NPR 50 Great Voices Online Poll
NPR has an online poll to choose the 50 greatest voices of all time. There are 126 candidates from which to choose the top 50. Those who made the cut were chosen based on reader comments submitted over the past month or so.
The web page they created is pretty cool. The nominees are displayed in a photo grid that you can sort by name, year of birth, or randomly. When you hover your cursor over a photo you get the singer’s name, and when you click you get to hear a song clip, some bio information, and a pop-up that allows you to vote and enter a comment.
I hovered over all the nominees, and was a little disappointmed to not find Nick Cave, Nick Urata, P.J. Harvey, Mark Lanegan, or Patti Smith in the grid. You fans of more classically trained voices will probably be just as disappointed to not find Luciano Pavarotti.
I voted anyway and these are my five picks: Johnny Cash, Neko Case, Jeff Buckley, Bob Marley, and Tom Waits.
Take five to visit the site and cast your vote.
