PASSENGER: THE BEST BRITISH FOLK

You may have listened to a song called "Let Her Go" without even knowing the name of the singer. You are not to blame! He is not the most famous artist in the world, not even in Britain-at least for the moment being.

His name is Mike Rosemberg and he is called "Passenger" since he chose to keep the name of his previous folk-rock band. He was born in Brighton (England) in 1984. There he founded "Passenger" with Andrew Philips in 2003. The band only released an album, Wicked Man´s Rest, before separating.

As a solo artist, he has produced three albums: Wide Eyes Blind Love (2009), Flight of the Crow (2010) and All The Little Lights (2012).

It would be with that song from this album (Let Her Go) that he became successful, topping the charts in at least 16 countries all over the world. It´s one of those few cases when a fantastic song finds its way into the most popular musical radio programmes (nobody knows how).

Let´s hope that this unexpected success doesn´t have a counterproductive effect on his career. We want to show you that there is much more about Passenger than a song (no matter how good it can be!)

There is a curious anecdote about him and Spain: Some months ago, he started to play the guitar and sing in Preciados Street in Madrid, to many people´s amazement, when suddenly he was asked to stop singing by the police, who had no idea who that man could be. They might have listened and enjoyed his music from then on.

As we usually say, enjoy some of his best songs!

                                                               The Wrong Direction

                                                                          Holes

                                                                   I Hate

                                                                  Wide Eyes