Jazz Articles about Raul Midon

About Raul Midon

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Raul Midon: If You Really Want

Read "If You Really Want" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
September 12, 2018

Raul Midon plays guitar and sings like Paul Simon. Born blind in New Mexico in 1966, The New York Times once called him “a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus." He was going somewhere once upon a time. Now he's back, still going somewhere. One of his songs is called “Everyone Deserves A Second Chance." Midon probably does. He sings well, he plays well and he writes good ...

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Raul Midón: State of Mind

Read "State of Mind" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 20, 2006

Fratelli e sorelle del soul, ascoltate: un nuovo messia è tra noi. Raul Midón, cieco dalla nascita, è giunto da Embudo (New Mexico), via Miami - New York, a cantarcele e suonarcele. Di santa ragione. Ha con sé una grande tristezza (madre scomparsa prematuramente e padre tangueros argentino girovago), ma anche tanta voglia di farsi spazio. Attributi di stima di qua e di là. Spike Lee lo chiama per un brano della colonna sonora di “She Hate Me"; Jeff Beck ...