And that was the way it went into the early morning: beautiful, heartfelt singing followed by raucous, heartfelt screeching.
But amplification masks many subtleties, and in front of his adoring fans — presumably attracted by his gentle, earnest stage presence and heartfelt singing — Mr. Bocelli can do no wrong.
Enjoy it instead for Mr. Koité's kindly, heartfelt singing, for the weightless patterns he shares with the band, for an easy cosmopolitanism that touches on rumba and rapping, and for songs that are free of studio gimmickry and time limits.
As Randy Newman performed his song about an earlier flood, "Louisiana 1927," he drew a heartfelt sing-along on the chorus: "Louisiana, they're trying to wash us away".
Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines and The Staves joined them on stage, leading tens of thousands in a heartfelt sing-along of the Beatles' classic.
They'll have a heartfelt talk, maybe sing a little, and both come to realize that Quinn was right all along and you shouldn't drag your high school years around as you go out in the world.
Mars the loverman made his name singing heartfelt pap whose old-time vibe found favour with pre-teens and maiden aunts.
The album, "Ashes & Fire" (PAX-AM/Capitol), has a soulful acoustic feel, with Mr. Adams playing steel-string guitar and singing heartfelt lyrics with a voice that sometimes cracks with emotion.
Despite the input from Open Clasp theatre, the voices are of the women themselves, often raw, always heartfelt and sometimes singing with an everyday poetry as if the devising process had unlocked a waterfall of creativity.
-- especially when your singing heartfelt ballads like "Remember When," "You're Still the One," or -- sweet Jesus, please, no -- "Your Song".
With his natural ease as a storyteller, his heartfelt baritone singing, his repository of material and his facility on guitar, Watson was a rare combination of authenticity and artistry.
