Callum Beattie

Scottish singer/songwriter Callum Beattie rekindles the blue-collar, working-class pop torch lit by strummers like Del Amitri and gives it a contemporary sheen. Born in Edinburgh and raised by his single-parent father in an impoverished household alongside two siblings, he grew up listening to classic albums by the likes of Rod Stewart, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, and the Who, and from a young age became fixated on the idea of being a songwriter. At 14, he pestered his dad into buying him a guitar and began writing. Leaving school with no qualifications exce...