Songwriting guitarist and vocalist Raul Midón talks proudly of his upbringing in northern New Mexico, one of the boxy "Four Corners" states in the U.S. West connected via quadrapoint, but when it comes to his music he says "boxes have never served me very well.""I've always liked (the description) 'eclectic soul,'" the 52-year-old genre-blending musical artist, who is blind, told Kyodo News by phone from his now home and studio in the eastern state of Maryland, just prior to embarking on a tour taking him to Israel, Britain, Japan, Australia and China."There's a lot of Latin influences. O…READ FULL ARTICLE
