Sean Rowe has a baritone of other worldly power and emotional conviction that demands attention, On his extraordinary new album The Salesman and the Shark, Rowe follows up his critically heralded full length debut Magic with a work that brilliantly reconfigures classic sounds in support of his intensely observational lyrics and remarkable and ever evolving vocals, The Salesman and the Shark was recorded at historic Vox Recording Studios in Los Angeles, It was produced by Woody Jackson, utilizing the very same mixing board used to make timeless classics such as The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street, T-Rex's Electric Warrior, The Beach Boy's Smile and seminal works by Tom Waits, Neil Young and more, Appropriately, the soulful and evocative sounds on Rowe's latest are a perfect blend of the warmly familiar and astonishingly new, The songs move effortlessly between a sense of intimacy and a cinematic like sound complete with a nine piece string section, The entire album was recorded live in studio using only real instruments.