Review

Juan Waters – N.a.p. North American Poetry

Juan Waters – N.A.P. North American Poetry (Captured Tracks)

Juan Wauters followed his father from Uruguay to Queens, where they worked together in a factory to save enough money to bring their family north. A decade later it’s clear that Wauters has wholeheartedly embraced his adopted hometown, founding garage outfit the Beets and now striking out on his own with slightly goofy, charmingly imperfect folk that sounds like New York’s answer to Daniel Johnston.

 

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