Old music: Sparklehorse – St Mary

A hymn to the NHS from the most unlikely of sources: a descendant of Virginia coal miners and maker of dreamy AmericanaGiven the never-ending furore over government plans for the NHS, it's time to highlight what is surely the most beautiful – and perhaps the least likely – musical tribute to the UK's hospitals and the staff who work in them.Sparklehorse were, in effect, just Mark Linkous, the descendent of several generations of Virginian coal miners who made five gorgeous, dreamy albums ove...

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