I'm listening to Massive Attack's Tear Drop as I write this. Love it!
Here's another beautiful voice, Kate Rusby. She wrote this song
My Young Man in remembrance of her grandfather who died of Black lung disease, pneumoconiosis, a once common malady of coal miners working in horrendous conditions. She sings from her grandmother's perspective, as she laments the fading of her once strong man who now lays dying in her arms.
I know it's a very depressing theme, but Kate's voice is haunting.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5AjblYI9KEY
As an antidote, here's a ditty by Sea Sick Steve - my son met him at Glastonbury this year. This style of music is not normally my cup of tea, but I have to admit, Steve's a Huckleberry Finn pensioner with Hendrix attitude!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-RlUwS1LK ... re=related