The soulful James Hunter – close your eyes and you’ll swear it’s Sam Cooke you’re listening to – switches to US label Daptone for his fourth album Hold On to be released in early-2016.

Hunter, originally from Colchester, got his break with Van Morrison in the 1990s touring and recording with Van as a backing singer and then started to make waves of his own with his album People Gonna Talk which was nominated for a Grammy. The late Allen Toussaint guested on his next album The Hard Way and the new album will arrive two years on from the release of Minute by Minute.

Listen to the the title track, above