ARTICLE: Jonny Lang - Breaking The Mold

Although he’s not the type to enjoy such grand labels, Jonny Lang is an iconoclast, breaking stereotypes and expectations over the course of his entire career. Take, for instance, the stereotype of the musical prodigy. Instead of playing piano concertos, Lang was effortlessly grinding out world-class blues guitar riffs at 13 years of age. Clearly not a grizzled, 45-year-old man from Back Porch, Miss., this scruffy, blond kid only sang like it.

Then, topping the Billboard New Artist music charts at age 15, Lang had all the flash of a short-lived novelty act. But again he defied the standard. A decade later, having been mentored by blues gurus B.B. King and Albert Lee, Lang offers up a fourth project that again breaks the mold. Turn Around bursts with hook-filled gospel, funk and blues-rock, peppered with soulful, acoustic pop. They are the quieter songs that reveal the story of a man whose image may be very different from what fans expect. […read more]

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