Excellent tunes Andy^^^^^, welcome back lol And congrats btw - 5000+++ posts lol (sorry saw but been jet hopping the last couple of days)
That said I will put my hand up and ban myself for a few days for my following lol.
After listening to many of the tunes I started going through my CD collection, and yes it is varied. Sadly I have no vinyl left as I have given most away (and threw some away that I was somewhat embarrassed to own lol) as I have moved so many times across different timezones.
What became evident was that I do have a bias for anything with a great guitar riff, or something quite alternative and I admit most of my CD's do not fit into mainstream categories.
The other thing is I have very very few female vocalists. The following artist I have bought a few songs of hers on-line, but could never quite buy a CD, but her ballads I do like (where the hell is that guitar riff you say???). I do like a voice that can tell a story and with power, subtlety and deft intonations can make me weak at the knees.
So without further ado (and a 3 day ban) here is my choice for the day.
And my other choice is a very strange collaboration with the wonderfully odd Nick Cave. A woman I have met and I was in lov, no, lust with! If only I liked her music. Maybe the bad 80s music would have been sweet music in my ears!