Bye Bye Banshee is the artistic vision of songwriter and artist J. Jones. After a close brush with death herself—plus the loss of two close companions—Jones set out on an artistic journey to pour her grief into song and face her mortality with less fear.
Bye Bye Banshee draws from folklore, ritual, nature and avant-garde musical influences to create uniquely beautiful songs. Music is powerful medicine...the goal of this music is to facilitate healthy conversations about death, loss and grief.
After a debut performance of her new music at the Death & The Maiden conference in the UK—one that moved stoic funeral directors, death scholars and artists to tears—Jones assembled a group of amazing Twin Cities musicians to record the 2018 EP Deathfolk Magic, which received very nice reviews.
Bye Bye Banshee is the band + musical project of songwriter J. Jones. Crafted with magic, myth and folklore, Bye Bye Banshee combines elements of alternative folk rock and classical music to create songs about death and grief from a feminine, pagan perspective.
"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings" - Socrates