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Matt Cardle and Coldplay

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Today I have music for you by the singer Matt Cardle. Some of you may know him as the winner of the X Factor UK, and for good reason! Matt Cardle has a voice that personifies emotion and it is a voice that washes feeling over you when you listen. Something that makes Matt Cardle stand out is the range of his voice. In this song we get a really good sampling of his upper range. He is able to sing notes that are usually hard for male vocalists to reach and something about the way that he can reach those notes with ease is very appealing. The high notes don't have a screech or a scratch to them but flow like water and have a very nice smoothness. There is a softness to those notes but there is still substance there. This song has a very heartfelt sound to it but also has this maturity to it that makes it passionate and vulnerable at the same time. This song has an almost triumphant sound to it which adds this sense of happiness and warmth to the soul. Matt Cardle has a phenomenally st...