Event Listing - Music

Sat Jun 7

KFOG presents

Newton Faulkner

Location	Date and Time
Slim's 333 11th Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4313 map cross street: between Folsom & Harrison district: Soma	Sat Jun 7 (Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm)

Description

Newton Faulkner believes in accidents. A bona fide pop star at home in his native U.K. - where radio presence, great press and a thrilling live show drove "Hand Built By Robots" to the top spot on the album-sales chart upon its release there last summer - this 23 year-old singer-songwriter makes music full of serendipity and happenstance, coincidence and luck. As its title suggests, "Hand Built By Robots" contains acoustic music for the digital age: Faulkner croons in a voice shaped by years spent listening to Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Tom Waits and plays guitar with a distinctive tap-pick-and-strum technique that allows him to use the instrument as guitar, bass and drums all at once. Call it folk-pop for the future, and get ready to hear quite a lot of it as Faulkner goes about spreading his success to these shores. TICKETS ON SALE THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 6.