Raul Midon

DIGIPACK EDITION

Ever since the 20th century turned into the 21st, singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón has earned renown as one of music’s most distinctive and searching voices – “a one-man band… who is spiritually connected,” according to The New York Times, and “an eclectic adventurist,” in the words of People magazine.

The New Mexico native, blind since birth, has released eight albums since 1999, including the acclaimed studio productions Don’t Hesitate (Mack Avenue/Artistry, 2014), Synthesis (Decca/Universal, 2009), A World Within a World (Manhattan/EMI, 2007) and State of Mind (Manhattan/EMI, 2005). Midón’s questing musicality makes him, as the Huffington Post put it, “a free man beyond category.”

PERSONNEL & TRACKS:

01. BAD ASS AND BLIND
Raul Midón (g); Richard Hammond (b), Lionel Cordew (d)

02. RED, GREEN, YELLOW
Raul Midón (g); Richard Hammond (b), Lionel Cordew (d)

03. PEDAL TO THE METAL
Raul Midón (g); Richard Hammond (b), Federico Löpez Peña (ky), Lionel Cordew (d)

04. WINGS OF MIND
Raúl Midón (g), Gerald Clayton (p), Joe Sanders (b)
Gregory Hutchinson (d), Nicholas Payton (tp)

05. IF ONLY
Raúl Midón (g), Gerald Clayton (p), Joe Sanders (b) Gregory Hutchinson (d).

06. SOUND SHADOW
Raul Midón (g); Richard Hammond (b), Lionel Cordew (d)

07. JACK (ROBERT LORICK)
Raul Midón (g)

08. YOU & I
Raul Midón (g); Richard Hammond (b), Lionel Cordew (d)