Armed with an array of pedal loops and a versatile vocal style capable of skipping from beatboxer to
Stevie Wonder-esque soul man, Norwegian singer/songwriter Jarle Bernhoft continues to develop his one-man band routine on his second studio album, Solidarity Breaks. The Oslo-based former
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Span frontman's follow-up to 2008's
Ceramik City Chronicles is a mixture of acoustic R&B,
Prince-inspired funk, and impassioned soul ballads, and includes the singles "Cmon Talk" (the track that helped introduce him to U.S. audiences following a performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show) and "Choices." ~ Jon O'Brien