So laid back he makes his contemporary Jack Johnson look like one uptight sorry-ass, Jason Mraz has sidled his way to the A-list in the US: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things recently vaulted into the Billboard charts at No. 4. Clearly, a huge swathe of the American population has a soft spot for breezy funk James (‘Make It Mine’), tentative surf pop (‘Live High’) and re-constituted Elton John (the too gloopy to be true, ‘Love For A Child’). You would hope such hallmark sentimentality would come unstuck in this corner of the world – then again, we do have a tendency to go all wobbly-kneed over misty-eyed strummers. Expect Mraz-mania to hit like a tidal wave before summer’s out.

Key Track: ‘Love for a Child’