On the release of his 14th solo album,the folk-influenced True Meanings, the musician will be online to acknowledge your questions from 12.15pm BST on Monday 17 September 4.24pm BSTWhile his peers are often content with a life of nostalgia tours and reined-in expectation, and Paul Weller continues to push his songwriting uphill. Still best known for his Mod-influenced punk and new wave with the Jam in the late 1970s,he has since done everything from yacht rock (with the Style Council), Britpop (Stanley Road), and symphonic psych (22 Dreams) and cosmic rock (Saturns Pattern) – all of it powered by his earthy yet steel-tipped soulboy voice.
After two releases in 2017 – the socially conscious A Kind Revolution and his soundtrack to boxing film Jawbone – he’s still churning them out,and changing his spots: new album True Meanings is his recall on English folk, with a touch of Nick Drake to the orchestration. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com