Charlie Winston: Hobo | CD review

(Real World)This English songwriter has been dubbed "la grande sensation de 2009" by the French, who bought enough copies of Hobo to make it one of the biggest selling albums of the year over there. At home, though, it was completely overlooked, probably because of a lack of edginess that was compounded by flights of whimsy (try to imagine Nick Cave titling a song My Life as a Duck). Nonetheless, Hobo is a charming album. Winston's adaptable voice can be smooth or ravaged, as required, but alway...

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