He knows how to pose for the cameras on his album covers, looking soulfully at the sky whether with feet on the ground or aloft.

It’s also refreshingly grounded in a sense of place: during a soulfully polyrhythmic track called “She Knew,” you hear some spirited crowd chatter.

He plays soulfully, effortlessly, and with so much talent, coaxing every note out of the guitar as if it were an extension of his body.