Album Review: Paul Turner – Clear Blue

By Elizabeth Grobel on October 15th, 2008

Paul Turner’s full-length debut, Clear Blue, which hits US shelves October 21st, is an album of startling clarity and poignancy. The songs are simple and beautifully arranged. When least adorned they showcase Turner’s soft voice. Turner counts among his influences Nick Drake, and he does at times sound like him. On ballads like “Be Happy” [...]