OT: Good music others may not have heard of...

[William]

I know musical tastes vary from person to person, and even across genres for the individual. My own tastes vary from classical, to rock. Punk, jazz, metal, blues, bluegrass, and even some country and gospel.

One of the things I like about Pandora and even this forum is that you constantly "discover" music you may not have heard before. With that in mind, what is some music you like that is out of the mainstream that others may not have heard?

I am fond of gritty, hard driving guitar so I'll throw out one for you...

Scott H. Biram

Scott H. Biram offers up a unique blend of "real" country, old-school acoustic blues, and punk, with influences ranging from Minor Threat and Slayer to Bill Monroe and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Biram is a one-man band, playing all his songs on a 1959 Gibson hollow body, yet each song he plays differs vastly from one to the next, and Biram dishes out a rare sense of self-confidence and independence only rivaled by the originators of outlaw country music themselves.

Biram's number one love is the blues. Next in line come punk, metal, country, bluegrass, Tejano, and zydeco. The one-man band was born and raised in a rural area in the Black Land Prairie region of Texas, a stretch of land characterized by tall grass and rich fertile soil that stretches from north Texas to the San Antonio area. Biram regards Lightnin' Hopkins and Doc Watson as two of his major musical influences. He was exposed to blues during childhood and has played guitar and other instruments since. He played in a punk band throughout high school and college called the Thangs, and later played in two bluegrass bands: Scott Biram & the Salt Peter Boys and Bluegrass Drive-By. He got a taste of life on the road by touring with Bluegrass Drive-By, but has been a one-man band since the late '90s.

In 2003, Biram was nearly killed when his truck was involved in a head-on collision with a semi on a Texas highway. Less than two months later, Biram played a legendary show at Austin's Continental Club, performing on-stage in a wheelchair with IVs still dangling from his arms -- and that set has helped define his rebellious and relentless attitude ever since.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEgtOXhcts



The song lyrics are a bit violent but that's not what draws me.




William

[echelon_john]

Boy, music is a deep well. I grew up on mostly punk and avant garde jazz, and have favorites across a whole bunch of different genres. If I were to pick a few things that I came across kind of randomly and really liked, regardless of type of music, these are a few that come to mind:

- Scud Mountain Boys. People compare them to Wilco and Uncle Tupelo, both of whom I hate. It's Joe Pernice, who has been in different bands, and the mood is kind of country/noir. Great covers, including 'Please, Mister, Please" and "Wichita Lineman"

- Sarah Jarosz is a bluegrass player/singer; I think I may have heard her on NPR at one point or another. Really soulful, like a cross between Tegan & Sara and Bonnie Raitt

- Veda Hille is a protege of Andy Partridge of XTC who is very eclectic; kind of a disjointed, Kate Bush meets Sonic Youth sound. The album I have is Return of the Kildeer.

- Richard Morel is a fixture in the gay club scene as a DJ; I got into him via Bob Mould. Tunes like "If You Love Me" and "Merry Christmas to Everyone" are infectious and worth a listen.

- The Legendary Shack Shakers are a very cool punk band with a serious attitude and twang. I saw them open for The Damned, never having heard of them before. Album isn't as strong as live, but live was pretty damned strong, and their studio stuff is good. Think Stray Cats meets Dead Kennedys.

- Karkwa is a great Francophone Canadian band that's really strong; pretty much straight ahead guitar rock with a lot of loud/quiet/loud dynamics.

[slidey]

Ahh yeah!!

You got my attention now random-emoticon mod-man! :banana:

Here are some pieces which I think are relatively unpopular, but which I love (in descending order of my-perceived relevance to your link):

1. Roky Erickson - Unforced Peace (http://youtu.be/g9JgpKtduRc)

2. The Troggs - Wild Thing (http://youtu.be/gwRrXjWgkaY)

3. Zammuto - Groan man, don't cry (http://youtu.be/SAP1YaxRIIM)

4. Tommy Bolin - Lotus (http://youtu.be/4tk2SOsP_nY)

5. Explosions in the Sky (everything)

6. Bob Dylan - http://youtu.be/qKOG3yRYoaQ

7. BoDeans - http://youtu.be/uBpc9lq8cWU (had the pleasure of watching these guys perform live, at a music club...to date, its been the best live performance I've been to tied with The Chieftains...and my concert list I'd like to think is not too bad: Ian Anderson, Bob Dylan, Pat Metheny, Wynston Marsalis, Death Cab for Cutie, and more).

8. Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Beast of Burden, Gimme Shelter, and many many more!
Of course, these are all very common songs, but putting it here since for some reason the Stones don't get the recognition they deserve.
Yeah, I'm one of those who loves the Stones as well as the Beatles!

9. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life (http://youtu.be/KqZ4FZHEZAI)

Hope this helps, sure helped me!

[slidey]

By the way, I hope you've got the main-stream geniuses* covered?

*Geniuses = Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Beatles, already mentioned the Stones, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, maybe a few more (in my opinion)

[93legendti]

Ahh yeah!!

You got my attention now random-emoticon mod-man! :banana:

Here are some pieces which I think are relatively unpopular, but which I love (in descending order of my-perceived relevance to your link):

1. Roky Erickson - Unforced Peace (http://youtu.be/g9JgpKtduRc)

2. The Troggs - Wild Thing (http://youtu.be/gwRrXjWgkaY)

3. Zammuto - Groan man, don't cry (http://youtu.be/SAP1YaxRIIM)

4. Tommy Bolin - Lotus (http://youtu.be/4tk2SOsP_nY)

5. Explosions in the Sky (everything)

6. Bob Dylan - http://youtu.be/qKOG3yRYoaQ

7. BoDeans - http://youtu.be/uBpc9lq8cWU (had the pleasure of watching these guys perform live, at a music club...to date, its been the best live performance I've been to tied with The Chieftains...and my concert list I'd like to think is not too bad: Ian Anderson, Bob Dylan, Pat Metheny, Wynston Marsalis, Death Cab for Cutie, and more).

8. Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Beast of Burden, Gimme Shelter, and many many more!
Of course, these are all very common songs, but putting it here since for some reason the Stones don't get the recognition they deserve.
Yeah, I'm one of those who loves the Stones as well as the Beatles!

9. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life (http://youtu.be/KqZ4FZHEZAI)

Hope this helps, sure helped me!

You had me at Toad and Tommy Bolin. I didn't think there was another person in America who liked both - glad to know I am not alone. :)

[DHallerman]

I dunno, I'm an old guy, so maybe everyone else already knows about the group Other Lives, but I've been loving their music much recently.

Timeless stuff.

Here's them on YouTube doing a live version of a song called "For 12" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nX8ZZK9sU) at a radio station in Seattle.

And here's another YouTube link, with the amazing Tiny Desk Concert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdX9TmoUid4) for NPR's "All Songs Considered."

[maxdog]

Here's them on YouTube doing a live version of a song called "For 12" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nX8ZZK9sU) at a radio station in Seattle.

And here's another YouTube link, with the amazing Tiny Desk Concert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdX9TmoUid4) for NPR's "All Songs Considered."

Thanks Dave.

[mike p]

I love these threads cause I love music! Any type! Lay it on me brother. Here's some maybe you've heard and maybe you haven't.

Snow Patrol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxLta7MpcQw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Alabama Shakes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opb64gkF-g4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

JJ Grey and Mofro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO-h8y8TgoE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv8esmGOPRU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dawes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0FrcTX6hWI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Needtobreathe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6xvpQYA94Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ray Lamontange. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25ZjKBXw8Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Teddybears. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTSG_Tryhc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Gegory Alan Isakov. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3X9Bz0LNnc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Mike

[slidey]

Haha...the feeling's mutual!

In fact, I'm listening to Post Toastee right now...:banana:

You had me at Toad and Tommy Bolin. I didn't think there was another person in America who liked both - glad to know I am not alone. :)

[BryanE]

8 Ball Aikens/Black Swamp Creek-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNnONO0CwpY&feature=relmfu

C.C. Adcock/Ya'all Thinks She'd Be Good To Me-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFCDlKvISNk&feature=related

And just for fun maybe some Tex Edwards.I couldn't find my fav song of his I'm A Gonna Kill Ya so this one,LSD Made A Wreck Outa Me,will have to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmplbTW2nls&feature=related

Lafeyette Afro Rock band for some 70s funk that flew under just about everybodys radar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ckIovZRwk

[93legendti]

Haha...the feeling's mutual!

In fact, I'm listening to Post Toastee right now...:banana:

Teaser is still one of my favorite cd's

[buldogge]

Hmm...I'll just stick to a couple "newer" bands I've "discovered" in the recent past (coupla years):

Judith and Holofernes (Central Valley/SF)
Wu Lyf (Manchester, UK)
Kelli Schaefer (Portland)

More longtime listening, more mainstream stuff, that most would recognize, but in a similar vein as above:

Billy Bragg (prefer solo)
Nick Cave
Neko Case

Beyond that, we're getting into older punk/hardcore/"commie" folk/etc....and 80's stuff of course (as a child of)!

-Mark in St. Louis

[AngryScientist]

lot of good links in this thread, thanks for the leads folks.

here's a question: for those of you who are relatively busy with life, like myself, and love music - how do you find the good stuff out there?

