Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Ben Leftwich is another English singer-songwriter.  I actually came across his music quite a while ago (I think it was about 18 months ago).  My first exposure was to this video; I was pretty mesmerised with the song.  I really loved the contemplative and melancholy tone, and his voice seemed to mesh perfectly with the minimal instrumentation.  Most of his songs are similarly quiet and downbeat.  The melodies, while really simple, are pretty powerful.  The dude is good live, too: here is proof.  He just went on tour in the UK, and was going to be doing a US tour this month, but he ended up calling it off because of his father's health.  Apparently he is rescheduling shows for February.  He has a couple of EPs and a full-length album "Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm" on grooveshark.