Aug 23, 2012 (World Cafe / WXPN-FM) — The inventive soul singer is back with a new concert album, Live at the Troubadour 2011.
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Van Hunt. (Hannah Mattix)
Van Hunt On World Cafe
Aug 23, 2012 (World Cafe / WXPN-FM) — The inventive soul singer is back with a new concert album, Live at the Troubadour 2011.Van Hunt is something like a cross between Thelonious Monk and Prince: throaty and suave yet artistic, bold and a little weird. His inventive style speaks to his strong will, a trait that propelled the college dropout to move from his home in Ohio to the music hub of Atlanta. There, he signed with a major label in 2001 and produced his self-titled debut album three years later. Since then, he's formed his own label, Godless Hotspot.
Hunt's latest album is Live at the Troubadour 2011. The concert setting suits his style: His wry, forlorn, dirt-beneath-the-fingernails lyrics are better suited to an old concert hall than a state-of-the-art recording studio. An artist whose impact hits harder in the moment, Hunt performs songs from his live album in this session of World Cafe.
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Set List
- "North Hollywood"
- "Seconds of Pleasure"
- "Eyes Like Pearls"
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