On Friday 25th August, more than four years after 'Fight For My Soul', Jonny Lang will release 'Signs', his second album on Provogue in Europe. It is hard to believe that at only 36 years old Lang has already had a successful career for two decades. Easier to believe when you learn he released his first platinum record at 15 - an age when many young people are just beginning to play music. Lang's sound started out as Bluesy, influenced by electric pioneers like Albert Collins, B.B. King, and Buddy Guy, and evolved into a modern R&B style closer to Stevie Wonder and contemporary Gospel music. 'Signs' is not merely a return to the artist’s guitar-based beginnings, but an embodiment of an even more elemental sound. It's about recapturing the spirit of the early Blues, where the guitar was front and centre, leaping out of the speakers.
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