Quinn Sullivan

Wide Awake MASCOT/PROVOGUE

Four albums by the age of 21 should have left Quinn Sullivan burnt out, but on Wide Awake the bandleader sounds like a man in motion. While the thumbprint of early mentor Buddy Guy has faded – and Sullivan flays his guitar less all round – this is no bad thing, with the funky She’s So Irresistible nodding at Prince and Keep Up revealing a steady hand with a torch song. ■■■■■■■■■■