Gary Clark Jr. shows an impressive musical range on "This Land": World Cafe: NPR

We are excited to have Gary Clark Jr. on Coffee of the world aujourd & # 39; hui. Gary is a guitar prodigy from Austin and he has shown such a promise that the mayor organized a ceremony to declare the "Gary Clark Jr. Day" while still in high school. Since then, Gary has found fans in Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy, and he's managed to do something really impressive for those who are gifted on the guitar and who are often the subject of comparisons between celebrities: he has continued to innovate his own sound, rebelling against the possibility of being pinned to a genre or style.

On his last album This earth, released Feb. 22, Gary offers an impressive musical lineup that includes punk, soul and even hip-hop. And not only does music have an impact, but that's what Gary has to say. We're talking about his use of n-word on the title song, which he uses to fight the racism he experienced while growing up in Austin and that he recently faced again as a parent in front of his own child . We also talk about the song Gary wrote for his mother "Pearl Cadillac", and hear performances that Gary and his band recorded live at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. All this and more in the reader.