Blog: songsillinois

With a stroke of his pen (10 original songs), a flourish of pedal steel, and high lonesome tenor voice Ben Kweller has fired a shot across the bow of the americana community. In an 11 day studio session Kweller, who has flirted with countrified rock in the past but more often than not channeled either the Stones or Big Star, has suddenly struck a claim as being the most important new voice in a genre that is always flirting with extinction, irrelevance, or at the very least musical complacency. With cover art that hints at [...]

• Ben Kweller - Things I Like To Do