Amos Lee

Lee's endlessly soulful folk-pop is gaining the sort of attention Norah Jones garnered when the world caught up to her in the early 2000s. Supply and Demand is Lee's second proper album, and such songs as "Freedom," the title cut, the opener -- hell, pretty much all of them -- prove the dude has done his homework. Fans of Jack Johnson's beach party acoustica will eat this up, but the best thing about Lee is that although he may fit into that somewhat confining genre of modern folk-pop, he goes way beyond it and his influences (Prine, Dylan, Al Green, etc.) run deeper than those of most purveyors of the form.

Amos lee is a Philadelphia-bred singer-songwriter with a sweet R&B voice, a social
conscience and deathly bland songs. His second album recalls both Ben Harper and James
Taylor, only it’s less interesting than either, with acoustic accompaniment and lyrics that
wear their sensitivity like a badge of honor. Tracks like the minor-key slow song
“Sympathize" -- which aches for “the girl on the street/ With holes in her feet"... More >