Willis Earl Beal & Cold Specks: the new new old things

Alan Lomax would be proud, but the authentic, bluesy, harsh sounds of two new young songwriters are also providing modern twists on old classicsCold Specks and Willis Earl Beal have a lot in common. They're both in their mid-to-late 20s – the former from Etobicoke in Toronto, Canada, the latter from Chicago in the USA – and they both emerged late last year to considerable acclaim. They both have a penchant – unusually, perhaps, for a couple of twentysomethings – for making the sort of mu...

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