NYC radio sucks, like big time sucks. what's your outlet to search and hear good stuff you have not previously been exposed to?

[sc53]

For super guitar how about Bo Ramsey? I've been listening to his album Fragile again recently. Also Rickie Lee Jones, "Balm in Gilead" and "The Devil You Know." The new Cat Power album is great, so is Van Morrison's new one "No Plan B." Stupid title but great album for once.

[djg]

Another NPR tiny desk concert -- Gogol Bordello:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSM7S4v76tg&feature=related

[dumbod]

Among my more recent favorites (even if you hate the music how can you not love the names?) :

Seasick Steve for blues

http://www.youtube.com/user/seasicksteve?feature=results_main

and Enter the Haggis for Celtic-oriented rock

http://www.youtube.com/user/enterthehaggis?feature=results_main

[bart998]

And to think, the radio just plays the same 100 songs over and over...

[William]

lot of good links in this thread, thanks for the leads folks.

here's a question: for those of you who are relatively busy with life, like myself, and love music - how do you find the good stuff out there?

NYC radio sucks, like big time sucks. what's your outlet to search and hear good stuff you have not previously been exposed to?

I think Pandora is great for that. Start a station with a group or genera you like and it will play music with similar qualities. I find a lot of things I've never heard before but really dig.




William

[sc53]

Sirius/XM if you have it is a goldmine for finding new music similar or evolved from what you know you like. I had it in my car for years, it's also available as a carry-on from car to house and back. But Pandora, Spotify, MOG, and other services that are free are great too.

[DHallerman]

Another NPR tiny desk concert -- Gogol Bordello:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSM7S4v76tg&feature=related

I had not known of the Tiny Desk Concert (TDC) series until I found the one with Other Lives.

So now, partially due to this thread, I've searched for other TDCs, many of which are available in HD -- which also means better sound quality -- and have been downloading them off YouTube.

Another way to discover new music....there are a lot of TDCs.

Dave

[jmeloy]

This has been a revelation for me. $10 a month and I've loaded 60 new albums (yeah I'm old and call them that). Lets me experiment to my hearts content. Early finds, Lord Huron, Larry and his Flask, Sam Amidon, and my personal fave, the Mountain Goats. You can try it for free.

[Fixed]

,jack Pearson ,he used to be in the allman bros before Derrick trucks replaced him .
Eric reed for jazz piano ,
Pat martino jazz guitar
Espinosa Spalding bass, voice
Imho


Cheers

[don'TreadOnMe]

Cobra Verde

[davidlee]

Glad you like him William.
Scott Biram is one of my good friends, great person, fantastic guitar player, strong voice.. Ive toured all over the world with that guy and never get tired of watching his shows...


I know musical tastes vary from person to person, and even across genres for the individual. My own tastes vary from classical, to rock. Punk, jazz, metal, blues, bluegrass, and even some country and gospel.

One of the things I like about Pandora and even this forum is that you constantly "discover" music you may not have heard before. With that in mind, what is some music you like that is out of the mainstream that others may not have heard?

I am fond of gritty, hard driving guitar so I'll throw out one for you...

Scott H. Biram



The song lyrics are a bit violent but that's not what draws me.




William

[Dave Ferris]

Hi I was going to post in the intro thread but maybe this might be more apropos.

Dave here from Glendale, Ca. I'm 59. Mostly a runner who crosstrains on mountain and road. I have a 2003 Litespeed Classic and 2004 Ellsworth Truth.

I've been a pro musician for around 44 years. Originally from St. Louis Mo. where I played around R&R bars in some fairly noteworthy bands in the 70's. "A Full Moon Consort" and "Woodrose".

My wife and I moved to LA in '79 and I've been hanging out here freelancing in many different genres.. I've played with some name people and a lot of no names...:) I used to do a lot of anonymous studio work but like a lot of the scene here in LA, that has dried up.

I'm pretty much known around town has a "jazz guy" these days. I alternate working with singers, teaching, doing the occasional jingle or recording session, private functions and a few clubs...although the jazz club scene has really taken a hit here the last few years.

If you click on my sig at the bottom you'll find my humble music site with varying tracks. For those who like jazz and jazz piano hopefully you'll find something that you dig.

Thanks and really enjoy the forums here. VERY knowledgeable people with an obvious passion for the bike. I can learn a lot just lurking. Hopefully I won't ask too stupid of a question when I do post...;)

[jmeloy]

Hey Dave, what part of St. Louis? My wife is the same age and is from Kirkwood.

[drewski]

One of my favorite genres is Latin Rock. Most the rock we have on radio really sucks here in Charlotte, NC.


I went to a Latin music festival here in Charlotte and heard this group
Aterciopelados from Columbia.

They have this song I have had on regular rotation for several months called
El Estuche.

Very laid back kind of latin groove with haunting latin torch song back up vocals. I think the lead singer has this earthy low key type of sexiness.


El Estuche --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnu0Mww49us

Los Fabulos Cadillacs Matador <= one of the best songs for being on the cycle trainer.


Jarabe de Palo from Spain ---La Flaca ---I am new to guitar. I a interested in learning how to play this on the guitar. Kind of like Stones-meets Santana by way of Barcelona. The video for this song is a bit cheesy but I like the chorus on this song.

[Fixed]

Mu current favorite is Simon Thacker here is a link
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=w1OCeleNaEM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dw1OCeleNaEM
Cheers

[cmg]

2nd the "Explosions in the sky".
Jamestown massacre is another great band, retro psyhchodelic

free radio steaming is the way to go
WBER :: The Only Station That Matters www.wber.org/
KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters kexp.org/
3WK - Indie Radio - www.3wk.com/

if you want to hear The Lengendary Shack Shakers check out a podcast from Surf Guitar 101, surfguitar101.com/ and other great surf. twang is forever.....

[merlincustom1]

Dirty Projectors.

[Dave Ferris]

Hey Dave, what part of St. Louis? My wife is the same age and is from Kirkwood.

Hi. My wife and I are both from Florissant. McCluer '71 . We met as juniors in HS there. My sis, her husband and kids still live in Ferguson. My wife's sis/husband and her mom are in Lake St. Louis. Almost all of my friends that were musicians either moved away or pretty much quit playing. Not a whole lot of options there for a musician other then playing in a bar. After a certain age, it's gets old...been there, done that. A lot of our old friends are in West County/Chesterfield area or over the river in Collinsville, Edwardsville, Fairview Heights and Belleville.

Really miss the stand up people, the Cardinals, lower cost of living and the less dense populated areas. The traffic gridlock scene gets pretty old here..However it would be hard for my wife and I to go back to live with the weather. We're WAY wimpy from being out here 33 years.

You can run or bike literally every day of the year...except a very few days where it's raining heavily. For running and biking there are two seasons--short sleeve (most of the time) and long sleeve.:)

[William]

Glad you like him William.
Scott Biram is one of my good friends, great person, fantastic guitar player, strong voice.. Ive toured all over the world with that guy and never get tired of watching his shows...

Very cool. I found him on Pandora while listening to The Black Keys station. When my heel starts tapping and my head starts bopping I know I have a winner.:cool:

I may have missed it previously, but you mentioned touring, what do you play?






William

[pcxmbfj]

I've used Spotify.com for a couple of years and they have several apps to find new music.

Music I like I download from a mp3 site.

My latest downloads are the new Bats for Lashes release "The Haunted Man", Cat Power, and Maximum Balloon's self-titled.

MB is a side project for TV on the Radio another group that may not be mainstream.

[Russell]

Here's a couple Baltimore bands I like, hon
Beach House
Wye Oak

[Tom]

www.kpig.com

Every now and then they play way too much Joni Mitchell or one called something like 'Looking for the Dolphins in the Sea' which actually sounds like the man singing it has terrible gastrointestinal discomfort but most of the time they play stuff all over the map that is actually really good music.

Where else would I have heard Ray Wylie Hubbard's latest, 'Mother Blues'?

[jimcav]

listening to some of these "new to me" like Isakov on my lunch break

anyway, 2 that i like:

sufjan stevens earlier stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzeW5KoPUI

william fitzsimmons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctVf17lMsK4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_86DCD_Ks&feature=related

[bikerboy337]

I'll second Beach House.... I'm a huge shoegaze fan and groups like Cocteau Twins, M83... this is really really good stuff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfzFVbkutFE&feature=relmfu

A fun one I found on NPR, Mariachi El Bronx.... their second album is awsome... hardcore punk band, doing "authentic" mariachi music in full gear.... lots of fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YFj9kHaTE&feature=related

[Plum Hill]

For jazzpianoguy: check out: http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/ .

I've been listening to a Big Star compilation. Don't know how they got by me way back when.

[beeatnik]

I think you dudes would dig My Morning Jacket. Also, for anyone here who grew up with FM radio, if you can get past the production and think Stevie Nicks, check out, as mentioned above, Beach House. And, finally, for the dudes who rock the hard jams, Black Mountain and Grinderman (or any Nick Cave for that matter).

The new Sea and Cake is tasty, as well.

[Dave Ferris]

For jazzpianoguy: check out: http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/ ..

Yeah Greg got in touch with me right after drummer Steve Strayhorn passed away. I sent him some old Full Moon studio clips that I believe are on that site.

