Jon Langford

Jon Langford — All The Fame Of Lofty Deeds

Since 2002, Jon Langford has been directly involved with at least five full-length albums — be it with The Mekons, The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, The Waco Brothers or under his own name — but Langford is so full of good ideas, nearly every one of those has been a winner. Lofty Deeds is only Langford’s second solo album of his over 20-year career...
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Jon Langford, The Sadies And A Choir

Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern provided a great night of entertainment on Friday, starting with an hour-long performance by Jon Langford (The Mekons, The Waco Brothers) and the 30-piece Burlington Welsh Male Chorus, comprised of mostly older Canadian Welshmen all dressed in black pants, white shirts and ties. The chaps are used to singing in...
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Jon Langford at the Berkeley Church

Toronto's Berkeley Church hosted a series of concerts earlier this year that were shot for television. I attended three of them: My Morning Jacket; a British Sea Power/Yo La Tengo double-bill; and another double-bill featuring guitarist Kaki King and then Jon Langford backed by The Sadies' Dallas and Travis Good and The Burlington Welsh Male...
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Langford And Ex Are KatJonBand

Waco Brothers and Mekons frontman Jon Langford has teamed up with The Ex drummer Katherina Ex to form the appropriately named KatJonBand, whose self-titled full-length debut will be released by Carrot Top Records on Sept. 23. The Mekons and The Ex have toured together several times and released a split single a decade ago. Langford also produced...
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Jon Langford May Be Busier Than Ever

Jon Langford always seems to be involved with something or other, and thats certainly the case these days, as the Chicago-residing Welshman has a few different projects on the way. Langford formed the punk band the Mekons in Leeds, England 30 years ago, and has also been involved with the Three Johns, the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Ship &...
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