here are artists who achieve success and are satisfied to spend the rest of their careers repeating the formula. And there are those like Eagle-Eye Cherry who seek to come up with something creatively fresh each and every time.

Combining his most mature set of songs to date with the most widescreen production of his career, Cherry's third album, Sub Rosa, finds him expanding the boundaries of his artistry and boldly challenging our preconceptions.

"I'd hesitate to say there's been a master plan," he says. "But you can definitely trace a journey through my records. If there's a theme to Sub Rosa it's asking 'what road are we going down?' It's a cynical world and people don't want to be preached at. But there are a lot of questions that need to be asked right now."

Sub Rosa comes on the back of Eagle-Eye's first real break in five years, following the hectic schedule that engulfed him after ... (read more)