Good afternoon! It's actually quite a nice day today and I'm taking some time out of revising to write a post. To be honest I'm pretty sure playing music to supposedly help me chill and focus whilst revising has an adverse affect, as I hear a good song and then have the erge to post about it whilst it's in my head. 'Mmmmm Molly.., priorities girl' I hear you say. ;)
Today though it's a song by an artist I've suddenly got into in a big way and that's Paolo Nutini. Again, a singer that's been around for ages, so as usual I'm late on the band wagon, but I've been seeking more chilled songs of late and his music is perfect. It's the sort that should be listened to in a coffee bar at four in the afternoon whilst chilling with friends, but hey, revising in my bedroom will have to suffice for now.
Incase you don't know much about the pretty cool singer, as I didn't until recently, Paolo grew up in Scotland to an Italian father and Scottish mother. According to Wikipedia, Nutini was expected to take over the running of his family's Fish and Chip business, but was encouraged to get into singing by his music-loving grandfather and a teacher at his school recognised his talent. It was then he left school to work as a 'roadie', selling band t shirts for Scottish band, Speedway' and spent three years experiencing the music industry whilst performing live. At seventeen Nutini moved to London, where he performed regularly at the Bedford pub in Balham. Other radio slots and live appearances followed, which saw him being the warm up artist for the likes of The Rolling Stones and Amy Winehouse and soon he became well known for doing whole sets with his eyes closed.
He was eventually signed to record company 'Atlantic Records' shortly after his 18th birthday.
His first single "These Streets" was released in May 2006, with his second single "Last Request" releasing in July of that year, charting at number 5 on the UK singles chart. Since then he's released two other albums; 'Sunny Side Up' (2010) and 'Caustic Love' (2014) both to great response.
"Jenny Don't Be Hasty" is from his first album and got to number 20 in the UK Singles Chart on release.
Unfortunately due to restrictions I couldn't get the version I wanted on here :( but go and have a listen if you can!
Hope you enjoy it and I'll write soon!
Thank you for reading,
Molly x
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