If you go to the * Where are they now* section--I'm the seventh guy down..
http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Where%20are%20they%20Now.htm

My old friend, drummer Dennis Martin and his wife Leanne, used to live out in Mascoutah. :)

[rounder]

Youtube is a great way to find new music -

Notting Hillbillys - When It Comes to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ppQ2_5WsY

Dan Tyminski and Ron Block - Man of Constant Sorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2JDMkU53Bs

Grateful Dead - Me and My Uncle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1O-2UmTJ9s

Joni Mitchell - Me and My Uncle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3lJg07u4w

[rbtmcardle]

Sam Cooke. Bring it on home - live at the harlem club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkLZ_pVwU3k

Chuck Mangione - chase the clouds away - live at the Hollywood bowl - an incredible performance / album - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysogGu8oS2U

Puccini - O Mio Babbino - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9OTShQ_rc

Diana Krall - A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12IOjYadxDs

[COYO1]

The Devil Makes Three:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-devil-makes-three/2012/showbox-at-the-market-seattle-wa-53da97b5.html

Old Crow Medicine Show:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/old-crow-medicine-show/2007/great-stage-park-manchester-tn-13d2b139.html

enjoy:cool:

[pcxmbfj]

Django Django-"Django Django"

First album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjpOrlfh0Y

[559Rando]

I'll try to flesh this posting out when I'm at home and can add links. Music is huge for me. I have some muzak on my Tumblr (thatdarndaniel.tumblr.com)


2. The Troggs - Wild Thing (http://youtu.be/gwRrXjWgkaY)
(snip)
5. Explosions in the Sky (everything)
(snip)
6. Bob Dylan - http://youtu.be/qKOG3yRYoaQ
(snip)
8. Rolling Stones - [snip]
9. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life (http://youtu.be/KqZ4FZHEZAI)

Troggs are great and fly under the radar. Explosions are cool listening, and were really doing well for themselves for a while, but I haven't followed them lately.
The other three (Dylan, Stone and Toad the Wet Sprocket) are/were very popular and mainstream Toad, less so. At least since their heyday in the 90s :-)


Snow Patrol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxLta7MpcQw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
(snip)
Dawes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0FrcTX6hWI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
(snip)
Ray Lamontange. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25ZjKBXw8Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player


I don't mean to stay on a divisive rant, but Snow Patrol and Ray Lamontange are just so....boring! I thought Dawes was OK!

Billy Bragg (prefer solo)
Nick Cave
Neko Case

Yeah! Good stuff! So much good stuff from Bragg. As Conan O'Brien said, the man is one of England's national treasures!

Dave here from Glendale, Ca. I'm 59. Mostly a runner who crosstrains on mountain and road. (snip)

Dave from Glendale, what a thoughtful and beautiful post.

sufjan stevens earlier stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzeW5KoPUI


I had all but forgot early Sufjan. That was so good music. Fabulous stuff!

The new Sea and Cake is tasty, as well.

As is most of the Sea and Cake catalog (and side projects and solo albums), IMO.

A few gems that I always come back to:


The Zombies - their catalog is quite good, though they're really only known for a few hits during the British Invasion

Colin Blunstone - 'One Year' is a phenominal album. Blunstone was the Zombies front man, One Year his solo debut and it's 70s rock meets classical, heavy on the classical.

Hem - Haughingly beautiful, 'American' music. I'm especially fond of their debut, 'Rabbit Songs', probably for emotional reasons, but all of their albums are great and I think most would say the later stuff is even better.

Goldmund - Minimilist piano music. Great background or meditative stuff.

HUM - Brilliant 90s space rock with thick noisy guitars

Jellyfish - 90s retroband mixes The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen and AC/DC. I wish they took themselves more seriously. Spilt Milk is a great album.

Ida - One of the bands I'll never tire of. The later work is easier to get into. Great boy/girl harmonies, mellow, great musicianship.

[54ny77]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k6dTeQwf488#!

:p

[bluesea]

Brittni Paiva, ukulele player.



http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/brittni-brittni-paiva/11799796?ean=791344162126

[malcolm]

Carolyn Wonderland, I think from Austin, kinda bluesy, she has a great voice and plays most things with strings

[jh_on_the_cape]

pandora. put a band you like. if something you like comes on, make a new station of that band...
I have found new stuff that way.
depends on the genre. some stuff is way limited, while other stuff it's amazing what pandora comes up with.

Music depends on your taste and mood, but quality is quality.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT
Vampire Weekend

Radio is just garbage these days. A few stations are still great. Try streaming WMVY, our local station. mvyradio.com good mix with good DJs.

lot of good links in this thread, thanks for the leads folks.

here's a question: for those of you who are relatively busy with life, like myself, and love music - how do you find the good stuff out there?

NYC radio sucks, like big time sucks. what's your outlet to search and hear good stuff you have not previously been exposed to?

[katematt]

Avett Brothers well worth a listen and even better live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxmNmWtZvw&feature=plcp

Enjoy

[johnniecakes]

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

[malcolm]

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Agreed, beautiful voice and easy on the eye. Her band is very good, if you get a chance to see them live don't miss it.

[carlucci1106]

....threads OT for MUSIC:banana:

[slidey]

Since, this post I've been listening to Tommy's stuff obsessively...also, just bought Teaser Deluxe from Amazon (didn't even know it existed)...and it's definitely worth a buy for a fan...Lotus/Wild Dogs have extended and delicious guitar work.

Teaser is still one of my favorite cd's

[gomango]

Black Rebel Motorcyle Club - Berlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZNfwm7_Bgk

[yarg]

Frog Holler - unique, each of their 6 or 7 CD's are great, played live x10.

Railroad Earth

[choricoff]

I fourth the beach house recommendation.
Some musicians I don't think have been listed so far:
Tortoise (http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Tortoise/TNT) I have seen them live a few times and they were the best shows I have ever been to. Thrill Jockey (the record label they're on) has a great website (http://www.thrilljockey.com/index.html) where you can stream music by all of the artists on the label.
Jim O'Rourke (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTz-tlYCxq4&feature=related) He was a temporary member of Sonic Youth and his album Insignificance features members of Wilco.
John Zorn... I'd recommend the albums The Gift (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U_-PK6M1TA) and Masada Guitars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN3rHTQ63zs)
Television Their album Marquee Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfwoYEcpQhU&feature=related) is probably my favorite rock album.
Grandaddy (http://grandaddymusic.com/) The singer/songwriter (Jason Lytle) of grandaddy has a voice that reminds me a lot of Neil Young. I had the pleasure of opening up for him a few years ago when he played at my friend's loft (he had a 7 hour layover in detroit and asked his fans if anyone could set up a small show for him)!
Townse Van Zandt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTGKzWDakK8) is GREAT!

[staggerwing]

For an original take on the surf genre, sometimes referred to as psychedelic surf, I really dig The Mermen. To my ears it is both powerful and peaceful.

Start with a couple of live sets from Youtube, such as:
100 Foot Lemon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRLwRwXVx2k&feature=relmfu)
Krill Slipping (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMgDdICELo)
Soul Surfin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv9kK3rL_fs)

There are a bunch of shows up on archive.org too.

Perhaps start with:
Rusty's Surf Ranch October 14, 2000 (http://archive.org/details/mermen2000-10-14.shnid19824.shnf)

Really nice sound on that one.

[Liv2RideHard]

Kovacs and the Polar Bear. Out of Asheville. They rock. Saw them live at the Grey Eagle in Asheville.

http://youtu.be/DALYoO0P7kg

http://kovacsandthepolarbear.bandcamp.com/

[93legendti]

Since, this post I've been listening to Tommy's stuff obsessively...also, just bought Teaser Deluxe from Amazon (didn't even know it existed)...and it's definitely worth a buy for a fan...Lotus/Wild Dogs have extended and delicious guitar work.

I'll check it out...

[559Rando]

Here's some YouTube links for awesome, awesome music (based on my last post in this thread).

Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice On You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OkX_r032PM)


A few gems that I always come back to:

The Zombies - their catalog is quite good, though they're really only known for a few hits during the British Invasion
The Zombies - Summertime (Shindig, 1965) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kWMXQfpHW0)

Colin Blunstone - 'One Year' is a phenomenal album. Blunstone was the Zombies front man, One Year his solo debut and it's 70s rock meets classical, heavy on the classical.
Colin Blunstone - Say You Dont Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsdBXJyAo0E)

Hem - Hauntingly beautiful, 'American' music. I'm especially fond of their debut, 'Rabbit Songs', probably for emotional reasons, but all of their albums are great and I think most would say the later stuff is even better.
Hem - Redwing [Official Music Video] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQrH9w8VM4)

Goldmund - Minimilist piano music. Great background or meditative stuff.
Goldmund: Image-Autumn-Womb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaT7Ub6Neo)

HUM - Brilliant 90s space rock with thick noisy guitars
Hum - Green To Me (music video) [HQ] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lSpD7cd9Hg)

Jellyfish - 90s retroband mixes The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen and AC/DC. I wish they took themselves more seriously. Spilt Milk is a great album.
Jellyfish - The Ghost at Number One (Later) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfNRm7Jr4s)

Ida - One of the bands I'll never tire of. The later work is easier to get into. Great boy/girl harmonies, mellow, great musicianship.
Ida - Late Blues [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiTFKsBAA9A&list=AL94UKMTqg-9B12KL36_aFrlGfTXVfE3xP)

[cmg]

For an original take on the surf genre, sometimes referred to as psychedelic surf, I really dig The Mermen. To my ears it is both powerful and peaceful.

