“I was in a band, but I never really got turned on by the glitz and glamour of it. I always preferred to focus on the song in the first place rather than the characters in the band.”

British acoustic singer, songwriter, and musician

Jack Savoretti, born Giovanni Edgar Charles Galletto-Savoretti, is a British acoustic singer, songwriter, and musician. Active in the 21st century, he is known for a series of studio albums and for reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart with Singing to Strangers. His recorded work includes Between the Minds, Harder Than Easy, Before the Storm, Written in Scars, Sleep No More, Singing to Strangers, Europiana, and Miss Italia. His songs and albums place him in the acoustic singer-songwriter tradition, with a career built around intimate, melodic writing and performance.