After moving to London at age 19 to attend music college, he spent many years on the gig circuit before a successful residency at Bush Hall in Shepherds Bush brought him to the attention of record labels.
A self-titled EP was released by Sony Music through the Columbia Records label in May 2004 and included the tracks Joanna, Half a Man and My Declaration.
His debut album, Feather and Stone, was released by Columbia in October 2004 to critical acclaim, and was a regular on the BBC Radio 2 playlist. Singles from the album included This Boy and My Declaration. The album release was followed by a headlining UK tour. He also supported Nerina Pallot on her UK tour in January 2007.
His second album Skybound (released 7 January, 2008) was recorded independently and released on the revived Charisma Records label through EMI after he split with Sony in 2007. The first single, Better, was released in January 2008 and was subsequently used on the soundtrack for the motion picture Run Fatboy Run. Miracle was used in its entirety by the BBC to cover the final montage of their [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSlKkn0pNQE Olympics] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=EWoYjYW23n8 Paralympics] coverage .
Baxter contributed the track Make a Stand to the Survival International charity album Songs for Survival in 2008. Later that year Boyzone covered and released Better, reaching number 22 in the UK Top 40 singles chart.
In 2009, My Declaration was covered by Eliza Bennett and used in the soundtrack the film Inkheart (Bennett also played the female lead, Meggie Folchart, in the movie). Almost There was covered by Dame Shirley Bassey as the opening track of her album The Performance. Baxter and the BBC Concert Orchestra accompanied Dame Shirley Bassey when she performed the song to huge public acclaim at the BBC Electric Proms on Friday 24 October 2009 at the Roundhouse in London, a concert broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 and on BBC 2 television the next day, 25 October 2009.
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