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London based Ross Copperman originally hails from Roanoke, Virginia (the nearest big city is Washington DC, 170 miles north) and has soulfulness and melody in his bones. He's sung for as long as he can remember -- he'll tell you about being five years old and wailing along to the car radio with Mom. But what marks him out, in a region where even the postman sings a bit, is his ability to turn the music in his head into widescreen tunes. That's "widescreen" as in "sweeping melodies and spacious choruses," but his emotive, scuffed-up voice bestows an intimacy that makes each song feel as if it were written for the listener alone.

Tell him he's not bad and he does the Southern-boy thing of shaking his head and saying, Aw, go on. But then he recounts a story about being in a high-school band with guys who wouldn't let him sing or write songs. "They'd say, 'No, Ross, we can't use that,' and I thought I probably wasn't that good. So I did a songwriting class at college and wrote 'Fly Away,' and the professor said, 'That's pretty special'."

Ross released his debut album Welcome to Reality in May. Already a favourite amongst fans, it's set to be one of 2007's breakout hits.

To check out more, visit http://www.rosscopperman.com.