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Newton Faulkner
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Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner was born in Surrey on the 11th of January 1985 and attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, studying the guitar and graduating at the age of 17. He played bass guitar in a Green Day cover band and, before going solo under the fuller name of Newton Battenburg Faulkner, he formed the funk-rock band Half a Guy with Matt Buchanan, Dave Elvy, and Nicola Crawshaw. The band released a live self-titled EP with no success and, rather than play angry metal music in church halls like everyone else, they decided to attempt uplifting happy sounds -- but playing guitar, singing, writing the songs, and arranging the gigs eventually took its toll and led to him making a break on his own. His first solo gigs were at the London Troubadour club and led to a publishing deal for his original songs with Peermusic UK and appearances at the South by Southwest music festival. Faulkner secured a recording deal with BMG Records and released a second EP, U.F.O., featuring solo material, and he appeared to have found his niche with the rise of such recording artists as Jack Johnson, James Morrison, and Paolo Nutini. He appeared twice at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007, both on the acoustic stage on the Friday and on the Left Field stage on Sunday. Faulkner's debut album, Hand Built by Robots, was released in July 2007 and, after entering the charts at number three, climbed to the top during September. ~ Sharon Mawer, All Music GuideMore

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Newton Faulkner
Newton Faulkner believes in accidents. A bona fide pop star at home in his native UK - where radio p...
Songs: 18, Videos: 1, Playlists: 2, Blog Posts: 2, Polls: 0, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (3)

Dream Catch Me
(Duration: 3:58)
Jul 21st, 10:30pm
Dream Catch Me
(Duration: 3:59)
Aug 5th, 7:13am
Gone In The Morning
(Duration: 2:33)
Dec 9th, 8:59am
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Fan Comments

Mar 31st, 10:05pm
Love the hair, love the tunes.....xxxx
Mar 11th, 9:30pm
Your an inspiration :)...first heard about you a day or so after the first big break up I''ve had (went for a a year and 9 months...which is long for highschool :P)...but really helped me out....soooo KEEP IT UP!!
Oct 11th, 1:13pm
lovin' the style, man!
Aug 28th, 10:30am
This Mix is designed by cutei
Aug 22nd, 7:59pm
awesome voice!
great songs :)
Aug 7th, 5:53am
beautiful song
Aug 5th, 10:17pm
Keep on rockin'!
Aug 2nd, 3:09am
i damn luv ur songs.kep it up ddude!!
Jul 23rd, 2:19pm
my mom fell in love with your music the instant she heard dream catch me on xm and i wasnt too far behind her with it and UFO
Jul 17th, 8:24am
Hey, you're really talented. Not that you need me telling you that, but I figure in this day and age where everyone settles comfortably in the role of a critic, a little compliment can't do any harm. :) Best of luck in all your endeavors in your music career.