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JohnlikeJohn takes the DIY naïve punk ethic of Daniel Johnson (right down to the simple imagery of the cover art); the cultured folk stylings of Joanna Newsom; the skewed yet incisive poetry of Ivor Cutler and John Cooper Clarke and the grandmaster storytelling of Robert Wyatt and Tom Waits yet retains a particularly contemporary sound which offers great hope for the British folk music scene.
Like the rise of Americana in the United States, this is a celebration of the typically wry view of the world that songwriters have been famous for in Britain for decades, laughing in the face of authority and championing the underdog, and repositions folk as a vital form of storytelling
Like the rise of Americana in the United States, this is a celebration of the typically wry view of the world that songwriters have been famous for in Britain for decades, laughing in the face of authority and championing the underdog, and repositions folk as a vital form of storytelling
