Artist: Connor Selby
Album: Connor Selby (Deluxe Edition)
Label: Provogue
Year Of Release: 2023
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
01. I Can’t Let You Go
02. Falling In Love Again
03. If You’re Gonna Leave Me
04. Emily
05. The Man I Ought To Be
06. Hear My Prayer
07. Show Me A Sign
08. Anyhow
09. Waitin’ On The Day
10. Starting Again
11. I Shouldn’t Care
12. Love Letter To The Blues
13. My Baby Don’t Dig Me
14. The Deep End
One of the brightest talents on the UK blues scene. He has been voted “Young Artist of the Year” at the UK Blues Awards for the last three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022).
As a teenager, he devoured the music of Eric Clapton and Ray Charles – “Ray completely reshaped me as a person and the way I thought about music.” From old Delta records to soul artists like Sam Cooke, Bill Withers and the Stax sound to Jazz singers such as Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra as well as singer-songwriters; Van Morrison, Townes van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake and contemporary artists like Ray LaMontagne, Norah Jones and Foy Vance.
There’s a timeless melancholic quality to his music. Relatable in its honesty and openness, he draws from anxiety and vulnerability but delivers it with a world-worn elegance. The sky is the limit for Connor Selby. It’s easy to see why with his soulful blend of blues and his emotionally introspective songwriting, which sits alongside his impressive armoury of guitar playing. The songs on ‘Connor Selby’ are little vignettes of the different styles of music that inspire him.
