Last week, while my husband was out of town for work, I FINALLY got to watch what I wanted to on TV, which meant catch-up time on DVR, which meant alternating between Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. I started with the Donald Trump episode of Colbert’s show first, because Donald Trump is a train wreck of an entertainer, and I must not miss a random thing that comes out of his mouth. I’m fascinated that he is a major player in the current political arena of the United States and shuddered a bit when Colbert japed that he would fondly look back on the evening as that time he got to interview the last POTUS. It’s kinda funny right now, a year out from actual elections, but it’s scary to think how quickly him being elected into office would send our nation tailspinning into political chaos. I digress.
Raury was the musical guest on that show and my first introduction was him belting, “You better run from the devil!” At first, I was sure I was watching a skinny black kid sing epic country music, but the longer I watched, I was sure I was watching the debut (network debut at least) of a strange, beautiful new talent. His music in Devil’s Whisper alone is indie rock, country, tribal, hip-hop…so many things, all culminating in a lyrically and musically powerful song and a visually mesmerizing performance.