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Ryan Scott
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Out of 20 votes - Similar Artists: Paul Simon, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Bill Frisell, Chris Whitley, Randy Newman, Daniel Lanois, Steely Dan, Jon Brion
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Editor's review
With its curly font and late-afternoon burnish, the cover of this crooner's new LP recalls its '70s forebears. That's no accident. The intimate and lushly orchestrated "Five O' Clock News" finds modern, Jon Brion-school L.A. pop avidly pursuing Marvin Gaye-style soul.
Biography
Five O'Clock News is a collection of beautiful tunes driven by Ryan Scott's incomparable and heartfelt voice. This is music that pushes and pulls down the middle of soul and jazz, back up through the unwinding strands of post-folk and rock, and lands, sometimes sweetly and softly and sometimes with a resounding smash, right in the center of your chest.
From the melancholy soft lullaby of the title track, to the head-nodding-fonk-meets-shimmering-lyricism of the lead single, "You, Girl", to the easy-rollin uptempo guitar jam, "You Might Change Your Mind", Ryan creates music that is, to quote one MySpace fan, "like a gingerbread cookie straight out of the oven with smooth creamy jams on top. His music makes your heart putter and your ears warm."
Legendary producer and engineer Rob Fraboni (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton) joined the project to create a disc with a singular character all classic albums inevitably possess.
