Eg White
Ladies and gentlemen, Eg is about to release an album, 'Adventure Man'. Now, lots of albums come out every year by obscure singer-songwriters you have never heard of, so why should you care about this one?
For one thing, you already know the songs of Eg White. He co-wrote two of last year's biggest, most soulful and universally loved pop hits, with Britain's shining new female stars: Duffy's classic 'Warwick Avenue' and Adele's sensational 'Chasing Pavements'.
You will find Eg's name in the credits of songs by such chart staples as Will Young, James Morrison, James Blunt and Take That, along with female pop voices like Joss Stone, Pink, Kylie Minogue, Beverly Knight and Natalie Imbruglia, and emerging stars Sam Sparro and Daniel Merriweather. He won an Ivor Novello award (Best Song 2004) for his inescapable Will Young torch ballad 'Leave Right Now.'
If you are beginning to detect a pattern, it is one Eg recognises. "There's a line of songs that I got lucky with over the last five years, in marked contrast to everything that has happened in my past, and I am delighted about it."
His solo album, 'Adventure Man' is something a little bit different. "I don't write many hits, that's the truth. There are lots of songs I am proud of, but I know there's no money in them. Sometimes they are subtle, interesting songs, a little bit more desperate, more ironic, funnier, darker, better observed. This album has a spread of different energies, it's not stuck in one place. I think if you can let it in quietly, it's a little bit nourishing."