Jeff Larson
Album: The World Over
Label: Red Bell
Tracks: 10
Website: http://www.jefflarson-music.com

Despite a recording career that is now pushing fifteen years with a new release every couple of years as well as a live album, any early collection as tracks on more than a handful of compilations Jeff Larson is a new name to me.

'The World Over' is steeped in the late sixties, early seventies Laurel Canyon folky, country soft rock sound. It is immediately accessible, catchy and a delight to listen to. If I were driving through California this is exactly what I would expect to be listening to (top rolled down, obviously).

Despite the obvious influences you would be hard pushed to say that tracks like 'Your Way Back Home', 'Midhaven Getaway' or the dreamy 'This Morning In Amsterdam' sounds exactly like any one else. Larson is his own man and makes his own music - he is no copy cat.

With the rising popularity in this Californian sound through artists such as Jonathon Wilson and Dawes, Larson may well have released 'The World Over' at exactly the right time and it should pick up airplay and interest.

I now need to acquaint myself with his back catalogue

John 'The Jacket' Hawes