As fellow avid followers of the UK Top 40 charts may also have observed, and therefore can’t deny, there has been a slow but sure and steady rise of acoustic music in the higher rankings of the charts, battling it out amongst some of the mightier contenders from rivalling pop genres.

Now, readers may disagree, but then again we feel we’re justified in this claim and surely cannot be completely alone in thinking this.

And albeit a seemingly minor insurgence we consider ‘tis an uprising nonetheless and one which is most welcome too.

With the current charts full of squeakily cleaned tween-boppers all the way through the spectrum to gangsta rappers, why does everyone think it’s acceptable to auto-tune the crap out of every viable syllable?

We, for one, think it’s refreshing to hear something music that has that element of spontaneity and sounds like the musician actually feels something for what they’re singing about, so much so they invoke a genuine excitement in their audience as the story unfolds with the often found profoundness of their lyrics…(Read more.)


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