Raury review – a showman beyond his years

Village Underground, London
Young Atlantan Raury further blurs the lines between genresStanding in front of a stadium-size drumkit, backlit by blinding strobes, is a skinny Georgia teenager wearing a broad-brimmed hat. His chest is bare, but a diaphanous white shirt billows around his torso as he busts nimble moves with the mic stand. This is Raury, “just 19 year old,” he declares, from Atlanta, a showman beyond his years. We’re in a smallish train shed of a venue, but he’s playing it li