Black Sheep
by Martin Sexton

From buzzdainer 09/24/2022 23:10 | #289942

Martin Sexton is one of those people who just seems to have been born to write, record, and perform music. I don't know if there's a better live performer alive today, and I know that's saying something--but I ask you to withhold judgment unless you've actually seen him play live. I've seen him live five or six times over the past 25 years or so--sometimes alone with his guitar, sometimes with a drummer--and he never ceases to completely blow me away. He does amazing things with his guitar and his voice; he whistles; he knocks on his guitar and beatboxes into the microphone for percussion; he sings falsetto. He is just a remarkable talent. On top of all that, he writes memorable songs about the usual musical troubadour subjects: lost love, life on the road as a traveling musician, and, of course, food. He has several terrific albums, but Black Sheep is the one I heard first, and probably has the most consistently great songwriting.