United Kingdom
Jamie N Commons
ESNS: 2012
Yes, he is 22. And yet Jamie N Commons sounds like Tom Waits, Greg Dulli, Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan. Hailing from Bristol, Commons moved to Chicago when he was six and that is where he discovered his love for blues and song-writing. That may have had something to do with the first concert he attended there: The Allman Brothers. "I have strong memories of strange-smelling smoke and the guy next to us howling like a wolf", according to Jamie. Commons loves to sing about religion which makes it easy to compare him to Cave and Grinderman. And Jamie N Commons got nice fans as well. After his cover of Costello song 15 Petals the writer of the song declared to be a fan. It's hard to believe after all this praise but there is only one Jamie N Commons EP, The Baron, with single The Preacher that is loved by all. Jamie N Commons proves you don't have to be aged 50 to sing the blues. You either have it or you don't and he has got it.
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