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Byline: Lauren Waterman
Ask him to locate his place in the pop-music landscape and singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini-who's been compared to everyone from James Blunt to Joe Cocker-will willfully misinterpret the question, offering an answer that reveals equal parts humor and modesty. "I'm just sort of sitting on the edge," he says with a laugh. In fact, the Stateside release of These Streets (Atlantic) promises to put this arrestingly attractive soul prodigy squarely front and center.
Already certified platinum in Nutini's native U.K., his debut album skillfully synthesizes some wildly disparate influences: As a boy in Paisley, Scotland (where his family still owns and operates a fish-and-chips shop), little Paolo loved to listen to his dad's old Drifters records, and he credits Damien Rice's O with inspiring ...