A Larum (& The Sussex Wit) (2008)-AUDIO INTERVIEW: Johnny Flynn: Stirring Up 'A Larum' (All Things Considered, August 23, 2008) A 25-year-old singer-songwriter, Johnny Flynn makes music that seems to draw equally from William Shakespeare and Bob Dylan: He has the ear of a poet and the mind of a storyteller. But the precocious, prolific, South African-born Brit is humble, too: "I guess I started writing poetry and stuff, and then decided to set it to music," he says. Flynn has just made his American debut with A Larum. The Dylan mixed with Shakespeare comparison is pretty obligatory here and there's a certain familiarity to the album even on first listening. But it's also a rather compulsive listenability. Heck, he even makes a single named for a soccer player, Wayne Rooney, sound good. Given the down-and-out persona that Mr. Flynn adopts for his viewpoint in most of the songs, another comparison that comes to mind is Alan-a-Dale by way of Boxcar Willie. If you want to let it, you could be bothered by the fact that a middle class white British actor and former choirboy is singing about being a hobo. But if you once give "The Box" a try I bet you give it another: (Reviewed:08-Sep-08) Grade: (A-) Websites:See also:-ARTIST PAGE: Johnny Flynn (Lost Highway Records) -MY SPACE: Johnny Flynn -WIKIPEDIA: Johnnyy Flynn -YOUTUBE PAGE: Johnny Flynn -INTERVIEW: with Johnny Flynn (Platform 10) -AUDIO INTERVIEW: Johnny Flynn extended interview : The Shakespearean actor who now writes folk tunes talks to Paul MacInnes (Paul MacInnes , May 30 2008, guardian.co.uk) -INTERVIEW: with Johnny Flynn (Peter Hayward, 6/2008, Music OMH) -INTERVIEW: with Johnny Flynn (Matt Whittle, 3/09/08, Suit Yourself) -INTERVIEW: Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit Interview (Kev Heath, Liberation Frequency) -REVIEW: of A Larum by Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit (Maura Walz, Pop Matters) -REVIEW: of A Larum (AP) -REVIEW: of -REVIEW: of A Larum (Jim Farber, NY Daily News) -REVIEW: of A Larum (Luiza Sauma, Independent) -REVIEW: of A Larum (Michael McCall, AP) -REVIEW: of A Larum (Eric R. Danton, Hartford Courant) -REVIEW: of A Larum (Sam Richards, NME) -REVIEW: of A Larum (The Daily Growl) -REVIEW: of Johnny Flynn - Brown Trout Blues (Nic Oliver, MUSIC OMH) -REVIEW: of Johnny Flynn – Brown Trout Blues (Chris Gilliver, Manchester Evening News) -REVIEW: of Johnny Flynn show (Stephen Abbott, guardian.co.uk) |
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