Tune in Tuesday is hosted by Ginger over at GReads! to help spread the word about the music we're listening to.My artist this week is English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. I keep seeing his videos popping up all over the place. Whenever I hear an acoustic song by him I stop dead in my tracks, drawn into the room, only to find out it's Ed Sheeran again.
He has a beautiful voice and moving, sometimes haunting lyrics.
According to Wikipedia, Sheeran has been recording since 2005 and has a really fascinating road to success story. Here are a few snippets that I found interesting:
"In 2009, Sheeran played 312 gigs. He said that he read an interview with James Morrison that said that Morrison had done 200 gigs in a year, and Sheeran wanted to beat him on this number."
"Sheeran bought a ticket to Los Angeles, with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over the city, before being spotted at 'The Foxxhole' by Jamie Foxx, who invited him to stay at his house and record for the rest of his stay."
"With this EP, Sheeran gained mainstream attention for reaching number 1 in the iTunes chart without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in its first week.1 Three months later, Sheeran put on a free show to fans at the Barfly in Camden. Over 1,000 fans turned up to see the show, so Sheeran ended up playing four different shows to make sure everyone saw a gig, including a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed. Later that month, Sheeran was signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records."
(Source: Wikipedia)
"Kiss Me" Acoustic from BBC Radio 5 session - SO beautiful!
"The A Team"
"Wayfaring Stranger"
Unfortunately Ed Sheeran's new CD "+" is only available in the UK right now (BOO!) so I have to resort to his YouTube Channel when I feel like listening to his music.
Why have I never heard of this dude?! holy hell I must have been under a rock!!
ReplyDeleteLoved Kiss Me- what a great song!
ReplyDeleteI NEED MORE, NOW!! I love his voice! Thanks for posting him!!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Tune in Tuesday post!
I love Kiss Me! Such a pretty song! I always knew you have great taste in, well, everything! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love Ed! I have connections on stuff in the UK...I can help you out if needed =o)
ReplyDelete@Tee - Good to know! I ended up finding a place to order the CD with free shipping!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys like him - I'm stunned every time I listen to him.
Holy freakin' heck... I have to add him to my list of artists to check out. Man, I got chills his voice is so good! Thanks a heap for introducing him to me! :) LOVE!
ReplyDeleteMy Tune in Tuesday pick!
I do think I have heard about him before so gotta listen :D
ReplyDeleteOoh, melodic and pretty and sad. Bravo. Good music find!
ReplyDeleteI got chills listening to Kiss Me! Thanks for sharing (though I'm late to find out :p )
ReplyDeleteI have been listening to this all day today and yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen!! :D