St Paul and The Broken Bones are a seven piece soul band from Alabama, formed of a drummer, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, trombone player, trumpet player and vocalist called Paul Janeway who has one of the best, most refreshing voices in music (in my opinion).
Whilst I'm not a particularly huge fan of the soul genre, it is very hard not to enjoy the performance that Paul and his band give to the streets of Paris in this edition of La Blogotheque's Take Away Show series.
Their recent album 'Half The City', released earlier this year, is a record full of big brass, soulful tunes, as you would expect. But these two live performances with no amplifiers or electronics really show off the rawness of Paul's voice - the way he fills the whole of a courtyard with the sound of his singing in the video of the album title track 'Half the City' is stunning, you get goosebumps.
Add on the fact that his dancing is smooth.
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