Alexi Murdoch sounds a lot like Nick Drake. He's got the same dusky, romantic voice, the same delicately picked guitar, the same elegantly subtle backing music. Hell, he's even got a song title featuring a color (Orange) and a celestial item (Sky), much like Drake's "Pink Moon."
So is the 33-year-old singer-songwriter merely some hackneyed, nostalgia-humping copycat? Heck, no! Firstly, Murdoch was born in London and raised in suburban Greece and rural Scotland. With that kind of pedigree, you'd be hard pressed not to sing like Drake. Days...
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