Fifteen favourite vocalists

Prompted by a fellow philharmonic, my current list...

Nina Simone - Feeling good. Nothing more to say.

Jeff Buckley - I must have listened to grace on repeat for hours at a lost,
lonely time in my past.

Matt Bellamy - I was pretty late to the Muse bandwagon, but have caught up with a vengeance. Unintended... one of the loveliest love songs I know.

Kelvin Swaby - some might call him a poor man's Prince. I'd call Prince a poor man's Swaby.

Mos Def - again, behind the times, but catching up fast. Auditorium - I like that the war song has not died.

Luciano Pavarotti - None shall sleep. Proof that there will always be a niche for fat men.

Matt Berninger - Sorrow found me when I was young.... and I don't want to get over you. True that.

Elizabeth Fraser - I wish I was cool enough to tell you it was for the Cocteau Twins... it's really for Teardrop.

Bob Dylan - proof that a silk purse can be made from a sow's ear. Tangled up in blue, if you see her... He knows hurt.

Beth Gibbons - Roads. It's a fire. Silence. All mine. Deep water. Just beautiful.

Ben Gibbard - from the first time I heard Bixby Canyon Bridge, I knew I wanted to hear more... by the end of I will possess your heart.... I knew that I'd be listening for a looooonnnngggg time. And that was before Cath or What Sarah said.

Jim Morrison - before you slip into unconsciousness.... lots of nights falling asleep listening to his baritone.

Ian Anderson - Wind Up helps me to understand why some people don't believe that God loves them.

David Bowie - I still watch (and like!) Labyrinth. Sue me. My favourite housemate (wife doesn't count) of all time used to play Ziggy Stardust. I still smile and think of her when I hear it..

Johnny Cash - Hurt. And One piece at a time. The man knows how to tell a story.

It's only at this point that I realise I've forgotten Thom Yorke.... his music changed my life... i've read that he is bemused by people who say that.... it doesn't make it untrue.