Raising Kane

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Not every musician can hack his or her way through the overgrowth of bands here in the US to bask in the spotlight of stardom. Then again, not every musician wants to. When LA native Jimmy Kane decided to pursue his career, he hopped the pond over to London. There are certainly whiffs of anglophilia in Kane’s music”a little Beatles here, a little Oasis there. But there’s also a rootsy, homespun element that shows he was born in the USA. The Road to Jericho is an anthem for nights out at the tavern. Meaty electric guitar solos, stomping drums and acoustic strumming will have you raising your tankard in no time. From the mercurial shimmer of Four Leaf Clover to the ramshackle shuffle of Better Days, Kane combines California breeziness with airborne Brit-pop harmonies to create songs that are a little scruffy, a little loose, but full of beauty. Expatriation never sounded so good.