James Morrison

James Morrison isn't just the owner of probably the most gobsmacking, charismatic, rootsy soul voice to emerge from a white Englishman. He's got substance to match his style. His lyrics pack an authentic emotional punch. He's had plenty of hard knocks to draw on. A fractured family; debt burdens; few prospects; people breaking down around him; childhood friends growing up into adult junkies. There's been love and romance and warmth and laughter too - stuff that kept him going through some very tough years.

"Everybody has it hard growing up," he says. "I'm not going to say I had it harder than anyone else. But most of the emotion in my singing has come from my upbringing. And the...

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