With a softly lilting gentle whisper of a voice somewhere between Jeff Buckley and Dave Matthews, Joseph Arthur slowly but surely made a name for himself in the folk, pop, and alternative worlds in the 1990s and 2000s. His songs brimming with a melancholy sort of hope, wistful, inspirational, endlessly longing, Arthur's early work on Peter Gabriel's Real World label went barely noticed. However, by the dawn of the 21st century, the critical raves and word-of-mouth began to spread and he garnered a significant and passionate cult following.