David Gray

Gray originally released White Ladder himself, after being dropped by EMI. The record was an immediate hit, eventually even breaking in the US after pal Dave Matthews put it out Stateside on his ATO label. The album features Gray's tender songs accompanied by lite techno beats. "Babylon" was the hit.

After years of cult fandom and record-company woes, British singer-songwriter David Gray
became a belated superstar last year in Ireland with a fourth, self-recorded album that's
snowballing into an international hit. Unlike Beth Orton, who moved from William
Orbit-fueled electronica to sleek modern folk, Gray's a traditional acoustic guy who now
augments his stark tunes and Dylan-like bray with subtle, dance-inspired arrang... More >