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Inspired by his mother's collection of Motown and Northern Soul records, John Newman's searing, powerful voice has taken him to the top of the UK charts and made one of the UK's most acclaimed young pop singers. Raised in the small town of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales, he moved to London after studying music in Leeds and was spotted by Island Records playing in small local bars. His keyboard player Piers Agget was also making electro-house with the then underground act Rudimental and when Newman lent his booming vocals to Feel The Love in 2012, the breakthrough single shot to Nu...