Born in Cornwall on September 14, 1978, Charlie Winston scored a major hit in 2009 with "I'm a Hobo", No. 1 in the SNEP charts in France and No. 11 in Germany, followed a few months later by "In Your Hands" (No. 9). The son of a musician and brother of Tom Baxter, who also rose to fame, the singer, songwriter and guitarist began his career in the blues-rock style with two albums released in 2007, Mischifus and Make Way. In 2008, his cover of "I'm a Man", popularized by the Spencer Davis Group, was used in an advert for a German car brand, before the tidal wave associated with the album Hobo (2009), reviving the character of the itinerant outsider described by Jack Kerouac in the beatnik generation's novel Sur la route. Although he didn't recapture the public enthusiasm of that period, Winston nevertheless scored further hits with "Hello Alone", charted at No. 41 and taken from the album Running Still in 2011, then "Lately", at No. 88 and taken from the following album Curio City in 2015. He continues his journey between folk, pop and rock with the albums Square 1 (2018) and As I Am (2022), from which the tracks "Exile" and "Algorithm" are taken. In 2025, Love Isn't Easy is released, ranked No. 104 on the SNEP chart.