Luke Winslow-King

One Liner: New Orleans jazzy singer/songwriter

Poster Position: 25

Thoughts:  I was calling this ragtime in my head all day, and I suppose that could be accurate, but its more like the sounds of New Orleans from a guy who is standing on the corner singing his heart out.  According to his bio, he came from Michigan but went to school in New Orleans and ended up making it his home.  He's got four albums out, with the most recent being 2014's Everlasting Arms.  His most popular track comes from that album, called "Swing that Thing."

This is more of a straight-forward rock song, but believe me, the majority of his music is more of a jazz-based strolling music.  414k streams for that track.  He frequently collaborates the lyrics with a female singer, who is named Esther Rose on some videos, so I assume it is always her.  Here is his second most popular track, called "Moving On (Towards Better Days)."  This track has 91k listens and comes from his 2013 album The Coming Tide.

Nice little toe tapper.  I've made a run through all four albums, and they are all quite nice. HIs top ten songs on Spotify are all from those more recent two albums, and in a strange development, guess where his most popular city is on Spotify?  You'd think New Orleans, right?  Or maybe Houston.  Or Brooklyn.  Nope, it is Madrid.  And Barcelona somehow comes in third.  Maybe he just had a Spain tour?  Ah yes, the Internet says he played Spain in June and is in Italy now.  So maybe that is the reason.  This is good music.  I hope he brings a full band of brass instruments and hammers us with some loud Crescent City funk and jazz.