Striving for ambience rather than abide by the self-imposed limits of his earlier recordings, Willis Earl Beal embellishes sparse acoustic guitar and his formidable voice with uneasy synth flourishes. Bearl’s studio output and menacing live presence are at odds, but both are remarkable in their own regard – a blues artist in the truest sense of both words.
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