Raised on a diet of Britpop and Bob Dylan, Jake Bugg, born Jake Kennedy on 28
February 1994 in Nottingham, England, developed through 2012 into a
spectacularly popular troubadour whose ear for infectious, acoustic melodies
brought him a Number 1 album. Picking up the guitar as a 12-year-old after
hearing Don McLean's song “Vincent” on an episode of The Simpsons, he started
uploading his own compositions to the BBC Introducing website for unsigned
artists and, at 17, was invited to appear at the Glastonbury Festival. Signed by
Mercury Records, he toured with Lana Del Ray and Micha...