Strange Arrangement

When there isn't good music out there, you have to go out and search for it. August-October is usually slow for music but it is important that my iPod is ALWAYS filled with quality tunes.

Mayer Hawthorne - "A Strange Arrangement"

I recently came across Mayer Hawthorne while reading a local blog. John Mayer said it was the "best record of the year". I don't know much about R&B, but Hawthorne's vintage-soul music is refreshing. His songs sound like the R&B/soul singers of 1966 and 1974. He produces and plays all the instruments you hear on the album. This Michigan native is on my radar and the new "it" musician to look out for.