Start with a couple of live sets from Youtube, such as:
100 Foot Lemon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRLwRwXVx2k&feature=relmfu)
Krill Slipping (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMgDdICELo)
Soul Surfin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv9kK3rL_fs)

There are a bunch of shows up on archive.org too.

Perhaps start with:
Rusty's Surf Ranch October 14, 2000 (http://archive.org/details/mermen2000-10-14.shnid19824.shnf)

Really nice sound on that one.

Caught them at the Continental Club in Austin around the same time frame. Great stuff. Honeybomb does it for me. Check out one of the many podcasts at Surf 101 http://surfguitar101.com/podcast/13/
excellent website in general.

[Pars]

pandora. put a band you like. if something you like comes on, make a new station of that band...
I have found new stuff that way.
depends on the genre. some stuff is way limited, while other stuff it's amazing what pandora comes up with.

Music depends on your taste and mood, but quality is quality.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT
Vampire Weekend

Radio is just garbage these days. A few stations are still great. Try streaming WMVY, our local station. mvyradio.com good mix with good DJs.
Yes, I do the same thing using Last-FM. I too like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs; wich I could have caught them at Lollapalooza last year.

An Aussie band I found and like (IIRC using this method) is The Jezabels. Their album Prisoner is awesome IMHO.

I also listen to BRMC as gomango pointed out, though I don't have Berlin.

[bluesea]

Chicken Shack

[tlittlefield]

If you want to hear some music you usually don't hear go to Radio BDC. The staff is from the now defunct WFNX in Boston, but they play stuff that even 'FNX did not play. You can get it as an app for your phone or stream it on-line.

Highly recommended for people who like, alternative/indy rock and pop.

[bluesea]

http://imageshack.us/a/img194/514/41h230cge9lsl500aa240.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img844/5224/blackmarket.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img600/585/headhunters.jpg

[Steve in SLO]

Among my more recent favorites (even if you hate the music how can you not love the names?) :

Seasick Steve for blues

http://www.youtube.com/user/seasicksteve?feature=results_main

and Enter the Haggis for Celtic-oriented rock

http://www.youtube.com/user/enterthehaggis?feature=results_main

Thanks dumbod for the Seasick Steve link. I watched about 45 minutes of his stuff. He's a great player who's experienced a lot of life.

[SpokeValley]

THANKS everyone for the great links to stuff I've never heard!

I have a couple:

Billy D and the Hoodoos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_T7-il8AU

Neil Finn (old vid, hot giant girl, great song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNm3yoVOS4


And now for something totally irrelevant and stupidly childish that was lurking on one of my YouTube lists...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLosWV_txo&list=LLIzHRYG9SmnT6dN4Kx1xyBg

Hey, we're all goofing off here...

[rounder]

Me and My Uncle

Grateful Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRLYnwnAXM

Joni Mitchell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3lJg07u4w

John Phillips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofuOfpb2SCM

wihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_My_Unclekipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_My_Uncle

[pcxmbfj]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2012/2012/11/30/166230944/npr-musics-100-favorite-songs-of-2012

[19wisconsin64]

Tragically hip- Canada’s amazing band … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJ2rcYQC88

if you like metal (zeppelin style, but much darker)… Tool, from the good old USA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOiR_eZGLcc


well, if you have not heard Radiohead here you go …great with and without headphones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkf1X6RIPw

just imagine you are in a night club, it’s 4 am, and you are altered, and dancing, and you are 21 again…..can't write this name, will be deleted....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqlSawc0ZZ4&feature=related

1972 England – Nick Drake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1AkYgBTc4M , this guy was great

PJ Harvey – from England http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldCm-5fIUs0

more modern, amazing lyrics, still in the UK – Editors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMKEHQqREMo

back to the states – Death Cab For Cutie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XmbvfxMiUE

and something that is old and French sounding, yet new...Beruit Band ....wonderful!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWSz_PAfgNc



thanks for letting me play dj, hopefully something new for your cycling ears!

[tlittlefield]

Matt and Kim...

[rounder]

Another vote for the Zombies. She's Not There

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU

[rounder]

i was clicking around and found this...Roy Rogers, kingston trio, everly brothers, johnny cash, etc,

The song is not all that great, but where else are you going to see all those people in one place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUVvdX-UFbU&feature=player_detailpage

[carpediemracing]

I'll have to comb through for home-brewed alternative/punk bands.

There's one song that I really liked from the mid 80s, "alternative rock", probably a local band. It played on the WestConn station 91.7 FM (Western CT State Univ?). Some lyrics, from the top of my head:

Shalala sing a simple song (might be Shanana)
But in my mind everything is wrong
blah blah blah
See the face I have to shave

part of refrain:
Every single day I play the game,
Every single day I blah blah blah,

Any old timers recognize this song? I have it on a cassette somewhere, I need to convert to mp3, but I need to find the cassette etc etc etc.

I have some (cycling) clips on YouTube under Sprinterdellacasa. I use music from bands my brothers were in. One of the more standard songs I use is this one from the band URT (now defunct). This is them performing "Deepest Knife" at their last show in 2002. I used a studio recording for the actual song as I videotaped the show thinking I'd have a recording to work with (the Elbo Room said that they'd record the sound). No recording so I had to fudge a bit. Any odd flashes etc are me adjusting the video track to match the sound (not always successful).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEhBqPNiNA

I hope to make a couple more clips of URT but it's way more time consuming than the 10-40 hours it takes me to do a cycling clip.

[Fixed]

Anything with McCoy tyner on piano
Also the Great Wall by Kenny Garrett
Cheer

[Fixed]

Chicken Shack

Jimmy smith ?

[William]

I know you've probably heard of the group, but have you heard the song?

Vince Guaraldi Trio 'Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyDHrp8wP4I





William

[William]

Or, how about a little "Jazz Casual"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEmhPs0RAek





William

[Mtbnutty]

Joe Bonamassa

One of the least known yet best guitarist out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol4QqKBkAgQ

[fa63]

For the metal fans, I just had the pleasure of being introduced to Pallbearer. Their album "Sorrow and Extinction" is outstanding IMO.

[jeduardo]

There has been a number of great bands/music shared in this thread, but I just wanted to weigh in w/a couple of very nice offerings (IMHO) from the "great white north"

The Headstones recently reformed & doing dhows in the US:
"Smile & Wave" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k2fus9X9O8Q) lifted from the TV series Flashpoint

After the Headstones dibanded in '03 frontman Hugh formed the, Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir, and recorded cool songs like "Number On The Wall" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vPDmAH1mdCM)

"The Trews" "Tired of Waiting" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=naH-f0deIL0) acoustic performance from 4/11


Tragically hip- Canada’s amazing band … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJ2rcYQC88

[rounder]

Lyle Lovett is great.

If I Had a Boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evzpIVnMVs

If I Needed You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N10tbEXyaUU

My Baby Don't Tolerate (this is good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3BgRbnzxb4

Smas

Smashing a perfectly Good Guitar - John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UZ1Y4BRhVE

[bluemax]

Just added Lyle's "It's not big, It's Large" to the digital library tonight.

[mister]

http://youtu.be/8QLL2j8ZtxE

[fa63]

If there are any Tool fans out there, I highly recommend checking out Soen and their album "Cognitive". Great album IMO.

[pcxmbfj]

[QUOTE=jeduardo;1269668]There has been a number of great bands/music shared in this thread, but I just wanted to weigh in w/a couple of very nice offerings (IMHO) from the "great white north"




The New Pornographers, Neko Case (all members have solo career, Canadian superband)

[SamIAm]

Recently discovered Josh Garrels and in particular this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqia1Ft1Zy4

Made me take a good hard look at the consumerism in my life. Very talented musician.

[wc1934]

First Aid Kit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC57z-oDPLs

[Brucer]

My Top Ten for the rollers:

Tragically Hip, Three Pistols.. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B6ZLM7yK8c

Tom Petty, Running Down A Dream . . .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs

David Wilcox, Riverboat Fantasy . . .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcJz4eJwLwc

Steve Miller, Space Cowboy . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMw0FPA9lyI

Bob Seger, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q9kjvUQQVY

Allman Brothers, Ramblin' Man . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x28jaeyX2s

Ten Years After, I'm Goin' Home . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdu3Eq3hNs

Dion, Turn Me Loose . . .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Upr4oDoleg

Dave Mason, Feelin' All Right . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcIjG9N1Qs

Bo Diddley, Who Do You Love . . .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h78cSyxrhWU

BONUS

George Thoroughgood, Who Do You Love . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceuUccihg-k

[William]

BUMP!

Some of the younger crowd may not have heard early Tubes work...

White Punks on Dope...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltXDMQsQQ

A little later when they started getting more into mainstream/MTV-ish.

Talk To Ya Later...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0







W.

[jr59]

Joe Bonamassa

One of the least known yet best guitarist out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol4QqKBkAgQ

He is a great technician with the guitar. I like him with Beth Heart, who adds more soul, so to speak.

