The Tallest Man On Earth
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Despite his musical moniker, Sweden's Kristian Matsson isn't actually the tallest man on earth. That honor goes to 54 year-old Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun, who stands 7'9". Matsson does, however, create some of the best folk music out there. Armed with his acoustic guitar and banjo, Matsson exhibits the ease of a songwriter worthy of that overused and increasingly dubious tag "Dylanesque". Matsson's full-length debut Shallow Graves was released earlier this year and it's filled with gorgeous fingerpicking and Kristian's crackling vocals and confident poetry. With such an army of skinny dudes with varying facial hair plucking away at their instruments and spouting off thin metaphors, it's easy to tire of the overly saturated folk genre, but this guy's actually well worth checking out. The Tallest Man On Earth is set to play some December shows with Bon Iver, so if those shows are in your general vicinity, I'd highly recommend checking it out. -- Capt. Obvious
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MP3: The Tallest Man On Earth - Pistol Dreams
MP3: The Tallest Man On Earth - Into The Stream
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