Paolo Nutini plays before a sold-out Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. (Photo by David Ortiz)

Where: Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale

When: Aug. 31, 2009

Van Morrison’s got nothing on the Scottish kid with the Italian name and the ancient voice. Paolo Nutini’s whisky-burned singing bounced off the walls inside the cramped and hot space of Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room.

Twenty-two-year-old Nutini satisfied a sold-out crowd made up of all types of people, from enamored young ladies to older men admiring young Nutini’s musical chops.

After a short acoustic set from trio Nothing Rhymes With Orange, and solo artist Anya Marina, Nutini took the stage with a six-man band, horns included, opening with the fast rockabilly rhythm of “Alloway Grove”.
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