Peter Horsfall

Peter Horsfall: Nighthawks

by Bruce Lindsay
December 2, 2017

The title of Peter Horsfall's Nighthawks may call to mind the iconic Edward Hopper painting, or maybe Tom Waits' Hopper-inspired Nighthawks At The Diner (Asylum, 1975). A few bars into “Nighthawks" it becomes obvious that Horsfall and Waits both take inspiration from the painting ("Nighthawks lead a lonely life...")--but Horsfall's melancholy vocal stands in sharp contrast to Waits' gritty growl.Peter Horsfall is probably best known as the trumpeter and vocalist with Kansas Smitty's House Band, a young London-based ...