Staff Editor on April 26th, 2018

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Curtis Harding says that soul music, and his music, speak for themselves. It’s self-evident on the Atlanta artist’s debut, “Soul Power” and last year’s follow-up, “Face Your Fear.” The driving sound of his electrified Stratocaster, the foot-stomping backbeat and the lyrics swimming in reverb — with something this flourishing, it’s almost reductive to just dig around the roots. Harding’s style was born in Michigan and bred on the road, a childhood spent singing gospel alongside an evangelizing mother, then cultivated in Atlanta, where he sang backup for CeeLo Green and befriended the Black Lips (he plays with Cole Alexander in Night Sun). He’s gone on to collaborate with Danger Mouse and Sam Cohen. His tour brings him to the El Rey Theatre on May 31.

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