TIME can play tricks on the touring musician, especially ones as prolific as troubadour Newton Faulkner.
The last year has been a blur for the ginger-dreadlocked guitar virtuoso as he has travelled the world on the back of his acclaimed debut album Hand Built By Robots, which went to No. 1 in his native England and climbed as high as No. 5 here thanks to the irresistible lead single Dream Catch Me.
Faulkner returns to Australia next month having wowed audiences here earlier this year, but it's his assault on the massive US that is giving him Spinal Tap style, if-it's-Tuesday-it-must-be-Cleveland moments.
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