You might also look up Samantha Fish.

[David Tollefson]

There were many in the 80's that caught my ear, one-hit wonders that had much better stuff that never got airplay.

Gerry Rafferty had two hits, Baker Street and Night Owl (even this one is obscure), and he really only had the two albums that went anywhere. But even on those, many other cuts were far better. I loved Family Tree, and The Way That You Do It.

Atlanta Rhythm Section? Yeah, everyone knows Imaginary Lover, and maybe even Champagne Jam, of So Into You. Goddard was one hell of a bassist. I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight was good fun stuff.

Firefall was great mixing flute into pop/rock. Not Jethro Tull by any means, it was just mixed in there well. People will nod when they hear You Are The Woman, but then there was Strange Way and Headed for a Fall.

[wc1934]

Lyle Lovett is great.

If I Had a Boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evzpIVnMVs

If I Needed You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N10tbEXyaUU

My Baby Don't Tolerate (this is good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3BgRbnzxb4

Smas

Smashing a perfectly Good Guitar - John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UZ1Y4BRhVE

He is - thanks for sharing - i didnt know that he played with Townes Van Zandt, whom I also love.

Here is one performed by Lovett, written by Guy Clark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GVpeKmniLY

And something by Ray LaMontagne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6POcQ5wiUa4

[Bob Ross]

BUMP!Some of the younger crowd may not have heard early Tubes work...

White Punks on Dope...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltXDMQsQQ

A little later when they started getting more into mainstream/MTV-ish.

Talk To Ya Later...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0


From the same approximate time period as The Completion Backwards Principle and "Talk To Ya Later" comes this absolute gem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xff_Uw7VGe0

[wc1934]

Good finger picking from Carolina Chocolate Drops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMmi03BxtA

[cmg]

This may be a topic for a new thread. I'm not a fan of nostalgia and don't really like classic rock or any station playing music that's older than a year or two. So the question becomes how do you discover new music? KEXP, WBER. 3wk are good sources. radio.net is a good place to search for online radio stations and rockradio.com, jazzradio. com have a good selection of genres but the search continues. I don't have access to Pandora or most music services where you have to register. Are there any others?

[XXtwindad]

There were many in the 80's that caught my ear, one-hit wonders that had much better stuff that never got airplay.

Gerry Rafferty had two hits, Baker Street and Night Owl (even this one is obscure), and he really only had the two albums that went anywhere. But even on those, many other cuts were far better. I loved Family Tree, and The Way That You Do It.

Atlanta Rhythm Section? Yeah, everyone knows Imaginary Lover, and maybe even Champagne Jam, of So Into You. Goddard was one hell of a bassist. I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight was good fun stuff.

Firefall was great mixing flute into pop/rock. Not Jethro Tull by any means, it was just mixed in there well. People will nod when they hear You Are The Woman, but then there was Strange Way and Headed for a Fall.

More 80s nostalgia/guilty pleasures: David and David "Welcome to the Boomtown"

[XXtwindad]

Rachid Taha. Recently passed Rai master. Supposedly gave the Clash the inspiration for "Rock the Casbah."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zp1m0xbkap4

[cgolvin]

This may be a topic for a new thread. I'm not a fan of nostalgia and don't really like classic rock or any station playing music that's older than a year or two. So the question becomes how do you discover new music? KEXP, WBER. 3wk are good sources. radio.net is a good place to search for online radio stations and rockradio.com, jazzradio. com have a good selection of genres but the search continues. I don't have access to Pandora or most music services where you have to register. Are there any others?

I used to subscribe to KCRW's "Today's Top Tune" podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/todays-top-tune/id138767891?mt=2

It's by no means all new artists but I found it a good source of exposure to things I might not have otherwise found (I notice in the directory that KEXP and plenty of other local public radio stations have similar podcasts). I no longer subscribe because it was too damned much to wade through.

Some people seem to like "All Songs Considered" though I find it very hit and miss and the talking heads can be annoying.

[Duende]

Shameless self promotion

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFP4CiWMpRkTqroWr5jYgIVsT7z2saPM

Working on a new record now! :)

[Ozz]

BUMP!

Some of the younger crowd may not have heard early Tubes work...
..

Saw the Tubes when they opened for David Bowie at the Tacoma Dome (1983)

They were fun...

Favorite from that era was Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

Paul Westerberg is another good one.....(The Replacements)

Sonic Youth opened for Neil Young at the Coliseum was also good

[Mzilliox]

Maybe they are in here somewhere, maybe i even already posted it, but:
Broken Social Scene
Beta Band

[Mzilliox]

Shameless self promotion

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFP4CiWMpRkTqroWr5jYgIVsT7z2saPM

Working on a new record now! :)

Right on, thanks for sharing!

[donevwil]

PHOX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUn3rZ2g5pA)

[XXtwindad]

Saw the Tubes when they opened for David Bowie at the Tacoma Dome (1983)

They were fun...

Favorite from that era was Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

Paul Westerberg is another good one.....(The Replacements)

Sonic Youth opened for Neil Young at the Coliseum was also good

Brings back SO many memories from the mid and late 80s! Personal favorite "Brand New Friend" Just listened to it again ... it's the Summer of '88. Fond memories. Well done, Ozz...

[nate2351]

I'm guessing Larkin Poe goes big in 2019.


https://youtu.be/Iqh1IOXx2QY?t=130

https://youtu.be/Rfzxr2f9L7I

[Ozz]

Brings back SO many memories from the mid and late 80s! Personal favorite "Brand New Friend" Just listened to it again ... it's the Summer of '88. Fond memories. Well done, Ozz...
"My Bag" is top play on my "ride the trainer" mix.....:cool::beer:

[benb]

I made a playlist of songs from the following artists last night. Took the list of names out of a book I read, take a guess what the common variable is. Plenty of artists I'm not that familiar with here. There is a hint I could add to the list.

Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N Roll Trio
James Burton
Johnny Cash
Muddy Waters
Albert Collins
Steve Cropper
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Roy Buchanan
Waylon Jennings
Merle Hagard
Buck Owens
The Yardbirds
Doc Watson & Clarence White
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Dr. Feelgood
Bill Kirchen
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Bruce Springsteen
The Clash
The Police
Danny Gatton
Redd Volkaert
Dwight Yoakam
Jerry Donahue
The Pretenders
Jim Campilongo
Marty Stuart
Vince Gill
The Minutemen
G.E. Smith
Brent Mason
The Pixies
Duke Levine
Radiohead
Blur
John 5 & The Creatures
Brad Paisley

[Ozz]

Brings back SO many memories from the mid and late 80s! Personal favorite "Brand New Friend" Just listened to it again ... it's the Summer of '88. Fond memories. Well done, Ozz...

Summer of '88 wrapped up for me at Autzen Stadium (University of Oregon), Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff and Robert Cray.....bloody hot.....they had the fire hoses on spraying the crowd.

[buddybikes]

Thanks!!!!!! For this thread, finding new artists! lets keep it going

[wc1934]

I made a playlist of songs from the following artists last night. Took the list of names out of a book I read, take a guess what the common variable is. Plenty of artists I'm not that familiar with here. There is a hint I could add to the list.

Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N Roll Trio
James Burton
Johnny Cash
Muddy Waters
Albert Collins
Steve Cropper
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Roy Buchanan
Waylon Jennings
Merle Hagard
Buck Owens
The Yardbirds
Doc Watson & Clarence White
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Dr. Feelgood
Bill Kirchen
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Bruce Springsteen
The Clash
The Police
Danny Gatton
Redd Volkaert
Dwight Yoakam
Jerry Donahue
The Pretenders
Jim Campilongo
Marty Stuart
Vince Gill
The Minutemen
G.E. Smith
Brent Mason
The Pixies
Duke Levine
Radiohead
Blur
John 5 & The Creatures
Brad Paisley

Tell me!!! you have Roy Buchanan on that list so it must be good

[OtayBW]

I made a playlist of songs from the following artists last night. Took the list of names out of a book I read, take a guess what the common variable is. Plenty of artists I'm not that familiar with here. There is a hint I could add to the list.

Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N Roll Trio
James Burton
Johnny Cash
Muddy Waters
Albert Collins
Steve Cropper
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Roy Buchanan
Waylon Jennings
Merle Hagard
Buck Owens
The Yardbirds
Doc Watson & Clarence White
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Dr. Feelgood
Bill Kirchen
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Bruce Springsteen
The Clash
The Police
Danny Gatton
Redd Volkaert
Dwight Yoakam
Jerry Donahue
The Pretenders
Jim Campilongo
Marty Stuart
Vince Gill
The Minutemen
G.E. Smith
Brent Mason
The Pixies
Duke Levine
Radiohead
Blur
John 5 & The Creatures
Brad PaisleyThrow these guys into the mix:
Paul Franklin
Sweetheart of the Rodeo/Gram Parsons/Burritos
Jim Campilongo (oops! Got it. Well then 2x on Campilongo)
Danny Gatton (added again for good measure)
Magic Sam
...just a few in this vein. I could go on...

