Well let me first apologize for the long delay in between posts. I got busy with work and other things and had not made an effort to update this blog. But I received some encouraging news tonight that in fact my mom is not the only one that has looked at this thing, so thanks to the girls at Ponchatoulas I will be updating once again!
It is currently about 1:30am here in Ruston, LA and as lame as it is to say so that is probably the latest I have been up on a weeknight in a couple of months. I needed some good chill music to listen to before I went to bed so I put on an artist that I think alot more people need to know about. Ben Howard is an acoustic singer/songwriter out of the UK. He has no record label and is a surfer who writes some damn good music. This guy is an amazing slap guitarist and has one of my favorite voices in music today. If you have any interest in John Mayer, Damien Rice, Ray Lamontagne, etc. then you owe to it yourself to download his debut EP These Waters. It is a short six tracks but he packs so much emotion and story into it that has been on constant repeat on my Ipod. The highlight is Cloud Nine, a story of heartbreak and meeting again somewhere down the road. This song is a perfect example of Ben's skill of using the slap technique to give his guitar playing an almost percussion sense. Another one of my favorites off the EP is The Fire, a song with such raw passion in the lyrics that it really is a stunner. It features one of my favorite lines from any music I have listened to in the past couple months, "We'll show the fire how to burn". For some reason that lyric just really struck me...
Anyway this guy is someone I think will be very popular someday so listen to him know before he becomes mainstream. If you enjoy acoustic music at all then this will be well worth your time.
Track Highlights: The Wolves, Cloud Nine, The Fire
and he's back...by popular demand! love this post and cloud nine. keep 'em comin...no pressure! :)
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