Alex Highton
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9.Village Life
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General Info
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Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Melodramatic Popular Song
Location Cambridge (ish), Un
Profile Views: 125780
Last Login: 12/7/2011
Member Since 11/19/2006
Website www.alexhighton.com
Record Label The Local
Type of Label Unsigned
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Bio
In a nutshell its like this: Liverpool boy moves to Cambridge via University in London. Writes and records songs chronicling his move from the city to the country, with wife and two girls. Gets attention of Hollywood superstar Ashton Kutcher, among others. Think Harry Nillson, Paul McCartney, Elliot Smith. ........................................................................................................................................... "Please join Alex on his journey at: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/alexhighton , where you can get directly involved with the album project, as well as get songs, videos & blogs that arn't available anywhere else. Village life / You Left Me In No Doubt currently available on ITunes as a download only single." -
Members
Alex Highton, Jonny Bridgwood, Howard Monk -
Influences
David Ackles, Bert Jansch, Harry Nilsson, Pentangle, Jake Thackray, Paolo Conte, Davey Graham, Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, Karen Dalton, CSNY, Randy Newman, David St Hubbins, Syd Barrett, Chuck Norris, Nick Drake, Lee Mavers..... -
Sounds Like
Tom Robinson on BBC6 Music - "Frankly its a real boost to discover a genuine world class practitioner who restores your faith in the genre" ---------------------------------------------------- Greame Mac on BBC Introducing Suffolk - "...one of my favourite albums - ever" ------------- Kerry Devine on BBC Introducing Cambridge - "Lovely stuff" ------------------------------- Ashton Kutcher on Twitter - "This guy is great....how do I buy the album?"