Sunday 22nd November
20.30
Advance €20.00 / Door €24.00
http://www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne
MAYER HAWTHORNE & THE COUNTY
When Stones Throw label boss, Peanut Butter Wolf, first heard Mayer Hawthorne’s music, he thought he was listening to something from the mid-60s… maybe some lost Tamla Motown recordings. It is amazing to think, that such rich soul music, can still be being made in the cynical 21st Century – especially by a white boy from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who not only sings in a beautiful, Smokey Robinson style voice, but also plays all the instruments on his recordings. Wolf signed him up after hearing just two songs, and his faith has been fully justified with Hawthorne’s excellent debut album “A Strange Arrangement”.
He has picked up a lot of acclaim from BBC Radio 1’s Gilles Peterson and dj/producer Mark Ronson, and even sang live onstage with The Roots in New York. Two excellent pop / soul singles – “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” and “Maybe So, Maybe No”, have earned Mayer a substantial fanbase across Europe, which has enabled him to embark on this, his debut tour.
Heavily influenced by such legends as Curtis Mayfield, Issac Hayes, the songwriting team of Holland, Dozier & Holland, plus of course the aforementioned Smokey, Mayer Hawthorne will be sure to convince you that it is still possible, to create living and breathing soul music, with genuine emotions - even in our age of disposable pop and X-Factor banality.
Roger C (Miniguide Barcelona, November 2009)
When Stones Throw label boss, Peanut Butter Wolf, first heard Mayer Hawthorne’s music, he thought he was listening to something from the mid-60s… maybe some lost Tamla Motown recordings. It is amazing to think, that such rich soul music, can still be being made in the cynical 21st Century – especially by a white boy from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who not only sings in a beautiful, Smokey Robinson style voice, but also plays all the instruments on his recordings. Wolf signed him up after hearing just two songs, and his faith has been fully justified with Hawthorne’s excellent debut album “A Strange Arrangement”.
He has picked up a lot of acclaim from BBC Radio 1’s Gilles Peterson and dj/producer Mark Ronson, and even sang live onstage with The Roots in New York. Two excellent pop / soul singles – “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” and “Maybe So, Maybe No”, have earned Mayer a substantial fanbase across Europe, which has enabled him to embark on this, his debut tour.
Heavily influenced by such legends as Curtis Mayfield, Issac Hayes, the songwriting team of Holland, Dozier & Holland, plus of course the aforementioned Smokey, Mayer Hawthorne will be sure to convince you that it is still possible, to create living and breathing soul music, with genuine emotions - even in our age of disposable pop and X-Factor banality.
Roger C (Miniguide Barcelona, November 2009)
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