 | | Sam Baker
Sunday January 24
The Black Box, 2.00pm
Since the 2004 release of his debut Mercy, word of Baker's songs have slowly, but surely spun it's way around the world.
With his raspy vocal style and his carefully observed songs that grapple with the beauties, complexities, and little tragedies of this world, Sam Baker has much in common with other Texan songwriters like Robert Earl Keen, James McMurtry, Townes Van Zandt, and Guy Clark, although his approach to narrative probably comes closest to an artist like John Prine.
Badly injured in a bomb explosion in Peru in 1986, Baker had to completely relearn how to play the guitar with his mangled left hand, and singing was extremely difficult for him because of his severe hearing loss, but he overcame these obstacles to develop his uniquely hushed and quietly powerful performance style.
Baker has self-released three critically acclaimed albums, 2004’s Mercy and 2007’s Pretty World and the recently released Cotton. A must for lovers of quality songwriting.
| | | | | | Tickets £5.00
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