January
2008
The year of acoustic?
Adele’s Moving On!
In terms of female vocalists this year I’m really excited about Adele. The B-side to “Chasing Pavements” is a bluesy, jazzy kind of affair which really reminds me of what Eva Cassidy was aspiring to be.
I remember about early 2006 finding Adele somewhere out there with some basic demos online. She states Eva Cassidy as an influence, but as you might tell from her soulful voice, it’s not “Songbird Cassidy” but the Easy Street, Gospel and “Live at Blues Ally” side of Cassidys music and that’s why I find Adele so interesting to listen to. She’s not so much Amy Winehouse either and in any case right from the start she beats Winehouse hands down. So if Feist was it in 2007, Adele I’m hoping will be it in 2008, I might be wrong, Duffy may come up through from the back in a photo finish with Adele. I love Katie Melua, but she can’t always do what Eva Cassidy did with the bluesy jazz stuff, Adele can and will and does.
Choice in Female Vocalists
There’s just so much choice in the style of female vocalists at the moment. Duffy has an interesting sound there similar to Creys Matthews at times I guess, Remi Nicole fits here as does Julia Stone, the one half of brother and sister duo Angus and Julia Stone, who you should really check out, because they are so ace, words can’t describe!
Newton Faulkner proves suprises do happen
From what I can make out acoustic is back in style, but some of it is street with the R’n'B kids and Newton Faulkner swept the album charts like a British Summer flood with rythmns and guitar drums, so maybe just maybe this year will continue the singer songwriter / solo vocalist revival in the mainstream.
David Ford has been doing very well on the net, Jack Johnson is out there and Alex Nackman I believe is gaining a following too, we just need to duo from Norway, Kings of Convenience back in on the action!
And maybe just maybe I might get my ass into gear and update the mp3blog I set up ages ago to podcast some of this stuff out before it gets properly copyrighted!
