Joseph Arthur is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter who was discovered by
Peter Gabriel and has made a series of EPs and albums with performances at
Gabriel's Womad Festival and across the United States.
Born in Ohio, he started to play electronic keyboards as a teenager and had a
stint with a local blues band before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia, where he
played local clubs and made home recordings. A demo of an EP titled 'Cut and
Blind' made it to Gabriel and following an audition, in 1997 Arthur became the
first American artist signed to Gabriel's Real World Records l...