Not very often, but every now and then – there's like this song. A song when you hear it for the first time, it stops you dead in your tracks. "What is that tune?" you might ask yourself. Like hearing Lorde's Royals for the first time, or Hozier's Take Me To Church.

This happened again whilst driving around with a friend, when Human by Rag'n'Bone Man came on the radio.

The story of Rag'n'Bone Man is how hard work, even in the often-brutal music industry, can pay off big time. Daily Record described him as the hardest working man in music.

Born in the UK in 1985, he's been in music ever since he was a kid. He's been in and around hip-hop, drum and bass, and even blues; as MC, rapper, and singer. His approach was making music and performing it live, years before he got signed.

Rag'n'Bone Man develops his music by performing live. He performs his tracks live in front of an audience multiple times before they even get recorded.

He emphasises that performing music live is it's own skill, that doesn't necessarily come naturally after spending time in a studio.

The track Human was released in July 2016.

It was commercially successful around Europe before UK critics started lining up to praise Rag'n'Bone Man.

And we're guessing it'll be big. As one would expect, there's a massive tour lined up following the release, 38 dates according to Songkick throughout Europe and the UK.