Christopher Mark Jones is a down-home world-traveled song artist drawing from folk, country, rock, blues and jazz for his folk-rock meditations, which now include seven albums.  Adopting diverse points-of-view to narrate and critique life and love in uncertain times, he invites listeners to think, feel and tap their feet. Between careers as a basketball player and French professor, Jones busked in Paris, toured the UK, Denmark, and Holland, and played New England clubs. Now based in Pittsburgh, he plays regionally in formats varying from solo to full band. The Roots Ensemble is Christopher’s full-band performance group, including Dave Gillespie (electric and acoustic guitars and vocals), Christopher’s cousin and a superb multi-instrumentalist, singer and writer in his own right, Eric George (drums and percussion) the house drummer and music director for Acousticafé at Mr. Small’s Funhouse, as well as a frequent session musician, and Mark Perna (electric and upright bass), a Pittsburgh jazz scene regular.