Artist: James Morrison
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Undiscovered
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
At the good old historic period of 21, James Morrison became an overnight sense experience in the U.K. with the release of his debut album, Undiscovered, which diminished piffling meter release pt in the British Isles subsequently it was released in the summer of 2006. Blessed with a bracing, soulful voice that can seem rough or smooth at will (and suggests a British Stevie Wonder), Morrison recalls both the love of greco-Roman soul and the confessional lyrical stance of the singer/songwriters of the 1970s. Morrison was born in the West Midlands townspeople of Rugby, where he blind drunk up the influence of his parents' criminal record assemblage -- his mother was a fan of soul music, specially Otis Redding, Van Morrison, and Al Green, piece his daddy was large on rural area and definitive ethnic music such as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. While he's been forgetful on specifics, Morrison has alluded to an distressed childhood fey by impoverishment and sickness -- describing Rugby, he told a diary keeper that "[t]he c. H. Best thing is I've got memories of being a kid there and the worst thing is I've got memories of being a kid there" -- and other on he struck kayoed on his possess, earning pocket money by busking on the streets of Porth, a small town approximate the Cornish coast. Morrison worked funny jobs crosswise the area patch committal to writing songs and performing gigs whenever he could, and his big break came when a demonstration of his material caught the ear of an A&R man at Polydor Records. Morrison was quickly gestural to the label, and he went into the studio with producer Martin Terefe to phonograph recording the 13 original songs that make up Undiscovered, which hit the streets in August 2006. A well-received appearance on Jools Holland's chat show Later and an porta one-armed bandit on Corinne Bailey Rae's British concert duty tour made Morrison a call to watch, and his songs "You Give Me Something" and "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" became major hits in the U.K. In January 2007, Morrison played a short duty tour of the United States as the buzz about his album began to sweep the ocean.
