Just when I started to get a bit short of inspiration for music month, something turned up that got me excited again.
Featured on the NZ Music Month website today…
… Party Boy by Marlon Williams. There’s something about his voice in this song that reminds me a bit of Chris Isaaks.
Wikipedia says:
Marlon Williams (born 31 December 1990) is an award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist from Lyttelton, New Zealand. He has performed solo as well as with current backing group the Yarra Benders (Imogen Porter, Troy Davis and Kyle Reid). He first came to attention as front-man of The Unfaithful Ways and has also performed and recorded as a duo with Delaney Davidson. Williams' music style straddles folk, country, bluegrass and the blues.
Ooh, I like this one too. Although his voice is nothing like, the feel of this one, “Vampire Again”, reminds me somehow of Tom Waits.
His studio albums are Marlon Williams (2015) and Make Way for Love (2018). I was enjoying his more recent stuff, and wanted to share What's Chasing You, which was a bit poppier, as well, but dragged myself away to check out his first album. Here’s “Dark Child” which for some reason made me think of Johnny Cash.
Let’s check out some of his early stuff with his first band, Unfaithful Ways. Here’s “Katie My Darling” which is more pure country than some of his more recent work.
And from his body of work with country singer Delaney Davidson, “Bloodletter”
And finally for the die hard country fans, let’s have one of Delaney Davidson’s solo works, “So Far Away”. Even though I’m not particularly a country fan, this did start to grow on me by the end.
Thanks for listening
Videos from Youtube. Top image is the official logo and appears everywhere. This copy came from Eventfinda.
