Red Bull Music Academy RadioDon’t let the penchant for classic r’n’b, vintage recording equipment and classic good looks fool you into thinking Nick Waterhouse is that one artist that’s eluded you while chasing through the dusty second hand bins. In fact, Waterhouse and his various backing bands and songbird choirs, are entirely of the now, using all the elements of the classics as a springboard, in ways sometimes akin the way things are handled over on the East Coast at Daptone. San Francisco certainly ain’t Brooklyn, so the resulting gritty soulfulness bears traces of an easy-going attitude that couldn’t come from anywhere but California – even if his style looks like it’s straight from Lubbock, Texas. Without further adding to any geographical or historical confusion, here’s one of his heart-warming 45s DJ sets we caught live at the Do-Over’s infamous Sleep-Over session in Palm Springs:
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