Fifteen-year-old, John Lennon McCullagh was one of the first signings to Alan McGee’s new label 359 Music. At the time of his signing, McGee said of the singer:

“John is an amazing talent for such a young kid! To be honest, he’s just a natural!“

But it’s not just his record label who are enthusing about this prodigious young talent, John has been receiving rave reviews for his live performances, and has been described as a teenage Bob Dylan, which even led Courtney Love to ask:

“Who is this 15-year-old kid doing Dylan better than Dylan?”

Singer/writer/author John Robb has also been equally impressed and wrote the following appraisal on his music and culture blog Louder Than War:

You know when you hear someone really good that it blows you way- it transcends influences and decades and makes something old sound brand new?

John Lennon McCullagh is a prodigiously talented 15-year-old who has got that early Dylan folk blues thing so down that it sounds like a lost demo of some American troubadour of the times that we don’t know about yet. With a middle name like ‘Lennon’ you really are going to have to be able to back it up and he does.

Don’t take their words for it, have a listen to the stunning first single from John Lennon McCullagh “North-South Divide.”

John’s debut album, North-South Divide will be released on 359 Music on October 13th, details here.
 

John Lennon McCullagh plays “Slipping Away.”