Putting the nut in Nutini

Last week I had the chance to see Paolo Nutini at the House of Blues in Boston. He's a 21 year old singer/songwriter from Scotland. I thought that he put on a great show with a mix of songs from his 2 studio albums. The newest record has a more upbeat sound than the previous one but you can still hear a lot of the same influences in his music. He definitely brings a lot of soul and blues to both the music and the lyrics similar to the Motown sounds of the 60s. He sings like someone well beyond his young age. Some of the new songs incorporate more instrumentation to bring out a sound reminiscent of New Orleans jazz.

The band that played with him, The Vipers, were clearly having a lot of fun also. When you can see that the people on stage are having fun then you can't help but have fun yourself. Paolo and the band came out ready to play from beginning to end and it was evident that he was also playing for the crowd. He interacted with them and moved around on the stage and, when he sang, you could see the emotion in his face that really brought the songs to life.

Luckily, when he sang, he was easy to understand because when he spoke between songs he was almost indecipherable. His Scottish brogue is so thick and he was drinking throughout the set also. There were also a few annoying people in my area that distracted me from the show off and on but every show has people like that and they are hard to avoid. But other than that the show was great and I would recommend him to anyone.