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The most succinct description of this singer-songwriter from Berkshire, England is that he sounds like, well, John Newman - and there'll never be another like him.
The son of the gifted Sandy Newman, mainstay of Scottish hit makers,
Marmalade, no child of such a parent could have avoided an early understanding of what music is worth listening too and what isn't.
Moreover, performing in public soon became second nature to him.
Seeking an opening in pop during the unquiet dusk of an adolescence spent in Newcastle, John achieved parochial renown as vocalist and guitarist with Mosey, a four-piece that, too hot for the north-east to hold, moved to London where Newman surfaced as the darling of the young ladies that ringed the stage front.
John next tried his luck as a solo entertainer in the USA, emerging as a big fish in the small but discerning ponds of the vibrant bohemian quarters in Boston and then Anchorage, Alaska's principal city, Nonetheless, after much personal and artistic stocktaking, he considered prospects more attractive back in England - where, after but a few months, reaction to both his recorded and in-concert output suggests that John Newman is already becoming more than a mere cult celebrity.
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