Earthy rock music with blues, country and folk

John Mellencamp, the voice from the heart of America, is four years after the acclaimed album No Better Than This his new masterpiece plainspoken.
Troubled Man opens the album with a droning acoustic guitar and a thoughtful chorus. Mellencamp succeed here, to add this standard theme of American Folk a few new and personal facets.
Sometimes there's God. A quiet, beautiful melodious devotional. Faith as something very personal. Honest and compelling.
Much livelier brought by the organ and harmonica revved Track The Isolation Of Mister comes. With 63 years of soon Heartland Rocker stores a certificate to that is not positive. Whether he is now finally cleansed?
And Tears In Vain is characterized by Mellencamp guitar solos and his memorable voice.
The banjo dominated The Courtesy Of Kings is also a real masterpiece which the artist can probably really only write at this age. The song lives especially by his astute poetry, while the album finale Lawless Times impresses with swinging blues and cinematic-style texts. It is an airy completing a remarkable record. "Lock your door from dear, we live in lawless times," John Mellencamp sings here. Plainspoken is calm and clear, with no effects, but remaining in the head and ear.

With plainspoken the Grammy winner opens a new chapter in his career that stands out by the beauty of its timeless songs. On "plainspoken" contains 10 honest "handmade" songs of John Mellencamp, has produced country legend T-Bone Burnett-. John Mellencamp says it's an album with everyone, where there is about who we really are. A nice album for the melancholic autumn mood, for all fans of earthy well-made rock music with blues, country and folk.