed her album To Feel Alive Around Here and song "For Now" on the Official Ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards.