weekend roundup 4.12
YEA YEA I KNOW IT'S MONDAY, BUT WEEKENDS ARE RELATIVE, AND IN MY OWN MIND IT'S STILL THE WEEKEND. SO HERE'S YOUR ROUND-UP...
IN FAVOR OF ALL THINGS DIFFERENT, IN A VERY REMINISCENT FAMILIAR WAY, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR RAINY DAY CD COLLECTION. NOT NECESSARILY BIRTHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAP, BUT DEFINITELY RAISED AT THE TOP, IS "SOUL"TRY ACOUSTIC R&B ARTIST JUSTIN NOZUKA. BORN IN QUEENS, SIXTH OF SEVEN CHILDREN, JUSTIN WAS MOVED TO TORONTO AT AN EARLY AGE WHERE HE TOOK A KEEN INTEREST IN HOCKEY, AND SAW HIMSELF MAKING A CAREER OUT OF IT UNTIL HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC GOT TOO LOUD FOR HIM TO IGNORE.
WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, JUSTIN DECIDED TO HIRE PRODUCER BILL BELL, SANS A RECORDING COMPANY, TO HELP HIM PRODUCE HIS DEBUT ALBUM NAMED AFTER HIS MOTHER, HOLLY. WITH A SOUND MUCH OLDER AND FAR MORE MATURE THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM SUCH A YOUNG GUY, IT'S NO WONDER IN SUCH A SHORT TIME SPAN JUSTIN HAS ALREADY SHARED THE STAGE WITH GREATS LIKE ZIGGY MARLEY, JOHN CALE, AND SAM ROBERTS.
Labels: bill bell, john cale, justin nozuka, sam roberts, weekend roundup, ziggy marley
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