James Morrison

James Morrison è un cantautore inglese.

Ha venduto circa 4 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo. Il suo stile musicale è stato influenzato in giovane età, grazie all’ascolto di artisti come Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Van Morrison e Al Green.

James Morrison ha avuto un’adolescenza travagliata (una famiglia a pezzi, il peso dei debiti, poche prospettive) che si è rivelata una fonte d’ispirazione per la sua musica. C’è stato però anche tanto amore, romanticismo, calore e risate – fattori che l’hanno spronato a tener duro nei momenti più bui. "Everyone had difficult times growing up," he declares, "Most of the emotions in my singing stem from my upbringing. And the lyrics are abundant testimony to that"..

The British singer-songwriter burst onto the music scene more than a decade ago when he made his name in 2006 with one of his strongest hits ever, You Give Me Something from his debut album Undiscoveredwhich earned him a victory in the category Best Male at Brit Award 2007 at only 21 years of age. Since then, his winning format - full, raspy, scratchy soul voice accompanied by acoustic guitar - has become a winning model for musicians who have been inspired by his music, such as James Bay, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and George Ezra. James Bay himself recently stated that he was freely inspired by James Morrison's delicate voice and simultaneously light and deep music.