Home » Jazz Articles » Raul Midon
Jazz Articles about Raul Midon
Raul Midon: If You Really Want
by Chris Mosey
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 ...
Continue ReadingRaul Midón: State of Mind
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Continue Reading
