Fresh Out The Frying Pan: Mayer Hawthorne
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Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan just outside of Detroit, Hawthorne lists a host of soul greats including Smokey Robinson, Barry White, Isaac Hayes & Leroy Hutson as some of his main influences. After signing to Stonesthrow Records last year the 29 year olds' debut single 'Just Ain't Gonna Work Out' soon came to the attention of a number of well known dj's and producers. Making it's UK radio debut on Gilles Peterson best of 2008 show Hawthorne's soaring falsetto has also been receiving a lot of support and radio play from the likes of Mark Ronson and BBC 1Xtra's Benj B. It must also be noted that the multi instrumentalist plays a number of the instruments used on his records and while opinion amongst certain purists is divided, in my opinion he does seem to capture some of the essence of that classic sweet soul sound. Click below to listen or head on over to his Myspace Page for more tracks (watch out for his cover of the 'The New Holidays - Maybe So, Maybe No'). If you are in London you can also catch Mayer performing at Cargo on March 7th 2009.
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