Curtis Harding

Curtis Harding is an artist who continues to grow, takes risks, and builds his own familiar universe. And live? That universe lands right in your chest. One of the most exciting voices in contemporary soul? Without a doubt Curtis Harding. With his fourth album Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt, he goes a step further. What started as a personal feeling of being on the road too often and missing home grew into a fully developed concept story about a pilot getting lost in space. But make no mistake: this is no gimmick. Harding uses that sci-fi framework to tell something very human. About long-distance love, about hope when you can't see it anymore, about finding strength in chaos. He took full control of the record in the studio of Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas). No compromises, no filter. The result? A lush mix of space-funk, strings, psychedelic rock, and classic soul. Think grand arrangements (thanks to Steve Hackman), but also that typical Harding touch. From the romantic opener ‘There She Goes’ to ‘Hard As Stone’, this is Harding at his most ambitious.