[zetroc]

Handsome Furs
Bill Monroe
Howe Gelb/Giant Sand
Fever Ray
Graham Parker
The Unicorns

[zennmotion]

This may be a topic for a new thread. I'm not a fan of nostalgia and don't really like classic rock or any station playing music that's older than a year or two. So the question becomes how do you discover new music? KEXP, WBER. 3wk are good sources. radio.net is a good place to search for online radio stations and rockradio.com, jazzradio. com have a good selection of genres but the search continues. I don't have access to Pandora or most music services where you have to register. Are there any others?

accuradio.com is a great streaming website, register for free with an email address to eliminate the ads. Choose a channel/genre and someone else has done the curating for you (for better or worse) but I discover new stuff in there all the time. My favorite channels are all over the map including less common stuff like acid jazz, brit rock, Afro-pop, blues, world music, and lots of classical. It's nice to not have to put together a playlist, just pick one and do your taxes:cool:. And of course, youtube can be a rabbit hole, but worth exploring, the more you use it the better the suggestions get- search there for KQED tiny desk concerts for some gems. Here's something new...(YMMV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsNKSbTNd5I
You can also search youtube for live recordings from the music festivals (like Montreaux, Glastonbury, Newport etc) to catch something you haven't discovered yet

[93KgBike]

Jesse Mae Hemphill - Streamline Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbESzWz75U

[William]

Lately groups like...

Lettuce
Galactic
The City Champs
Benard Purdie
Trombone Shorty
Kelan Phillip Cohran and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble







W.

[XXtwindad]

"My Bag" is top play on my "ride the trainer" mix.....:cool::beer:

Another Scottish band that came and went. Music, more than any other art medium, can take you back to a time and place.

In the Summer of '91, I lived with my first love in a tiny village on the Swiss/Italian border. This song received heavy play on the local airways :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8q6wkdDDlA

Fantastic memories.

[fkelly]

Been going to one or two Richard Thompson concerts a year since about 1993. Before that I listened to his albums with his wife, at the time, Linda Thompson. Best harmonizing I ever heard. Richard just keeps keeping on and his voice is still strong nearing 70 years of age. He can even do an old folk song like Shenandoah where most singers his age would saw the plank off behind them and carry it off. His warped sense of humor hasn't deteriorated either.

A dead head for years, though they passed away effectively in 1995. The remainder have not aged all that gracefully. Some of the Jerry Garcia Band efforts were great, especially him channeling old Dylan songs. Dylan had the lyrics and ideas, Jerry had the rhythm and musicality. Or Jerry with Merle Saunders in Live at the Keystone.

Some classical: Yo Yo Ma playing Bach's cello concertos. Or Glenn Gould in the Well Tempered Clavier. Or, hell, any very good keyboard player doing the Well Tempered Clavier. The Emerson String Quartet. Full orchestral music tends to be over my head. I can follow a soloist or quartet a lot better and the music has enough complexity built in that I don't need 60 musicians (even great ones) to enjoy it.

Amazon music has been a great find. It took a billionaire with a net worth of 150 billion (who is counting?) to finally tame the licensing issues and make everything available to us peons. Steve Jobs had the idea 20 years ago but not the means to make it work fully.

[OtayBW]

If you're into this kind of thing, I'll also add:

Delmore Bros.
Louvin Bros.
Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)
Everly Bros.

Hint: Sibling duos have what I would call the 'tightest and most pungent' harmonies going, in this case, largely drawn from the southern Gospel tradition.

[wc1934]

Been going to one or two Richard Thompson concerts a year since about 1993. Before that I listened to his albums with his wife, at the time, Linda Thompson. Best harmonizing I ever heard. Richard just keeps keeping on and his voice is still strong nearing 70 years of age. He can even do an old folk song like Shenandoah where most singers his age would saw the plank off behind them and carry it off. His warped sense of humor hasn't deteriorated either.

A dead head for years, though they passed away effectively in 1995. The remainder have not aged all that gracefully. Some of the Jerry Garcia Band efforts were great, especially him channeling old Dylan songs. Dylan had the lyrics and ideas, Jerry had the rhythm and musicality. Or Jerry with Merle Saunders in Live at the Keystone.

Some classical: Yo Yo Ma playing Bach's cello concertos. Or Glenn Gould in the Well Tempered Clavier. Or, hell, any very good keyboard player doing the Well Tempered Clavier. The Emerson String Quartet. Full orchestral music tends to be over my head. I can follow a soloist or quartet a lot better and the music has enough complexity built in that I don't need 60 musicians (even great ones) to enjoy it.

Amazon music has been a great find. It took a billionaire with a net worth of 150 billion (who is counting?) to finally tame the licensing issues and make everything available to us peons. Steve Jobs had the idea 20 years ago but not the means to make it work fully.

I wore out 1952 vincent and and beeswing.
Not to mention, the dude can play guitar!!

[fkelly]

I wore out 1952 vincent and and beeswing.
Not to mention, the dude can play guitar!!

Yeah. He still does Vincent and Beeswing at nearly every concert. The lyrics of Beeswing are heart-wrenching.

Last summer I saw him at the Levon Helms studio down in Woodstock, NY. It can be a bit of a free for all but we scrambled (70 year old scramble) to front row seats. A thunderstorm hit and power went out. He played anyway, acoustic until 2/3 of way through the power came on. His guitar playing: what I noticed is that he's both strumming and finger-picking melodies at the same time. It's like a whole band in one player.

When he's not doing concerts he's doing master classes at music camps.

[GOTHBROOKS]

if youre bored in your cubicle at work why not plug into a goth brooks mixtape? all sourced from my own vinyl. some segues are harsher than others.
http://www.mixcloud.com/gothbrooks

[glepore]

James McMurtry. His literary sense gets stronger with each record, and he has a tremendous wry wit and the sense of place in each of his songs is amazing, whether he singing about folks in Kansas or fishermen on the Long Island Sound.

Ray Wylie Hubbard-ditto, with more of a voodoo edge.

They're both regulars at the Continental Club...keep Austin weird.

[joosttx]

Surfbort is the bomb. May not be for everyone but I love them.

https://youtu.be/fV63Y8iEzjA


If you are into 70-ish R&B check a guy called Swamp Dog.

https://youtu.be/7ybGaah300I
https://youtu.be/xpMpfZ5Hriw

If you dig alt country check out the Old 97s ( I went to highschool with their lead singer)

https://youtu.be/JP6qVHewnQc

If you like something crazy check out Dread Zeppelin, a reggae Zeppelin cover band with an Elvis impersonator fronting them.

https://youtu.be/CZHWy6W00oM

[m4rk540]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CncZorQNQ1E

[wc1934]

Yeah. He still does Vincent and Beeswing at nearly every concert. The lyrics of Beeswing are heart-wrenching.

Last summer I saw him at the Levon Helms studio down in Woodstock, NY. It can be a bit of a free for all but we scrambled (70 year old scramble) to front row seats. A thunderstorm hit and power went out. He played anyway, acoustic until 2/3 of way through the power came on. His guitar playing: what I noticed is that he's both strumming and finger-picking melodies at the same time. It's like a whole band in one player.

When he's not doing concerts he's doing master classes at music camps.

Yes, I read somewhere that he uses a finger pick but also plucks the strings.
Lucky you to have sen him in The Barn - how did you get tickets? Delmar pretty close?

[buddybikes]

Check out Yo Yo MA - The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Chris Thile fun stuff

[fkelly]

Yes, I read somewhere that he uses a finger pick but also plucks the strings.
Lucky you to have sen him in The Barn - how did you get tickets? Delmar pretty close?

Delmar is about 50 miles north of Woodstock. I use an app called Bandisintown. Pretty clever: they scan your music collection (with permission) and then let you know about any concerts by anyone in there (or associated musicians) near your location. I think that's how I found out about the Thompson concerts at Helm Studios (Summer of 2017 and 2018). You have to be online when they go on sale (date announced in advance). Even then it can be hit or miss. Sometimes they add a second date and I've had better luck with that. The place maybe sits 150? No assigned seats. Funky. Talking to people waiting in line, there are people who follow him all over ... sort of like the 1980's Deadheads but well behaved. Haha: well behaved == old.

I didn't see the finger pick even from the first row. All I know is that he makes the guitar sound like two different instruments at once. Or three ... or ... Still when he plays with a bass player and a drummer it adds a depth that he can't match by himself.

In Albany we have this place called the Egg. Richard plays there once a year, usually October or November. From where I live I can drive there, be parked and be in my seat in 20 minutes. Once of the most convenient and acoustically good environments I've ever been to.

[kingpin75s]

I have been listening to a lot of Japanese music this past year across multiple genres such as jazz, electronic, fusions of both as well as psychedelic rock etc:

Artist: Kikagaku Moyo
Album: Masana Temples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNzsRauOeqE&t=464s

Artist: Cornelius
Album: Mellow Waves
Title: If You're Here (First song and link you to list of album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr5f6hpYxmE&list=PLtZ60ULw7LGlYD0PGb3nbMUW_R-aP6DiF

Artist: Maki Asakawa
Album: Maki Asakawa Complilation
Title: Gogo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKTeS_ypHYw

All 3 of these albums are in my regular rotation.

[doomridesout]

Dorothy Ashby: Funky jazz harp (as in, the stringed one) with production by David Axelrod. Moody, beautiful.

Necros Christos: Sick ritual death-doom metal that rips.

