There is an urgent need for young talent in blues, a genre that sometimes wants to get bogged down in superfluous repetition exercises. Fortunately, there is Sean Costello, a young American singer and guitarist, who makes the twelve bars sound fresh and exciting again. His talent was revealed at an early age: his first album Call The Cops ('96) was released when he was only sixteen years old. Nine
… years later, his fourth piece is published, on which the now 25-year-old Costello shows a surprising musical development. We already knew that he is a gifted guitarist. In the meantime, Sean has also developed into a fine soul singer who effortlessly makes covers of Al Green (I'm A Ram) and Bob Dylan (Simple Twist Of Fate) his own. Thanks to the soulful backing vocals, the wind instruments, the warm Hammond sounds and the input of veterans like drummer Levon Helm (ex-The Band) and bassist Willie Weeks, this album is proof that the blues can also make you very happy. (MS)more
