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In addition to making the talk-show rounds, Morrison will play a month’s worth of dates beginning March 16 at Austin, TX’s South by Southwest festival. Details are listed below.Morrison is currently touring the UK, and has another run of Euro show scheduled for June/July.

“Undiscovered” is already a hit in the UK; the set debuted at No. 1 on album charts and has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide on the strength of the singles “You Give Me Something” and “Wonderful World,” according to a bio on Morrison’s website.
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Professionally and personally Morrison comes with a lot of baggage. Professionally, there are the constant comparisons to the critics’ personal pet hate James Blunt. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Rugby arrived in the wake of Captain Blunt and his first single, You Give Me Something, was dubbed the You’re Beautiful of 2006.

While it’s Morrison’s gravelly, soulful voice that sets him apart from Blunt’s nasal whine, it’s this saving grace that nearly killed him.

“Technically I died four times,” says Morrison, who developed whooping cough at a few weeks old. “The doctors said there was a 75 per cent chance I’d have brain damage.”

Morrison’s personal baggage has seen him marketed as a young, white singer songwriter who turned to music to help him deal with an awful childhood (drunken father, neglectful mother, serious illness and friends who died because of drugs).
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Morrison is very quickly becoming as much of a household name in the U.S. as he is in England.

For a 21-year-old, Morrison’s blues/soul combination is a refreshing sound to hear in the new-music scene. He says of his own sound: “pretty much guitar blues and soul, but listen to ‘Better Man’ and make up your own mind.” He goes on to list his inspirations such as Otis Redding, Al Green, Cat Stevens, the Kinks and Van Morrison. Does it show? Yes indeed. Morrison’s unique sound borrows just enough from his predecessors while remaining autonomous - emulation without total simulation. The guy’s good.

To us yanks, Morrison appeared on the music scene from out of nowhere. Yes, he’s from across the pond, but thank God he’s no spice girl. Born in Rugby in 1984, Morrison rummaged around the UK in his teens, flirting with song playing and song writing. His uncle, as it turns out, was his No. 1 influence from the go, teaching him blues riffs from the time he was a wee lad.
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Both young Brit singers Amy Winehouse and James Morrison have received high positions in the American Billboard Charts with their latest albums.

James Morrison’s debut album Undiscovered has entered at 24. ‘Undiscovered’ has topped the UK charts.

Other British artists also enjoying success across the pond are The Fratellis, Lily Allen and Corinne Bailey Rae while Thom Yorke (The Eraser), Muse (Black Holes and Revelations), Keane (Under The Iron Sea) and Snow Patrol (Eyes Open) all made the top 10 in 2006.

Paolo Nutini is urging fellow British artists Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and James Morrison to beware of their excessive drinking and partying. Paolo after a recent worrying doctors visit, he is now leading a healthy lifestyle on his current US tour.

He says, “I was getting acid coming up into my stomach and my lining was gone. What the doctor said was that the lining had nearly dissolved and is dissolving. If you drink your body weight every night, you have to stop. Continue Reading »

With the name of a legend and the looks of a fresh-faced James Blunt, English singer-songwriter James Morrison rises to the challenge on his debut album, Undiscovered.

Morrison, from Rugby, England, is hardly the run-of-the-mill Brit rocker. Raised on a wholesome diet of equal parts Al Green, Otis Redding and the Kinks, his own music blends a little bit of ’60s soul with the fresh, youthful edge of popular guy-with-a-guitar John Mayer and the pleasant pitch of Gavin DeGraw on the album.

While the material is not quite up to the soul-bearing level of Redding and company just yet, from beginning to end of the 13-track disc, the 22-year-old shows that, with time and a little more life experience, he has the potential to fit those shoes.

In each blues-infused track, the artist delivers lyrics listeners can easily relate to, giving hope to those feeling stuck in a massive case of the Mondays, helping to deal with that messy break-up and giving a glimmer of optimism to the hopeless.

Morrison eases into things on the first single off of Undiscovered, “You Give Me Something,” an ode to that special someone he wants to play a bigger part in his life. The track does little to set itself apart as an album standout, but its subtlety is its strong suit. Morrison softly croons over a lightly bouncing backdrop and casts listeners into a soothing trance.

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Not only is England’s James Morrison the owner of the most charismatic and rootsy soul voice to emerge in recent years, but his songs pack an emotional depth that lets you know they’re coming from someplace - and someone - very real. He’s got style and substance; honesty and passion, and a debut so strong that he won’t be “Undiscovered” for long.

James was also recently named by Billboard and Blender to be one of the most anticipated albums of 2007.

“He’s had a huge sales impact for us,” Virgin Megastores head of music Rob Campkin says. “He has gone on to be one of, if not the, No. 1-selling singer/songwriter artist albums for us this year. I think that album will be selling right through until the end of 2007.
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James has been getting a lot more attention recently over the other side of the globe, namely in America.  James Morrison along with Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse have been considered to be Jems from England which bring a breath off fresh air. Orange County Register said, James Morrison’s tremendous debut, “Undiscovered,” which across the pond has understandably left plenty of people with a sense of having discovered something rare and mighty.

James’ Sydney show at the Enmore Theatre sold out in just days, which left James with no choice but to add a second Sydney show for the talented singer songwriter.

The new show will also take place at the Enmore Theatre and will be held on Friday 11 May. Tickets for the new show will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 28 March.

James has also just confirmed to perform at this year’s TV Week Logie Awards which will be held on Sunday 6 May.

If you have yet to see James’ “You Give Me Something” music video, now is your chance. It’s a great video to a great song, so check it out below.