I'd Marry That Voice returns in style with an ode to the incomparable man from Wild Beasts...
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 14 – Hayden Thorpe
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 13 – Lykke Li
So explicitly emotional are the songs of her recent debut album Youth Novels that they should come packaged with one of those infamous black and white Tipper Stickers. 'Parental Advisory: Contains Love, Loss, Elation, Tragedy, Erotica and Despair'.
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 12 – Laura Marling
The fact that Marling has the ability to utilize her voice in many different styles is perhaps what makes it seem wise beyond its years.
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 11 – Sandy Denny
It is thirty years and a month since Sandy Denny fell down the stairs, suffering a fatal brain haemorrhage and bringing a successful singing career to a tragic close. And thankfully, the media have been running fitting tributes to the singer who truly possessed the voice I, logic permitting, would happily marry. Born Alexandra Elene [...]
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 10 – Fyfe Dangerfield
Imagine my surprise when their carefree frontman Fyfe Dangerfield, sitting in a rocking chair, hair askew, starts the album’s opening track Little Bear and the vast majority of the venue falls into reverent silence. It’s one of the most genuinely expressive, heartfelt performances I’ve heard from a live vocalist in a couple of years.
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 9 – Roisin Murphy
Roisin’s voice played powerfully across the disjointed background music to utterly seduce me. I was hooked.
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 8 – Ella Fitzgerald
I admit I struggled at first to find a voice I’d happily yoke myself to for all eternity. My research, a jaunt to the ‘shuffle songs’ option on my mp3 player, uncovered many red herrings and false trials, songs which all seemed a l’il too glib, and a bit too modish; more exhilarating one-night-stand than [...]
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 7 – John Martyn
If you and your chosen voice are in for the long haul however, it is those long winter nights spent curled up on the hire purchase settee that you can’t really afford, when you come to rely upon them the most. You need your voice to be loving, comforting, soothing, and yet remain able to conjure some rock’n’roll good times out of nothing but half a bottle of leftover cherry brandy and Pictionary.
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 6 – Caleb Followill
Following on from previous IMTV subject Ray Lamontagne, my choice of voice is that of the former beard monster Caleb Followill of Tennessee-based family band Kings of Leon. Like many others, the first I heard of one of the most intriguing voices in modern music was on the band's now iconic breakthrough single Molly’s Chambers. [...]
I’d Marry That Voice: Part 5 – Jónsi Birgisson
If the world holds nothing but doom and gloom or you’re stressing so hard that it hurts, Jónsi’s there to soothe (try Sæglópur). If you’re relaxing in the park staring skyward on a summer day, the clouds will drift by on Jonsi’s falsetto (check out Untitled #2).
