Newton Faulkner is a 23 year old English singer songwriter with a wistful smile and phenomenal dreadlocks. But you'll already know him as one of 2007's most striking musical arrivals, clocking up a Number One platinum album, sell-out UK tours and a growing legion of passionate fans. This is an old fashioned word-of-mouth success story from an artist with simply stunning songs and an astonishing virtuoso guitar technique. July 2007 saw the release of Newton's debut album, Hand Built By Robots which showcases not only those fantastic vocals and beautifully dextrous guitar lines, but also wistful and intelligent lyrics delivered with tremendous wit. A winning formula indeed, as the album spent its first six weeks inside the top five, including two weeks at Number One, before quickly being declared Platinum. The album also secured a very tidy six week residency at Number One on the iTunes chart and stayed inside their Top Ten for the rest of the year. |