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Ed Sheeran and The Last Samurai

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Today I have some music for you by the ever incredible, Ed Sheeran. I have to say I am extremely pleased with the fact that he has really come to the top of the music scene. His talent ranges from being a songwriter to a guitarist to being a fantastic singer. His vocal talents also fall on quite a spectrum and was given the award as the most influential figure in black music for the year. This is quite an accomplishment because he is able to really capture that soul and feeling and passion that accompanies the music of the black community. This song is off one of his older albums but is a song that I love so much. Ed Sheeran sings this song with so much passion and soul and it is absolutely breathtaking. From the beginning we get the soft acoustics of his guitar and a darker tone to his voice. There is a melancholy that Ed Sheeran establishes from the beginning and it carries over into the rest of the song. However, as the song progresses, we are introduced to other emotions one by one...