Steve Winwood's deep affinity for American R&B created a uniquely British type of soul. His folky '70s moments with Traffic lit a torch for Paul Weller's most pastoral songs, and his later embrace of emotive disco-soul set a bar for Jamiroquai's bubbling Brit-funk. Yet Winwood's presence is felt most strongly whenever gruff, passionate voices—such as those of Sting or Taylor Hicks—appear against sinuous funk.