{"id":21649,"date":"2016-07-06T15:42:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=21649"},"modified":"2016-07-06T15:42:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:42:21","slug":"signed-sony-artist-kelvin-jones-releases-video-for-new-single-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/signed-sony-artist-kelvin-jones-releases-video-for-new-single-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Signed Sony Artist, Kelvin Jones  Releases Video for New Single, \u2018Closer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/signed-sony-artist-kelvin-jones-releases-video-for-new-single-closer\/kelvin-jones-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-1.png?fit=2192%2C2202&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2192,2202\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kelvin Jones 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-1.png?fit=640%2C643&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21650\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-1.png?resize=640%2C643&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kelvin Jones 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">\u201cKelvin Jones arrives almost fully formed.\u00a0A confident, individual voice\u2026the plucked acoustic guitar line is matched to those honeyed tones, each lyric tumbling forth in an emotional plea.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Clash<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Twenty year-old, Hertfordshire-born pop artist Kelvin Jones is signed to the Sony UK record label, and has just released a unique video for his new single &#8216;Closer&#8217;.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The video sees Kelvin moving through time in a series of scenes from old black and white movies to 90s hip-hop videos, and rounding up to the 21<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>st<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> century. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The interesting video was directed by Joe Connor, who also directed Kelvin\u2019s award winning video for \u2018Call You Home\u2019 which saw a TV being sent into space. The single, \u2018Closer\u2019 has been taken from his 12 track collection debut album, which is a stunning announcement of his talents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/signed-sony-artist-kelvin-jones-releases-video-for-new-single-closer\/kelvin-jones-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-2.png?fit=1804%2C1796&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1804,1796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kelvin Jones 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-2.png?fit=640%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-2.png?resize=640%2C637&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kelvin Jones 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf you love\u00a0James Bay &amp; George Ezra, then Kelvin is the one you need to be adding to your playlist.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<b>Maximum Pop<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The hotly tipped British singer-songwriter has been enjoying success in mainland Europe, singing to up to 500 people at venues, and is set for big things in the UK this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cKelvin is one to keep an eye on.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<\/i><b>Digital Spy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/signed-sony-artist-kelvin-jones-releases-video-for-new-single-closer\/kelvin-jones-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-3.jpg?fit=2788%2C2330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2788,2330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kelvin Jones 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-3.jpg?fit=640%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kelvin-Jones-3.jpg?resize=640%2C535&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kelvin Jones 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"535\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Kelvin has been featured in the latest issue of Notion Magazine, as well as recently completing UK shows with James Morrison and Izzy Bizu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">You can check Kelvin Jones out in Cornbury and Festival Number 6 this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">To hear Kelvin\u2019s latest single, \u2018Closer\u2019, click the link below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; 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