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Electronic Press Kit · 2026 · Chicago, IL
Jonesboro
The beginning of the soundtrack to our new revolution.
On the air: Nearly 30 spins on Q101 / WKQX-FM Chicago · Nearly 1,200 national spins on major stations via Discovr / Faidr · “Talking to Myself” approved and queued for airplay next
132K+
Total streams across platforms
1 of ~200
UnitedMasters priority sync pool · 2M+ artists
~1,200
National radio spins · major stations
6 + 1
Songs released · forthcoming single May 2026
About
There is a particular kind of song that doesn’t announce itself. It arrives, finds the people who need it, and doesn’t stop. Jonesboro — the solo project of Chicago-area songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Asher John George — makes those songs. The kind that sound immediately familiar and somehow entirely new. The kind that tell the truth about your life before you’ve had the words to tell it yourself. And there are many more where these came from.
What you’re hearing now is the opening line of a much longer sentence. Asher sits on a backlog of albums worth of material — songs written across more than a decade, refined across a life, being released into a world that is finally, unmistakably ready for them. The six songs released so far are not an arrival. They are the beginning of an escalation with no ceiling in sight.
“The beginning of the soundtrack to our new revolution.”
That revolution is not metaphor. It is the sum of everything a generation has lived through and not yet had music adequate to it — the broken contract between effort and reward, the loneliness that arrived precisely when connection became most available, the slow murder of the grand plan by reality, and the hard-won reach back toward each other that follows. Jonesboro’s catalog maps that arc with the precision of someone who lived it, the craft of someone who studied it, and the ambition of someone who understands that music like this — melodically immediate enough for everyone, structurally ambitious enough for those paying close attention — is the only kind that outlasts the moment it speaks to.
Studio-era Beatles held both things at once: Yesterday and A Day in the Life in the same catalog. That is the standard Jonesboro holds itself to — not nostalgia for that era, but the same refusal to choose between depth and reach.
The infrastructure already reflects what the music has earned. UnitedMasters — home to Brent Faiyaz — selected Jonesboro for their priority sync pool: roughly 200 artists out of more than two million on the platform. A publishing admin deal followed. Think Music Group in Los Angeles holds a parallel sync deal. Sorry For Yourself has logged nearly 30 spins on Q101 / WKQX-FM and nearly 1,200 national spins — with Talking to Myself already approved and queued. A brand placement with Visit California confirmed what the industry already suspected.
Jonesboro performs live with a full band and is booking shows and festivals continuously — having previously played Lincoln Hall, Martyr’s, Schubas, The Elbo Room, Sylvie’s, and The Burlington. This is not a moment. This is a movement. The soundtrack is just beginning.
The arc
I · EP 2022
Another Man
Baroque pop jealousy and self-recognition. The most unguarded moment in the catalog.
II · EP 2022
It Feels Alright
The thesis stated simply. When nothing works, sing. Music as the only reliable consolation.
III · EP 2022
Dreamin Away
The locked door. Potential withering behind a wall you built yourself. The departure begins.
IV · Single 2025
Back in Chicago
The ego death. The murdered grand plan. The clean slate as its own kind of freedom.
V · Single 2025
Sorry For Yourself
The collective wound. Broken contracts, systemic betrayal, loneliness without consolation.
VI · Single 2025
Talking to Myself
The interior collapse. Written a decade ago. Describes right now better than anything written last week.
VII · Forthcoming May 2026
Lift Me Up
The first reach outward. After all of it — someone extends a hand and means it both ways.
VIII, IX, X…
The soundtrack continues
Albums worth of material. Continuous releases. Shows booking with no end in sight.
Industry credentials
Priority Sync Pool — UnitedMasters
1 of ~200 artists hand-selected from 2M+ for catalog-wide sync priority.
Home to Brent Faiyaz
Publishing Admin Deal — UnitedMasters
Full catalog and all future releases under admin representation.
Sync Deal — Think Music Group · Los Angeles
Catalog actively pitched for film, TV, and brand placement.
Radio · Q101 / WKQX-FM Chicago
Nearly 30 spins on Chicago’s major alternative rock station. Nearly 1,200 national spins via Discovr / Faidr. “Talking to Myself” approved and queued.
Songs individually approved — not automatic
Sync Placement — Visit California
Licensed instrumental for Instagram Reels brand campaign.
Discography
Songs for the Disenfranchised
EP · 2022 · Another Man, It Feels Alright, Dreamin Away
Foundation EP
Back in Chicago
Single · April 2025
6.5-min prog epic
Sorry For Yourself
Single · May 2025
Q101 · ~1,200 national spins
Talking to Myself
Single · December 2025
Orchestral alt-pop
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Lift Me Up
Single · May 2026
Forthcoming
6 min · OK Computer × In Rainbows
Sounds like
Pink FloydRadioheadTame ImpalaMGMTColdplayOasisThe VerveThe BeatlesSmashing PumpkinsFlaming LipsVampire WeekendYesGenesis
Live
Lincoln Hall · Martyr’s · Schubas Tavern · The Elbo Room · Sylvie’s · The Burlington
Full band · Guitar, bass, keys, drums · Booking continuously · Available for shows and festivals
Connect
Booking & general
jonesborosongs@gmail.com
Sync & licensing
UnitedMasters · Think Music Group, Los Angeles
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