Willis Earl Beal is a songwriter whose vintage, analog-blues-heavy styles — and we mean vintage, dude makes Jack White look like Neon Indian — attracted the attentions of XL, who signed him to their imprint Hot Charity. Attracting some local renown and a following in Chicago for his eccentric, old-world attitude toward artistry, Beal is [...]
Stereogum — Willis Earl Beal is a songwriter whose vintage, analog-blues-heavy styles — and we mean vintage, dude makes Jack White look like Neon Indian — attracted the attention... more info