was anointed a genuine guitar god—he even earned comparisons to perhaps the greatest of all time, Jimi Hendrix. But over a decade later, the 40-year-old is still proving that he’s much more than a virtuoso. With his fourth album,, the Austin native continues to stretch out musically—broadening expectations and leaving few genres unexplored.with which he inhabits so many styles.
“You say you’re mistreated / You don’t think I know how you feel / You question, I push back / You don’t think my love is for real.”This latest LP, Clark says, was born out of pandemic uncertainty—from Black Lives Matter to the insurrection of the nation’s capitol. “This Is Who We Are” feeds off that confusion, opening with a galvanizing guitar solo that blazes behind some operatic prophecies.
“I think I’m not who you think you thought I was / Really came up from the bottom, came up from the mud / I walk through the valley in the end / Better check your ego, come again.”is Clark’s manifesto; co-producing and writing all of the music, he once again demonstrates his proficiency on multiple instruments . He also gathers a slew of collaborators—notably his sisters Shanan, Shawn, and Savannah, on background vocals, along with several guest artists, including two veritable icons.
Clark is a rare, prodigious talent—defying boundaries while preserving the tradition in his playing. Talented Black artists are far too often pigeonholed, boxed into a genre and identity that at times seems immovable. Perhapsmarks a new beginning for Clark. But across the album’s many shifts in style, one notion reverberates loudest: This generation’s preeminent bluesman was born to play the guitar, whether he likes it or not.
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