James Blunt? He's not in Paul Weller's class | John Wilson

Much of the best music is informed by poverty. Which is something that, however rich, you can never learnPoor James Blunt. You can imagine him, Friday morning, listening to the Today programme with a mounting sense of trepidation as John Humphries cues up an item about posh pop stars. "Oh no, here we go," thinks the artist formerly known as old Harrovian Captain JH Blount of the Household Cavalry, "I'm in the line of fire again."Four minutes later, he's in the clear. Some other well-educated sor...

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