Songs I Love, Part X: “No Other Way” Paolo Nutini

Okay I don’t know a whole lot about this guy except that his new album is very good and very eclectic. Reggae. Calypso. Folkie.

And of course, the immediate thought is how does some guy who comes from Italy morph all these different sounds? Then you find out he’s not from Italy, though his father’s family came from there . . . four generations ago. So you ask how come some guy who was born and raised in Scotland can morph all these different sounds? Which I guess you could ask about Tom Jones who is from Wales, or Van Morrison, etc, etc.

Which is not to mention that the kid’s only 22, but sounds like he grew up in my era, and on this song, hangin’ around the Stax Studios in Memphis. Nutini is an old soul.

Speaking of soul and this song, there’s something so old school, so passionate, so deliciously retro  about it that I had to share it with you.

The album is damn good too.