Who am I even talking to here? GOTHBROOKS I like your mixes dude.

[GOTHBROOKS]

haha, shredder. thanks for comin out and keepin the scene alive.

[Clean39T]

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/13/647397754/gogo-penguin-tiny-desk-concert]Maybe[/url] they are in here somewhere, maybe i even already posted it, but:
Broken Social Scene
Beta Band

I'll cheers to Broken Social Scene...and Beta Band is just classic groovin...

"I will now sell five copies of the 3 EPs by the Beta Band" -- "Do it.."

https://youtu.be/VHPLjyvPkBU

And for some of my own, I have to go to the artists I will never tire of listening to:

Sigur Ros, Go Go Penguin, Radiohead, Kaki King, Mum, Boards of Canada, Cat Power, Aphex Twin, MIA, Tycho.

Maybe you haven't heard Go Go Penguin - but you should - they are good - and there's a fun NPR Tiny Desk concert with them: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/13/647397754/gogo-penguin-tiny-desk-concert

[thirdgenbird]

Wax on Radio

It’s hard for me to believe their only album was over 10 years ago. These kids made a heck of an album together. You wouldn’t guess it’s a group of guys in their teens/early 20s lead by a song-writer who dropped out of high school. There are several videos on YouTube, but it’s best to take in the album begging to end.

[djg]

I wore out 1952 vincent and and beeswing.
Not to mention, the dude can play guitar!!

Amen. I mean, I do love some of his songs, and he's a terrific performer, but he's a player above all.

Coming out of a different folk tradition, I'm pretty psyched to have tickets to see Billy Strings in February.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNTWGQbgv8s

[buddybikes]

Modern bluegrass people- or those who appreciate just good musician - Sara Jarosz, my go to when I need to chill in car. Met her when she was 18, opening for Steve Martin.

[djg]

Modern bluegrass people- or those who appreciate just good musician - Sara Jarosz, my go to when I need to chill in car. Met her when she was 18, opening for Steve Martin.

She's terrific -- caught her with the Milk Carton Kids in Boston a few years ago. Have you heard "I'm with Her"? It's Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, and Aoife O'Donovan.

[redir]

This video has been making the rounds, not so much about an artist but rather an instrument. I play a few baroque pieces on classical guitar and I love the era and the technique. I've never seen this instrument before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVabz8LneI4

[benb]

That list I posted was bands/artists who have been called out as significant players of Fender Telecasters... (I have one)

Took the list out of a book I read.

I made a playlist, but in a lot of cases I don't know that I picked the best song, so I just put the artists up.

[buddybikes]

>>She's terrific -- caught her with the Milk Carton Kids in Boston a few years ago. Have you heard "I'm with Her"? It's Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, and Aoife O'Donovan.


they are often seen on "Live from Here" NPR, Chris Thile's takeover of Garrison Keillor. worth listening to with Sat dinner and they post past shows on livefromhere.org

[WNC rider]

James McMurtry. His literary sense gets stronger with each record, and he has a tremendous wry wit and the sense of place in each of his songs is amazing, whether he singing about folks in Kansas or fishermen on the Long Island Sound.

Very much agree on McMurtry!
I'll try to keep this brief.
I was a huge McMurtry-head a while back. Got turned onto him mainly by Laura at KPIG when I was living in Monterey. He used to play in the central CA area very often, I think I've seen him 40 times or more, I dunno, I stopped counting. Used to see him in this very tiny bar Henflings (on the bend in Ben Lomond), where the stage was so tiny their equipment was literally hanging off the stage with little room for them to stand on stage. One July 4th weekend I saw 3 shows in two days. This was back in his cut-off jeans and ratty t-shirt period. He's improved his onstage wardobe over the years. I'd often get to shows early, and had several pre-show conversations with him & band. On one "mini tour" I did, I saw three shows in a row, different cities, and wanted to see the fourth show, but it was sold out. After the third show I saw the band loading up their van and asked Darren Hess (drummer) if there were any tickets available for the fourth show, he said no, but recognized me from previous shows, and put me on the guest list. That was pretty cool, and the show was great. I much prefer his earlier stuff. I've not been following him too much after Childish Things and after Ronnie left the band. I still check his website once in a while to see if he's going to be playing in town, he typically does once or twice a year. Late last year I found out the day of the show that he was in town, but there was no way I could have made it. I did get the concert poster from the local grocery store though (a sign I probably walked past 20 times without even noticing, grrrr!!!). I could go on, I've got lots of good McMurtry memories, but that's enough for now.
Check him out.

Some music others might not know about...
-Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. I don't understand the words, but there are times when I just need to put something on to mentally energize myself while working, and this does the trick. Gets into great grooves and next thing I know I'll have a ton of work done and it's 4 hours later.
-Tonetta. Brutally honest, vile, repulsive, extrememely explicit, nsfw. Again, it's one of those things where I'll put it on (youtube "videos" of his full albums) and the next thing I know an hour is gone and it seems like five minutes has passed. You'll have to do your own research on him, just don't say I didn't warn you.
On that note, I listen, pretty much exclusively, to WFMU https://wfmu.org/ online, and when I am fortunate enough to be in the area I'll listen to the on-air broadcast. Anyway, they have several streams available, with a very wide variety of music and a huge musical archive of past shows. Every day I hear music I've never heard before or again, and I'd say the overall quality level is very high.

[wc1934]

This video has been making the rounds, not so much about an artist but rather an instrument. I play a few baroque pieces on classical guitar and I love the era and the technique. I've never seen this instrument before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVabz8LneI4

amazing - thanks for sharing. I never saw nor even heard of a theorbo.

[m4rk540]

Three generations of American Gothic

Karen Dalton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZfrYhI1Kkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsYHN7eCCtU

Diamanda Galas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0AIjnQ8t30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7LYmpgGMM

Joanna Newsom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky9Ro9pP2gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOAfA5SDq50

[XXtwindad]

Three generations of American Gothic

Karen Dalton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZfrYhI1Kkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsYHN7eCCtU

Diamanda Galas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0AIjnQ8t30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7LYmpgGMM

Joanna Newsom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky9Ro9pP2gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOAfA5SDq50

Interesting article I read recently: Diamanda Galas supposedly has the most expansive vocal range of any singer in recent history, ahead people like Freddie Mercury.

[benb]

Blue Bash - 1963 album from Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith

Another one from guitar lessons. My teacher's forgotten about more great music than I've heard!

[cash05458]

Here's a song from my old band Volcano Suns...Merge records brought out a reissue for the 25th anniversary about ten years ago...you can still order our records and I make about 85 cents a copy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpRSwrlTbA&list=RDULpRSwrlTbA&start_radio=1

[m4rk540]

Here's a song from my old band Volcano Suns...Merge records brought out a reissue for the 25th anniversary about ten years ago...you can still order our records and I make about 85 cents a copy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpRSwrlTbA&list=RDULpRSwrlTbA&start_radio=1

Time to pull out my copy of The Bright Orange Years. Also, a few days ago a friend posted a photo of Bob Weston mastering his new album.

https://www.instagram.com/thechavezravine/

[charliedid]

Here's a song from my old band Volcano Suns...Merge records brought out a reissue for the 25th anniversary about ten years ago...you can still order our records and I make about 85 cents a copy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpRSwrlTbA&list=RDULpRSwrlTbA&start_radio=1

Nice!

That's a pretty long list of members if I recall (those days are a bit of a blur) I feel like I saw a Rathskeller show and a couple early Chicago shows.

Were you early,middle or late era?

Thanks for posting. I'm gonna go put on Bumper Crop

[cash05458]

Nice!

That's a pretty long list of members if I recall (those days are a bit of a blur) I feel like I saw a Rathskeller show and a couple early Chicago shows.

Were you early,middle or late era?

Thanks for posting. I'm gonna go put on Bumper Crop

Charlie...first two albums lineup...I am not on bumpercrop tho we had already written all those songs and then we busted up...brother superior is a song on there about me...not kind! yep a lot of bad nights at the rat...I think chicago we had gg allin opening for us! If you saw that show that was an experience...

[cash05458]

Time to pull out my copy of The Bright Orange Years. Also, a few days ago a friend posted a photo of Bob Weston mastering his new album.

https://www.instagram.com/thechavezravine/

nice if you still have that...I don't have a copy anymore...Bob did all the remastering tho on the reissues...pretty much worked for free and one of my favorite folks...Bob is a sweetheart of a guy...he even rides bikes actually!

[charliedid]

Charlie...first two albums lineup...I am not on bumpercrop tho we had already written all those songs and then we busted up...brother superior is a song on there about me...not kind! yep a lot of bad nights at the rat...I think chicago we had gg allin opening for us! If you saw that show that was an experience...

I don't recall GG Allin, though not sure I would have stuck around. Was that a legit show in Chicago or a loft gig?

Great time back then. I lived for a short time in Allston right across the pedestrian bridge over the turnpike. I'm pretty sure I was drunk the entire time :-)

[cash05458]

nah, would have been in a club at that point I think...I know the area where you lived and I was up the road about a half mile...our guitar player Jon Williams lived right where you were...man, allston was a pit back then...student hell...prolly even worse now I would imagine.

