About the Artist

Jake Bugg

As I chose a song by an artist I was already familiar and a fan of, researching into the artist wasn't too difficult. Jake Bugg is a 19 year old English singer-songwriter from Nottingham. He takes influence from various different bands and artists including Jimi Hendrix, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, Donovan and Johnny Cash. After releasing his first and only EP to date 'Taste It', his debut self titled album was released towards the end of October 2012 and includes hit songs Trouble Town and Lightning Bolt. At the age of just 17 years old, he was chosen by the BBC to perform on their BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury where he went on to get a recording contract with Mercury records. Singles from the album include: Country Song, Taste It, Lightning Bolt, Seen It All, Two Fingers and of course Trouble Town.

On several occasions he has been dubbed the 'East Midlands answer to Bob Dylan' and has also made appearances on the hit music television program 'Later with Jools Holland'. As well as this, Bugg has supported the ex-Oasis man's solo project Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on their American tour and the Stones Roses. After the release of the album, Jake took part on a tour across the UK and Ireland selling out venues from over 10 locations. 

On Wednesday 20th February, Jake was nominated for the 'Best British Breakthrough Act' at the Brit Awards but narrowly missed out to fellow folk/indie-pop singer song-writer Ben Howard. Here is a short clip of the teenager being interviewed shortly after the awards, giving his opinions on the awards themselves and pop boy band One Direction.