{"id":7189,"date":"2017-03-02T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:58:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:58:44","slug":"introducing-ragnbone-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/02\/introducing-ragnbone-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Rag\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Bone Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A life-affirming and bluesy expression that can\u2019t be missed, <em>Human<\/em> has put Rag\u2019n\u2019Bone Man on the map. He\u2019s grabbed the public\u2019s attention and proved his stripes as a fresh-thinking singer within a rap scene searching for unique creativity and individuality.<\/p>\n<p>Also known as Rory Graham, Rag\u2019n\u2019Bone is a Sussex born singer-songwriter \u00a0who started making his own raw drum\u201d\u02dcn\u2019bass music \u00a0when he was just \u00a0fifteen.<\/p>\n<p>He soon began performing his music at his local hip-hop clubs, especially Brighton\u2019s famous \u201d\u02dcSlip-jam B\u2019, where he met a lot of artists who helped him to develop his own unique blues inspired style. Graham grew up in Brighton and hops between there and a place in south London to put on small, intimate shows; \u201cI like the dirty venues better \u201d\u201c Brixton Jams is like home,\u201d\u009d he told NME Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>A homegrown talent, Graham had been writing, recording and releasing his own music for years, making use of social media music platforms such as Bandcamp until he was noticed by UK hip hop label High Focus in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Under the label, he began to professionally produce and release many of his tracks. After a few hard years honing his craft, with help from producer Mark Crew and even pop-rock band <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=bastille\">Bastille<\/a>, he released an EP, <i>Wolves <\/i> through Best Laid Plans Records. The EP features nine bold and soulful tracks with guest vocals from equally as promising names, like rappers <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/cannon-fodder-ep\">Stig Of The Dump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/summertime-06\">Vince Staples<\/a>, and spoken word artist <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/?keyword=kate%20tempest\">Kate Tempest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L3wKzyIN1yk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His first hit single, and the title track from the album, <em>Human<\/em> was released in July last year, and certainly lived up to the hype, gaining Gold Record certification in Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands! It\u2019s impressive, that not only did the release exceed all expectations in the Official UK Charts but in Europe too.<\/p>\n<p>So far, this year has only proved bigger and better with Rag\u2019N\u2019Bone \u00a0winning the Choice Award at the 2017 Brit Awards. This success is highly deserved after his many nominations for the \u201d\u02dcnewcomer\u2019 awards in the circuit. The Brit Award has without doubt justified critics excitement for the future of this new branch of soul music, after his combination of \u201d\u02dcA little punk, a little jazz and a little shoegaze\u2019 had only just entered the charts but made such a huge impression.<\/p>\n<p>The hip-hop scene isn&#8217;t just loving his music, but fans have fallen in love with his quiet modesty and super laid back attitude. He even confessed to preferring a night in with his girlfriend watching Eastenders rather than partying like the typical rap artist. Graham has his own style, adorned with cool tattoos; on his right hand one says &#8216;soul&#8217; and on his left &#8216;funk&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Edgier still, in an interview with The Independent, he even boasted building a bar in his garden, joking about how it makes him just \u201cso rock n\u2019 roll,\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>The guy clearly doesn\u2019t take himself too seriously, an admirable quality for an artist breaking into a potentially life-changing industry that loves the fame. When asked about his vinyl releases, Graham replied that \u201cIt\u2019s the best format, physically,\u201d\u009d shown in his decision to produce a vinyl pressing for everything he has released to date.<\/p>\n<p><em>Human<\/em>, <em>Skin<\/em> and <em>As You Are<\/em> are just three of the tracks on <i>Human, <\/i>all of which really worth a listen. But it is hard to pull out only a few track recommendations, from an album crafted so well and so impactful as a whole. <i>Human <\/i>is available on the musicMagpie Store\u00a0now on both CD and in his much loved 12\u201d\u009d vinyl edition. Now is a perfect time to get to know this promising artist, as the future only holds more fame and good fortune.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/human-c2d28d91-bb14-4f66-a5fd-a9f61c411b94\"><strong>Buy Human by Rag N&#8217; Bone Man on CD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/human-3df4db1c-ba80-4e65-aea0-d846ceaeb432\"><strong>By Human by Rag N&#8217; Bone Man on Vinyl<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A life-affirming and bluesy expression that can\u2019t be missed, Human has put Rag\u2019n\u2019Bone Man on the map. He\u2019s grabbed the public\u2019s attention and proved his stripes as a fresh-thinking singer within a rap scene searching for unique creativity and individuality. Also known as Rory Graham, Rag\u2019n\u2019Bone is a Sussex born &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,1048],"tags":[1581,1735,1897],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7193,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions\/7193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}