Chris Jones & The Night Drivers in Concert and Conversation

“When I first heard Chris Jones over 25 years ago, he became one of my favorite singers, and he continues to have one of the most distinctive and best voices in music, period. It’s like fine wine for the ears.”
— Jim Lauderdale

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers make some of the most distinctively elegant yet driving bluegrass music heard anywhere today. Deeply rooted in tradition but never bound to it, they deliver original music with tight arrangements, emotional authenticity, and engaging humor.

As actor and banjo player Steve Martin says, “Chris Jones’ voice is there with the great masters,” adding that the Night Drivers are “some of the best players in bluegrass.”

Collectively, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have won 12 IBMA awards and have racked up 27 #1 songs. The band’s full-length release, their first all-original album, Make Each Second Last, has received rave reviews and yielded an unprecedented eight consecutive #1 songs, including the title track “We Needed This Ride.” Their song “Riding the Chief,” co-written by Chris and Thomm Jutz, was nominated for 2022 IBMA Song of the Year. They have topped both the Bluegrass Today and Roots Music Review airplay charts with the latest album.

Their new EP, Pages in Your Hand, has also yielded two more #1 songs, including the title track. In July of 2022, they made their debut on the Grand Ole Opry and were soon asked to return.

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers are currently signed to one of bluegrass music’s top record labels, Mountain Home Music Company, for whom they’ve recorded five critically acclaimed albums. They have become popular repeat performers at major festivals like MerleFest in North Carolina, California’s Huck Finn Jubilee, and the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.

They have filled a wide variety of venues around the world, touring across the U.S. and Canada, and throughout Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Ireland.