Fabulist!

The owner of one of the most beautiful, resonant modern male voices I've heard in a long time, Findlay Brown, is coming out with a new album, Love Will Find You, in early 2009. Here's a little excerpt from the press release:

"His new record, Love Will Find You, is a very different type of album. Produced by Bernard Butler (Suede), it’s a move away from Findlay’s earlier folk influenced sound, featuring more deeply soulful songwriting and lush, delicately orchestrated arrangements (...) “I’d already started going back and listening to a lot of records I’d grown up on, like Elvis Presley, soul music, doo wop, Phil Spector, The Righteous Brothers and the like. I had an idea about making a modern record influenced by the songwriting of the late 50’s and early 60’s. I just started writing, trying to work out what made a universally great song, like ‘Stand By Me’. These new songs are the first part of that process.”"

I'm kind of fascinated with this idea: Thinking about the bare bones of what makes a song great, what makes it timeless, and working out your interpretation of that in your own music. So here's the solo acoustic version of Findlay Brown's new song, "I Had a Dream." You can decide for yourself if he's on the right track.

Findlay Brown - I Had a Dream

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