What happens when a British singer-songwriter takes matters into his own hands and heads to Nashville and Los Angeles to make his first record? Early 2009 saw the independent release of Chris Lawson Jones' debut LP, Carolina. Having spent his musical apprenticeship in and around London guitar bands, when he came to make his own record he scratched the musical itch created by his upbringing on bluegrass, alt-country and all things Americana and headed Stateside. Collaborating with musicians such as Aaron Embry (Elliot Smith and Daniel Lanois) and Phil Madeira (Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello and Alison Krauss) his British song writing was lent a distinctly Southern edge and the outcome has already drawn comparisons with Ryan Adams and Pete Yorn. The record is also the first release for Big Label Records – an independent label that Jones himself set up with friends from the US and runs in London.