01
Jul
2009
The Listener engenders confusion.
Is it Listener, or the Listener Project? Yes. But not anymore.
The albums Whispermoon (2003) and Ozark Empire (2005) sure sound like hip-hop, but their creator prefers the term "talk music." "What we do is not hip hop," said Dan Smith, the Arkansas-based performer who is the Listener.
So in advance of the Listener's July 5 show at Fireworks in Moline, let's clear a few things up.
