Next prodigy ?!

Ed Sheeran is the latest since the publication of the folk / soul number "The A Team" the new darling of the British music scene. The soulful put forward song about a young girl who ends up in the maelstrom of drug addiction and prostitution, is the biggest selling debut single in 2011 and paves the way for a career as a musician with no Plan B. From a young age he learned to play the guitar and wrote his first songs. Having grown up with the music of Van Morrison and Damien Rice, it moves this classic singer / songwriter area, but his vocals complemented by elements of rap and Beatbox.Verteilt over 5 years he released 4 EPs and shows to be as diligent as ambitious stage man , Last but not least, to outbid the established "200 appearances in one year," brand of James Morrison, he graduated in 2009 all 312 gigs. For the EP "No. 5 Collaborations Project" continues even published him are well-known artists such as Grime Wiley, JME and Sway aside. The result: 2nd place in the iTunes charts and widespread attention for the young musicians from Halifax, West Yorkshire.

"+" Is the refreshing debut album of a Cavalier Newcomers who has his way to the Major Deal earned itself formally. As a link between colleagues as Jason Mraz, Craig David and Plan B, he embodies the certain amount of Britishness and combines them with light-footed (acoustic) folk melodies. His guitar forms, next to the crystal-clear voice, the bridge to the listener. Songs like the schunkelige "UNI", the piano ballad "Wake me up", "This" or the pleasant sluggish, Trip Hop liebäugelnde "Kiss me" provide live for lighter moments and work at home as a soundtrack for dreamy moments. With "Drunk", "Grade 8" or "You need me, I do not need you" it shows itself also dancefloor compatible and increasingly its strengths as MC. In the last example as acceptable beatboxer. By the time the soulful "Give Me Love" directed by his gospel choirs at the end of the album and one of the hidden track whispered softly in his ear, a certain sense of satisfaction sets. One can look back on a varied singer / songwriter pop album, that certainly not out of competition, will be delivered lyrical still expandable, but musically consistently at a high level.

Playing tips: "Drunk", "Grade 8" and "You Need Me, I Do not Need You"