Not many musicians can say that they've had one-on-one guidance from Sir Paul McCartney, but not many musicians are Dan Croll. The rise of the young Staffordshire-born, Liverpool-trained musician has been swift and consistent; he's only released one album so far (this year's 'Sweet Disarray', check it out) yet one music journalist described his music as 'Prince jamming with Paul Simon'. Count us in.

Dan was in Ireland recently to play a Guinness Amplify gig, so we thought it was only right to go and meet him to have a chat and hear that beautiful, tender falsetto for ourselves. He speaks about resisting the urge to jump feet-first into recording an album, taking advice from his mum and his plans for the future.