Highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Jon Allen his fourth album Blue Flame, a soulful confection of feel-good tunes delivered with Allen’s inimitable whisky-soaked voice.

In these troubled and uncertain times, Allen invites the listener to turn off their Twitter feed, log-out of Facebook and, instead, turn up the volume and sink into the rich and reassuringly soothing sounds of his album Blue Flame .

From the infectious optimism of the Blue Flame’s opening soul shuffle ‘Jonah’s Whale ’ (the album’s first single, which is released on 9 th March) to the resolute ‘Keep On Walking’ and the poignant-yet-hopeful refrain of ‘Better Day’, Allen illuminates the common experiences of joy, love, loss and change, ultimately reminding us it is what we share that matters more than what divides us.

Even when Allen sings his ode to Donald Trump, ‘It’s Just The End Of The World’, he somehow manages to make the prospect of a looming apocalypse sound a little more palatable – or at least a little less terrifying.