Introducing: Robert Vincent

I believe that everyone is guilty of secretly loving country music: I myself am a proud, cowboy boot-owning, two-stepping fan and was very excited by the introduction of Robert Vincent's 'November', where the uplifting strum of acoustic guitar teamed with a tambourine reminded me of early Johnny Cash.  'Riots Cry', which was released on October 21st, has "good mood" vibes and sounds like folk music, but joined by an electric guitar - crazy and it works perfectly.  His EP 'The Bomb' is so calming and is now most played on my 'Saturday afternoon car rides' playlist and, although his music is very cheerful, the lyrics are very honest and raw.  He seems to pride himself on this, commenting that with his songs "There’s no smoke and mirrors about it".
 
Vincent already has a great deal of support from his home city Liverpool, where he has been nominated for the Liverpool Music Awards' Male Artist of the Year.  He is currently touring, and will be bringing out a new single, 'Life in Easy Steps', in the near future.  This guy is busy, and it seems his hard work is paying off as his fan base and YouTube hits keep growing.





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Introducing: Saint Raymond

As a first year student living away from home, the lyrics "A house is not a home when you're alone" really struck a chord.  The lyrics are quite poetic and have a lot of depth to them, but not in the "flowery" way that many bands attempt - Saint Raymond (known to his mum as Callum Burrows) explains that he wants his songs to get across their story without imposing his own message too much.

Saint Raymond is based in Nottingham and has stunned audiences in some of his city's hippest bars and venues. What gives him extra cool points, however, is that he isn't even old enough to drink in them, although - at the fresh age 17 - this guy is fully capable of captivating an audience.  His music brings back fervent memories of summers listening to The Kooks,  Kaiser Chiefs and The Fratellis: we all miss those charming, British indie boy bandsand even better, this boy is pulling it all off by himself

When Saint Raymond was a duo last year on BBC Radio Nottingham 

Saint Raymond is a restrained artist, who needs no fireworks, marching bands or cabaret, and the simplicity works well: very well. Why wouldn't it?  His voice is mesmerising -I would be oblivious if there was a spectacular light show or if aliens had invaded.  Two favourites to the local crowd - 'Bonfire' and 'She Said No' - have been aired on BBC Radio Nottingham, and are sure to be the first of many.

This summer, he played Splendour Festival in Nottingham on a small stage - the same spot Jake Bugg had a year previously. They are BIG boots to jump in to, but I wish him the same success as the young man who recently enjoyed a UK number one UK album.  He has just completed a tour with the beautiful Gabrielle Alpin (the voice behind the John Lewis Christmas advert) and a little bit of her magic is clearly rubbing off.

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