A charismatic and engaging live performer, Van Hunt has also attracted critical praise touring both as headliner as well as alongside such diverse acts as Kanye West, The Roots, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige, and Dave Matthews Band.
Van's self-titled debut album arrived in 2004, instantly establishing him as a distinctive and original talent with its idiosyncratic melding of R&B, soul, funk, pop, and rock 'n' roll. Hunt received a 2005 "Best Urban/Alternative Performance" Grammy nomination for his breakthrough hit single, 'Dust' that was featured on his debut album. 'On The Jungle Floor' followed two years later, highlighted by the single, 'Character', as well as by a surprising cover of Iggy Pop & James Williamson's Kill City classic, 'No Sense Of Crime'.
In 2007, Hunt received a Grammy Award for "Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals," honouring Family Affair, a collaboration with John Legend and Joss Stone found on the 2006 Sly & The Family Stone tribute album, Different Strokes For Different Folks.
In 2011, Hunt released 'What Were You Hoping For?'. Reaching both Billboard's Top 50 R&B/Hip hop and Heat Seekers charts, the album also received rave reviews and was listed among "The Best Albums of 2011" by The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, The AV CLub and a league of other music publications.
'The Fun Rises, The Fun Sets', followed in 2015. Inspired by the music of The Delfonics, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, and Billie Holiday, the album chronicles love, loss, and nostalgia through the sounds of original funk and old soul. The Boston Globe says Hunt "...achieves the kind of heated, raw sound that has virtually disappeared in too much of today's overly manicured R&B." and, "...Hunt, never loses sight of the past as he progressively forges his own way forward."
On August 11, 2017 Blue Note Records finally released Van's third album "Popular". Shelved since 2007 the album was pulled from the label's release schedule at the dawn of a tumultuous decade for the music industry. Nevertheless, the album become an underground sensation, a classic lost album hailed by LA Weekly as "a left-field stunner" for its "trippy fusion of funk grooves, punk guitar and soul vocals."
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of his acclaimed debut Van Hunt will be releasing a stripped down, reimagined version of the album later in 2019.
A charismatic and engaging live performer, Van Hunt has also attracted critical praise touring both as headliner as well as alongside such diverse acts as Kanye West, The Roots, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige, and Dave Matthews Band.
Van's self-titled debut album arrived in 2004, instantly establishing him as a distinctive and original talent with its idiosyncratic melding of R&B, soul, funk, pop, and rock 'n' roll. Hunt received a 2005 "Best Urban/Alternative Performance" Grammy nomination for his breakthrough hit single, 'Dust' that was featured on his debut album. 'On The Jungle Floor' followed two years later, highlighted by the single, 'Character', as well as by a surprising cover of Iggy Pop & James Williamson's Kill City classic, 'No Sense Of Crime'.
In 2007, Hunt received a Grammy Award for "Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals," honouring Family Affair, a collaboration with John Legend and Joss Stone found on the 2006 Sly & The Family Stone tribute album, Different Strokes For Different Folks.
In 2011, Hunt released 'What Were You Hoping For?'. Reaching both Billboard's Top 50 R&B/Hip hop and Heat Seekers charts, the album also received rave reviews and was listed among "The Best Albums of 2011" by The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, The AV CLub and a league of other music publications.
'The Fun Rises, The Fun Sets', followed in 2015. Inspired by the music of The Delfonics, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, and Billie Holiday, the album chronicles love, loss, and nostalgia through the sounds of original funk and old soul. The Boston Globe says Hunt "...achieves the kind of heated, raw sound that has virtually disappeared in too much of today's overly manicured R&B." and, "...Hunt, never loses sight of the past as he progressively forges his own way forward."
On August 11, 2017 Blue Note Records finally released Van's third album "Popular". Shelved since 2007 the album was pulled from the label's release schedule at the dawn of a tumultuous decade for the music industry. Nevertheless, the album become an underground sensation, a classic lost album hailed by LA Weekly as "a left-field stunner" for its "trippy fusion of funk grooves, punk guitar and soul vocals."
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of his acclaimed debut Van Hunt will be releasing a stripped down, reimagined version of the album later in 2019.