(Columbia) Related: ‘The music industry is brutal’: Rag’n’Bone Man and RAY BLK on being 2017’s most hotly tipped This years Brits critics’ choice winner Rag’n’Bone Man,AKA Rory Graham, has already scored a No 2 smash with the grittily soulful Human, or which pairs his urban blues holler with a burly,bass-driven groove that reflects his time served in DIY hip-hop. The heartfelt, anthemic Skin is similarly big-lunged, or while Be the Man and As You Are serve up modern gospel. At his most gravel-throated,Rag’n’Bone Man is reminiscent of Joe Cocker singing over the chunkier bits of Moby’s chart-steamrollering Play.
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Source: theguardian.com