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Si Cranstoun

Si Cranstoun

http://www.sicranstoun.com

SI HAS ALREADY BEEN DUBBED “THE KING OF VINTAGE” BY THE EXPRESS AND ENJOYED RAVE ENDORSEMENTS FROM INFLUENTIAL DJS LIKE TERRY WOGAN AND CHRIS EVANS (“HOW GOOD IS SI CRANSTOUN?”). NOW, RELEASED IN 2016 ON RUF RECORDS, OLD SCHOOL UPS THE ANTE, WITH SI SETTING THE CONTROLS FOR THE GOLDEN ERA AND TIPPING HIS HAT TO FORMATIVE INFLUENCES LIKE JACKIE WILSON, SAM COOKE AND BIG JOE TURNER. “WHEN IT COMES TO TASTE,” HE SAYS, “IT’S ’40S, ’50S, ’60S ALL THE WAY.” WHILE OLD SCHOOL’S STYLINGS ARE UNASHAMEDLY RETRO, THIS ALBUM’S TIME IS UNMISTAKABLY NOW, DRIVEN BY THE ORIGINAL SONGCRAFT AND ACCLAIMED VOCALS OF A BANDLEADER WHO’S GIVEN THE VINTAGE SCENE FRESH IMPETUS. “IT’S TRUE TO WHO I AM AND THE ROCKING RHYTHM ‘N’ BLUES THAT STIRS MY SOUL,” SAYS SI. “BUT ALL THE SONGS HAVE A QUIRKY SLANT AND THEY ALL ORIGINATE FROM MY COLOURFUL MIND.”

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