Here’s my top 20 favourite singers

1. Jim Morrison(the doors)
2. Layne Staley(alice in chains)
3. Kate Rusby
4. Eddie Vedder(pearl jam)
5. Bon Scott(ac/dc)
6. Natacha Atlas
7. June Tabor
8. Chris Cornell(soundgarden)
9. Bob Marley
10. Adam Duritz(counting crows)
11. Mark Lanagan
12. Sandy Denny(fairport convention)
13. Mari Boine
14. Kurt Cobain(nirvana)
15. Brandon Boyd(incubus)
16. Greg Allman
17. Joey Ramone
18. Mark Arm(mudhoney)
19. John Jones(oysterband)
20. Dave Grohl(foo fighters)

1. Neil Young – after the gold rush
2. Bob Dylan – desolation row
3. Soundgarden – outshined(live)
4. Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate – 56
5. Gomez – our goodbye
6. Live – the river
7. Ramones – rockaway beach
8. Javier Ruibal- isla mujeres
9. Tamikrest – dihad tedoun itran
10. Stone Temple Pilots – crackerman
11. Pink Floyd – wish you were here
12. Warren Zevon – splendid isolation
13. Foo Fighters – back and forth
14. Bunny Wailer – this train
15. Otis Reading – (sittin on)the dock of the bay

Pearl Jam have been a big influence throughout my life, on my music and constantly a companion through tough times. So when they announced shows at manchester earlier in the year I couldn’t believe it and was grateful when they added a second show , as the first sold out in hours. We travelled from north wales to get to manchester and arrived at about 6pm. We were in time to see the support band , X , which were a very tight and very loud punk band. Then the lights went down and piano music circled the arena , pearl jam entered the arena and went straight into Go, the crowd singing along and releasing the emotion into the air. I felt tears rise as they led into Animal and one of my favourite tracks,Hail, Hail, with the encompassing lines, ‘hail, hail, the lucky ones,I refer to those in love’.