Ed Sheeran is popular all over the world

I was thinking about Ed Sheeran today.  No, I am not some kind of crazy fan! But in my searches of internet music of the Irish variety, I have seen some songs by Ed. I do a lot of writing about Irish interests on my blogs. 

Ed Sheeran is popular all over the world. My wife and daughters are listening to the radio and they tell me that Ed Sheeran is the big story in music. It is hard to figure on some level because he is one man with a guitar, but I think he excites people the way the Beatles did 50 years ago. This man is uber talented and his songs seem to lead way outside the normal bounds of voice and instrument.  

I heard a few days ago that Ed Sheeran made it twice on the YouTube rundown of most popular videos for this year.  James Cordon's Carpool Karaoke with Sheeran was one item in the top ten and his song, "Shape of You," was another that features a Kyle Hanagami dance routine. Rather than explain the dance business, if you haven't seen it, view it.

Ed is an English artist with an Irish  father. He is a young man and he has played with many others in group performances and duets. In an era of big sound stages and incredible techno-performances, his songs and his popularity throw a monkey wrench into probability calculations. He has performed duets with Beyonce, Clapton, Bocelli, Eminem, Taylor Swift, Tori Kelly, Elton John, Chris Brown, Demi Lovato, Sam Smith, and others.  

His three albums are named via mathematical signs that are written out on his web site as Divide, Multiply and Plus. 

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The Brown and White

Larry Norris is the author of The Brown and White a fictionalized memoir that tells the story of Collin Callaghan's freshman year at a Chicago Catholic High School.