Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Vocalist Ben Jones and Pianist Laurence Hobgood. We dive into their stunning new 2025 album Ben Jones & Laurence Hobgood — a raw, honest, and emotionally charged work recorded live at Skywalker Sound with no overdubs or safety nets. This intimate voice-and-piano collaboration captures 75 minutes of pure musical storytelling, from whispers to fireworks. We talk about their creative chemistry, recording process, artistic evolution, and much more.

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Joe Dimino Podcaster/Artist

Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.