GEORGE EZRA/ BUDAPEST/ DID YOU HEAR THE RAIN/ BBC 2014

Everybody, give a big, warm West Country welcome to

the wonderful Bristol native, GEORGE EZRA.

This extremely talented budding singer-songwriter with

a gloriously throaty voice that's as rich as dark chocolate 

 has become a firm favourite of BBC Radio One DJ's Zane Lowe 

(all hail the master of music)and Fearne Cotton and is 

currently being hailed as one to watch in 2014 

(and rightly so).

He's already played the Introducing Stage at Glastonbury

and embarked on a expedition of Europe in the pursuit

of adventure and inspiration for his ever increasing song book.

-You only have to listen to the fabulous 'Budapest' 

to spot those very influences which are beautifully

woven throughout the song. 

And if that wasn't enough reason to give George's music a 

spin, he's also been on tour with Tom Odell and 

Lianne La Havas AND he finished fifth in the BBC Sound

of 2014 poll.

George is currently working on his debut studio album

which judging by his EP 'Did You Hear The Rain?' is 

going to be a right corker/ smasher/ banger (as Miley

Cyrus would say) of an album.

Here are some of our fave George Ezra tunes...

BUDAPEST

BENJAMIN TWINE

ANGRY HILL

DID YOU HEAR THE RAIN?

SONGS I AM LIKING DECEMBER 2013

Hollaaaaahhhh!

(that's my new favourite word and I don't

even know why, because as far as I know it's so 2000 and late

and everything -sorry Fergie- but ughhhh I JUST THINK IT'S AMAZING!!!)

I just wanted to give you a little

heads up to some songs I am liking right now at this

very moment in time.

SO I'M A BE TURNING UP THE TUNEAGE IN 3...2...1

1) PHARRELL WILLIAMS- HAPPY

2) SUB FOCUS FEAT KELE- TURN IT AROUND

3) AFROJACK FT SPREE WILSON- THE SPARK

4) AVICII- HEY BROTHER

5) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB- CARRY ME

6) DISCLOSURE FT LONDON GRAMMAR- HELP ME LOSE MY MIND

7) DRAKE FT SAMPA- TOO MUCH

8) JASON DERULO- TRUMPETS

9) VAMPIRE WEEKEND- STEP

10) HALF MOON RUN- FULL CIRCLE

11) THE ORWELLS- DIRTY SHEETS

12) ARCTIC MONKEYS- YOU'RE SO DARK

So as you can probably tell, it's a right mix and a half

what with the likes of Disclosure, Drake, The Orwells and Arctic's co-existing as one in this mighty

mega mix of a list.

But I'll tell you what, these tunes should

give you the perfect little build up to midnight on New Years Eve

and take you right back down into a nice

chilled come-at-me-bro stance, ready to take

on the New Year.

And man, who doesn't want that?!

HAIR CRUSH: LORDE

I love cool hair.

Just gotta put that out there.

Have an afro, I'm loving it.

A giant spike? Raving.

Mohawk, dip dye, rainbow hued, super long, crazy curls, 

silky straight, coiled, I don't care, 

I love it all.

Especially because my hair is super duper boring. 

It's brown and it's relatively straight,

minus a few waves hidden in the depths

of my mid length mane.

So for someone who suffers from sucky straight hair syndrome,

it is fairly obvious what kind of hair

I love and want for my own.

As always with hair, you want the exact opposite

of what the good Lord (I promise you that

isn't a pun)gave you.

So if your hair is straight, of course you want curly, 

and vice versa.

And my favourite type of hair,

is a curly wurly lions mane of twists, coils, spirals

and waves. Basically, I want Lorde's hair.

I mean c'mon, isn't it just amazing? 

And I used to have hair like 

hers when I was teeny tiny, but puberty swept in 

and changed all that.

And now I have boring hair.

I know, it's a terrible tragedy.

But back to what I was saying,

did I mention that I also want to be Lorde?

Because she's the same age as me, and she is so much more talented than me.

So much so that I want to climb under a rock and eat

Galaxy chocolate continuously

for oooh at least 24 hours to make

 myself feel better.

It's a tough life.

I'll be back when I make a single

and it has 7 trillion views on You Tube

and is no1 on the Billboard Charts

and my hair is curly.

LORDE, ROYALS 

(AKA. perfection)