Word up etc. Ewan Jones is a Cheltenham (UK) based singer/songwriter/youth-worker. He also plays bass for sometimes acoustic band The Black Flowers. ‘Not So Now’ is a collection of 12 songs that Ewan has written, re-written, recorded and performed over the last 4 years or so. The entire album was recorded in his bedroom using a rubbish guitar, a 30 year old Bass, a crap midi keyboard and a slow PC. He sings into his microphone through a pair of red fish-net tights. He is Welsh, but currently working with young people in Cheltenham. Ewan’s songs could fairly be described in turn as inspiring, downbeat and melancholic. Perfect ‘crap day’ or ‘late night’ music. The lyrics range from the delicate and self-explanatory to the veiled profound. His mum calls it ‘depressing’, but the album has also been described as ‘Possibly the most beautiful, genuine, spine tingling thing I own’, by somebody Ewan didn’t pay to offer kind words. Comparisons to recent popular singer-songwriters may be warranted, but Ewan’s influences range from Alanis Morisette to Metallica, via Ben Folds, Herbie Hancock and Humphrey Lytleton. CONTACT DETAILS: website: www.cryingduck.co.uk e-mail: thecryingduck@yahoo.co.uk mobile: 07967 740753