A SINGER and songwriter from Salfords has beaten thousands of other acts to be named the country's best new talent in 2015.Eddy Smith and his band the 507 have scooped the Best of British critics' choice award for unsigned acts.Brought up listening to soul singers such as Ray Charles, Joe Cocker and Otis Redding, Eddy formed a band with fellow students at Kingston University, who rehearsing in room number 507.Eddy, 23, of Bonehurst Road, said: "It's just natural that if your parents...
