AdvertisementThe Playlist: Gregory Porter Celebrates Nat King Cole and 8 More New SongsImage Gregory Porter’s new album pays tribute to one of his major influences: Nat King Cole. This week, Brian Eno and Kevin Shields join woozy forces, the R&B group Rhye returns and Sleigh Bells ditches the guitars. And don’t miss Jon Pareles’s playlist of 12 essential Fats Domino songs . Gregory Porter, ‘Nature Boy’Gregory Porter’s new album “Nat King Cole and Me” pays tribute to one of his strongest influences. But Mr. Porter manages to embody some of the same principles — poise, savvy, listener validation — while punching it up with some contemporary solemnity and world-weariness.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 17:48 UTC