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A Michael Stipe-Approved Artist
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTO CREDIT: Cerise Leang
Michael Stipe of Athens’ rock icons R.E.M. has put his formidable stamp of approval on singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, who is releasing new CD “Temporary People” Sept. 30.
“Jo is one of those rare writer-performers where you get the sense, whatever your belief, that something greater is being channeled through his music and voice,” Stipe told the Los Angeles Times. “Like Patti Smith, Grant Lee Phillips, Thom Yorke, he trances, and the voice, the meaning, becomes bigger than him, bigger than a few pop chords or words strung together. It touches something very deep and universal.”
(As you may recall, Arthur penned “In The Sun,” the song Stipe did with Coldplay’s Chris Martin to raise money for the Hurricane Katrina victims).
Are you a fan or Arthur (and the Lonely Astronauts, all pictured above)? Think this kind of tout will direct more attention their way? What recording artist would you like to go to for album recommendations?
Comments
By Joey Mills
September 18, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this
I love Joseph Arthur. His music is so personal and melodic. Michael Stipe has turned me on to this artist. I can’t wait for the new album.