Justin Hicks (USA)

Description

“His translucent voice shifts in a single sentence from catchy to painful.” Wall Street Journal In the way Justin Hicks approaches song, there is quiet courage. With a voice that wraps vulnerability in velvet and lyrics that float between the personal and the mythical, Hicks not only creates music – he builds worlds. He initiates meditations on transformation: prismatic, genre-defying portraits of a Black man traversing an America that often does not understand itself. Hailing from the American Midwest, Justin carries the sound of open spaces in his work – fields and back porches, church basements and cracked city sidewalks. Instead of leaning on nostalgia, he invites listeners into something stranger and more beautiful: a soundscape where gospel meets original song, where folk harmonies transition into avant-garde textures, and where stories unfold like secrets entrusted in confidence. He draws from the storytelling traditions of artists like Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, James Taylor, and Jeff Buckley – artists who blurred the line between confession and performance. Yet his approach feels entirely his own. He arrives with a new album “Man Of Style” and his amazing trio. Justin Hicks – vocals, piano, autoharp, electronics; Marvin Sewell – guitar; Kyle Miles – bass and keyboards.