O. B. Buchana

O.B. Buchana is a Southern soul and blues singer with an easygoing approach that smoothly slides between ribald and heartfelt in nature. Born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, and raised in nearby Clarksdale, he started singing as a youngster in his Baptist church, and became lead singer of the gospel group Mighty Suns of God in his teens. His move to secular material began with "Back Up Lover," the lead single off his debut album, It's Over (1999). During the 2000s and 2010s, he released new albums at a rate of roughly one a year and expanded his audience with cleaner songs such a...