A Cuckoo,初听很容易让人误认为是女人,其实是个英国小伙。他的音乐道路缘起于艾佛利兄弟组合在10年解散后的重组,它父母带他去看了兄弟俩,之后他就拾起了民谣吉他,再也放不下了。11岁的时候他就开始他的职业音乐生涯。在整个少年时代,A Cuckoo在许多的英国indie乐队里当lead guitarist和伴唱,并且尝试巡回演出。17岁的时候,他就已经有资格在欧洲多个世界级的音乐节的主场表演,包括英国的Glastonbury和丹麦的Roskilde音乐界。20岁时他以个人身份做歌,并且结束了给BBC当全职作曲家的身份,专辑里可以听到的管弦成分运用技巧就是在那里学来的。 听着A Cuckoo的声音,感到又怪异又舒适。首先色彩分明的封面,低沉的爵士鼓,轻盈的打击乐器,专辑里运用了丰富而神秘乐器,手风琴、曼陀林、响铃等等。他的声线兼备蓝调、民谣、爵士的味道。在微电子村托下,这种飘渺沙质的嗓音听起来非常生动,甚至剧情感,一切折射着淡淡的怀旧时光,犹如是老式收音机抑或搅拌的咖啡漩涡里飘出来的。
English composer/producer/songwriter Robert Edward Bradley spent his formative years in alternative rock groups like Subcircus, Blue Aeroplanes, Lovebabies, and House of Love before lending his production and remix skills to acts like Sugarbabes, Natalie Imbruglia, and Girls Aloud as part of U.K. production house Xenomania. The Leeds-based artist has also composed music for radio and television programs for the BBC, Discovery Channel, ITV, and the History Channel. Bradley began recording under the name A Cuckoo in 2007, releasing an eclectic, sepia-toned album under the avian moniker called Destination Unknown on the Le Grand Magistery label.