Do yourself a favor
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Look up Jeb Loy Nichols. Best singer-songwriter you've never heard of. I just discovered him yesterday on Aqua's substack. He makes country cool... and funky. And jazzy.
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Some comments. read til the end.
“The high priest of country cool.” Rolling Stone
“This guy is good. Believe it. REALLY GOOD.” Nashville Chronicle
“I like him very much. He’s very special. He’s singing with a voice I never heard before...” Townes Van Zandt
“A conscious, soulful brother.” Horace Andy
"This is great. You're doing now what we were doing back then." Spooner Oldham
“Stands alongside Willie Nelson and Tony Joe White.” Charlie Gillett
“He’s a brother to me - one of the best singer/songwriters I’ve ever met.” Adrian Sherwood
“Unearthed mine full of gems from inner Wales - a songbook of ideas - that's Jeb!” Gilles Peterson
“La voix de cesurdoueest in grandemystere, impossible de collier ce timbre chaud et suave sur la carte des musiquesrecensees. Fondamentalementrurale, letteralement country.” Inrockuptibles
“Jeb Loy Nichols has ploughed his own unmistakeable furrow between art, music and the ups and downs of life. Consumately brilliant at every task he undertakes, he’s a light house, keeping the listener off the rocks and directing them to better place.” Max Reinhardt (BBC Late Junction)
“It’s all bullshit.” Jeb Loy Nichols.
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Wait… Aqua has a substack?
