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THE GERMANS have a word for it - Gesamtkunstwerk - the ‘total work of art’ or ‘synthesis of the arts’, where a variety of different art forms go into creating one major piece of work.

Having been awarded the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best Irish Male, Duke Special continues to go from strength to strength. Duke Special is a piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly-accented voice, he has a distinctive look, with his long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic".

WHEN BELFAST songwriter Peter Wilson adopted the name Duke Special some years ago it led to a transformation that truly set him apart. With his long dreadlocks, dark eyeliner, and lovelorn songs, he became the pied piper of the Irish indie music scene.

After bringing ‘hobo chic’ to a whole new dimension, Belfast-based singer-songwriter Peter Wilson, aka Duke Special, returned with his third studio album last month, the surprisedly entitled ‘I Never Thought This Day Would Come’.