Van Hunt

Versatile enough to author everything from wry and scuzzy rockers to candidly romantic ballads -- he can belt and croon with equal potency -- Van Hunt mixes soul, funk, the blues, and rock with artful and swashbuckling elan. A product of funk capital Dayton, Ohio, the singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer was classified as neo-soul upon arrival with a self-titled debut (2004) led by the Grammy-nominated "Dust." Rather than embrace or reject the tag, Hunt simply kept progressing by following up with the more bristling On the Jungle Floor (2006) and subsequently...