While great music can come from anywhere, certain styles seem to attract specific kinds of greatness. The best drummers play jazz, the best bassists play funk, that kind of thing. If it’s great vocals you’re looking for however, my money is on soul. Sure, there’ll be plenty better singers out there on a technical level in other fields. Belting out higher notes, hitting wider ranges with more consistency and clarity. But music, like all art forms, ultimately comes down to expression. A great soul performance just channels a raging river of feeling into every note. Joy burns like a fever, sorrow cuts like a knife. It’s not about perfection, it’s about pouring every fibre of your being into each word as though you’re pleading for salvation at the pearly gates. I can’t quite recall the last time a vocal performance grabbed me the way ‘Time’ does. Christopher Escarega here captures the helplessness of feeling the years rushing by you as you fight against the current with fervent intensity. What’s more – great guitarists play the blues – and just as that stunning voice has drawn you in, a bewitching bluesy solo flares into life, burning with every bit as much passion and feeling. No matter how quickly time feels as though it’s slipping through your fingers, I promise this song is worth a moment of yours.