after cruising my online web stations i heard a song that was right up my alley….. funky, soulful, toe-tapping pop-like…..awww yeah… the name, Paolo Nutini. i hadn’t heard of him before, so i went to youtube. he was not what i expected when i saw the video, but boy can that skinny fella sing… check out these two songs…
trip like i do... 
Sings like someone a lot older! Like the rawness of his voice. I’m hearing all these different people, Jackie Wilson, Bob Marley, Terence Trent D’Arby, Antony Hegarty, etc.
good ear kev… i would have to agree….