Hozier's 'Take Me to Church' is top Spotify 2014 single

Steve Winwood played Philips Arena with Rod Stewart last year. Photo: Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Special to the AJC. BY MELISSA RUGGIERI. Steve Winwood will return to Atlanta next spring. Last year, the venerable Rock and Roll Hall of Famer stayed busy 

December's You Oughta Know artist Hozier races against our Stop/Watch clock to perform his hit Take Me To Church.

Although the pop singles charts are currently dominated by women, there's a burgeoning movement of soulful male solo artists taking aim at stardom—led by a group that includes Australian folkie Vance Joy, British R&B star 

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In his lyrics, the young Irishman (who performs under the name Hozier) aims sharp barbs at organised religion, tackling Catholic guilt and the doctrine of original sin. Discussing his inspiration, he quotes Elizabethan dramatist Fulke Greville's 1554