Like a TARDIS hurling you back to a time when jazz blues grooves knew how to scintillate the soul, Ged Wilson’s latest single, Regular Man, isn’t just another exercise in virtuosity—it’s the sound of an artist who has lived every note. The track carries all the gravitas of a blues lifer, but it is Wilson’s effortless ability to channel boy-next-door charisma through velvety vocal lines that allows him to scribe gold with his sonic signature.
Cheltenham-based but proudly carrying his Mancunian roots, Wilson has spent years pushing the boundaries of the British blues scene, fusing the grit of Lightnin’ Hopkins with the poetic dexterity of Gil Scott-Heron and the warmth of Santana. Regular Man, lifted from his upcoming album of the same name, distils those influences into a track that makes even monotony feel rich with possibility. Swanky in tone and seraphic in execution, it’s a vignette of life’s quieter moments, spun with a nostalgia-laced charm that makes it all too easy to follow Wilson wherever he goes next.
With his feet firmly planted in tradition but his gaze set forward, Wilson isn’t just another bluesman—he’s a “bluesifier,” as adept at breathing contemporary life into the genre as he is at honouring its past. Signed to Bad Monkey Records and supported by Help Musicians, he’s bringing his innovative style to an ever-widening audience.
Regular Man is available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
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