The only thing standing between London-based, French-Ghanaian talent Myles Sanko and international fame is a hit single. Meantime, he continues to produce top-shelf long-players that can fairly be described as timeless, such as his criminally underrated 2015 LP Born in Black & White.
His latest, Just Being Me, recalls Lou Rawls before "You'll Never Find," Mick Hucknall if he wasn't a ginger from Manchester. With gorgeous orchestration and sharp-as-a-tack songwriting, Sanko is a modern day musical sophisticate, breathing fresh life into sounds that wouldn't be out of place on a Stax label box set. In some respects, the inevitable comparisons to R&B greats don't do Sanko justice. Clearly his roots run deep, but he's no throwback; Just Being Me is easy listening for modern, discerning ears. Sanko belongs on your shelf, somewhere between Saint Etienne and Sly & the Family Stone.
"I'm not perfect," confesses Sanko on the album's title track. Fair enough, but he's damned close.
(Legere)His latest, Just Being Me, recalls Lou Rawls before "You'll Never Find," Mick Hucknall if he wasn't a ginger from Manchester. With gorgeous orchestration and sharp-as-a-tack songwriting, Sanko is a modern day musical sophisticate, breathing fresh life into sounds that wouldn't be out of place on a Stax label box set. In some respects, the inevitable comparisons to R&B greats don't do Sanko justice. Clearly his roots run deep, but he's no throwback; Just Being Me is easy listening for modern, discerning ears. Sanko belongs on your shelf, somewhere between Saint Etienne and Sly & the Family Stone.
"I'm not perfect," confesses Sanko on the album's title track. Fair enough, but he's damned close.