[charliedid]

nah, would have been in a club at that point I think...I know the area where you lived and I was up the road about a half mile...our guitar player Jon Williams lived right where you were...man, allston was a pit back then...student hell...prolly even worse now I would imagine.

Allston was depressing. I hated it.

Do you recall playing West End in Chicago? Maybe a Metro show with Big Black and or Naked Raygun? My old brain...So were you also in Big Dipper?

Anyway I don't want to derail this thread too much.

Nice chat.

[cash05458]

yeah, dont want to derail either...but sure it was the metro...certainly with big black alot and naked raygun...wasn't in big dipper but those guys are all close friends of mine from back then and still...big dipper had a song on the movie gold (?) if that's the name...some mathew mcawhatever movie about a gold rush...Big Dipper were very cool. If you go on facebook those guys are out there...their old singer, Bill Goffier, used to be in a great and important midwest band called The Embarrassment...he is now a painter and a really good one actually...good folks.

[sjbraun]

YR by Steve Tibbetts. I think you can find it on the ECM label.

[charliedid]

yeah, dont want to derail either...but sure it was the metro...certainly with big black alot and naked raygun...wasn't in big dipper but those guys are all close friends of mine from back then and still...big dipper had a song on the movie gold (?) if that's the name...some mathew mcawhatever movie about a gold rush...Big Dipper were very cool. If you go on facebook those guys are out there...their old singer, Bill Goffier, used to be in a great and important midwest band called The Embarrassment...he is now a painter and a really good one actually...good folks.

I don't know the Embarrassment but looked them up and it referenced Get Smart and Del Fuegos who I have not listened to in ages and totally forgot about.

So much great music.

Thanks

[Bob Ross]

Here's a song from my old band Volcano Suns

You were in Volcano Suns? Who are you? :banana:

I was a musician and audio engineer in Boston from '78-87 (and then again from '93-00), definitely saw Volcano Suns around town a few times. Loved that period of the local music scene.

[Plum Hill]

Throw these guys into the mix:
Paul Franklin
Sweetheart of the Rodeo/Gram Parsons/Burritos
Jim Campilongo (oops! Got it. Well then 2x on Campilongo)
Danny Gatton (added again for good measure)
Magic Sam
...just a few in this vein. I could go on...

I was fortunate to see Danny Gatton at The Sheldon Theater in St. Louis. I think it was around September of 1992. He was in STL to film a video with Delbert McClinton.
The audience had darn near every guitar player in town.

Caught Kirchen at a bar in Belleville, Il. years ago. His band played for $300, dinner, and a room at the Super 8 across the street.
Earlier yet with the old Commander.

[OtayBW]

I was fortunate to see Danny Gatton at The Sheldon Theater in St. Louis. I think it was around September of 1992. He was in STL to film a video with Delbert McClinton.
The audience had darn near every guitar player in town.

Caught Kirchen at a bar in Belleville, Il. years ago. His band played for $300, dinner, and a room at the Super 8 across the street.
Earlier yet with the old Commander.I more or less keep Danny G in rotation in my truck. Just a wildly innovative, creative technician and artist the likes of which we will not see for a long time. I've still listen to a lot of the Commander (I'm a steel nut and I like Bobby Black's playing). I enjoy their sense of humor...

[Plum Hill]

Albert Lee is touring the US.
One of the finest guitars players ever. Head, Hands, and Feet; Hot Band; Clapton’s second guitar (where he put a blitzed out Clapton to shame).
http://albertleeofficial.com
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5X7v7iSA4yY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PscAZyOMGiA

[joosttx]

If you are a jazz fan. check this obscure album, The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, Charlie Mingus, Leonard Feather et al. It is one of the great works to come out of the Harlem Renaissance.

Yeah its Langston Hughes reading his poetry over Charlie Mingus and others....

https://youtu.be/aq2z98YAajg

[wc1934]

nah, would have been in a club at that point I think...I know the area where you lived and I was up the road about a half mile...our guitar player Jon Williams lived right where you were...man, allston was a pit back then...student hell...prolly even worse now I would imagine.
NOOOO - actually quite the opposite - BU and Harvard gobbling up property fast - rents are ridiculous. Do you remember the Groggery?

[pinkshogun]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca42E6QDEsM

[jamesdak]

Anything by Porcupine Tree. Wonderful sound on all the albums and the actual recording is amazing, especially the surround sound mastered stuff. Each album changes it up musically but each one is a gem.

[redir]

Big Black?

Wow... LOL that's a blast from the past.

Kerosene around and nothin' to do!

Hopefully you had someone clean up the stage after GG Allin...

[Brendan Quirk]

Yaeji - Korean/American in what I guess you'd call is a house/trance genre. I love it. Try "EP2" -- I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ApKhlTyGCM

[m4rk540]

X and John Doe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3giBqOkBxmQ

[OtayBW]

I've always found this to be one really nice piece of music: Zakir Hussain with John McGlaughlin and some other stellar guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHPCIIFP4Pg

Check out Water Girl (track 3):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au4mCwKyAj0
Or, to mine it a little deeper: Zakir Hussain w/Edgar Meyer, and Bela Fleck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NNmt_X3zxg

[Matthew]

Caroline's Spine. Monsoon and Attention Please are my favorite albums from them.

[martl]

X and John Doe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3giBqOkBxmQ

good call!

My call: Skunk Anansie are an amazing Alternative Rock band who, despite providing hit songs for a few hollywood movies (Strange Days, Cruel Intentions, Sucker Punch) never really made their way to the US market (they claim that because of their front woman being black, they got promoted as "black music", which misfired). They were a huge hit in Europe and the rest of the world though, headlining Glastonbury in '99 and touring with bands like Rollins Band, Aerosmith, U2 or Rammstein.
They reunited in 2011 and remain one of the most exciting live acts to witness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpolAGhP8k

Another call are Killing Joke, a band of 40 years, who went from Punk to Wave to Industrial/Post Punk. Covered by Metallica and the Foo Fighters, plagiarized by Nirvana, held in high esteem by almost everyone in the rock business, they influenced many superbands who passed them in popularity.
I saw them live in december and they still rock very hard indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54EtrRy3QgA

[parco]

A couple of my favs are Meeting by the River by Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Hey Zeus by X.

[m4rk540]

Yaeji - Korean/American in what I guess you'd call is a house/trance genre. I love it. Try "EP2" -- I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ApKhlTyGCM

The Field
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxEVhyvA0I

Junior Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiI-3uRfaSc

[XXtwindad]

X and John Doe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3giBqOkBxmQ

East Coast! The Dolls...


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I4A5yazr4

[exapkib]

Vulfpeck - young musicians working to recreate/develop the sound of Motown session bands, working with a rotating lineup of guests/singers to make some beautiful music. Lots of Joy in this music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq5LMGtBmis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0BLAEO93g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHQPG1xd9o

[Plum Hill]

Saw Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives last night.
Three Tele lineup:Stuart on Clarence White’s B-bender, Kenny Vaughn, and Chris Scruggs on a Telecaster bass.
Didn’t know what to expect but a darned good show. Excellent musicians all.
Small club venue was sold out.
I recall Vaughn from his days as Lucinda Williams’ guitarist. He was impressive back then.

[m4rk540]

The Sea and Cake - Weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd1-pkdi5BI

[93KgBike]

good call!

My call: Skunk Anansie are an amazing Alternative Rock band who, despite providing hit songs for a few hollywood movies (Strange Days, Cruel Intentions, Sucker Punch) never really made their way to the US market (they claim that because of their front woman being black, they got promoted as "black music", which misfired). They were a huge hit in Europe and the rest of the world though, headlining Glastonbury in '99 and touring with bands like Rollins Band, Aerosmith, U2 or Rammstein.
They reunited in 2011 and remain one of the most exciting live acts to witness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpolAGhP8k

Another call are Killing Joke, a band of 40 years, who went from Punk to Wave to Industrial/Post Punk. Covered by Metallica and the Foo Fighters, plagiarized by Nirvana, held in high esteem by almost everyone in the rock business, they influenced many superbands who passed them in popularity.
I saw them live in december and they still rock very hard indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54EtrRy3QgA

Agree, both are good bands that have bridged the decades. I think I saw Killing Joke with Corrosion of Conformity and Faith No More back in the '80s.

Skin, Skunk Anansie's lead singer, did a couple of solo projects also. What a voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAPWY0DGYGo

Wouldn't it have been cool if she'd done a project with Chris Cornell? sigh.

[jamesau]

Vulfpeck Awesome! Thanks for that!

Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg & Edgar Meyer from the Skip, Hop & Wobble album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r_hi4opLik

[choke]

Journey. Yes, that Journey...before Steve Perry. Musically they were a totally different band and you'd never guess that it was Journey if you heard one of their songs.

It's more of a progressive rock sound...heavy on the instruments and light on the vocals. Aynsley Dunbar was the drummer.

Their first album is easily in my top 5 of all time. Two of the seven songs are instrumentals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJRh4ls8VY

[RobJ]

The Marcus King Band..blues, soul kind of rock.

Not sure how wide spread these guys are but came across them for the first time today on XM


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[josephr]

+1 on Joe Bonamassa....good friend has seen him 5 or 6 times and can't stop talking about him. He is that good.


Currently enjoying The Flaming Lips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI55Q8gFIkg

Pandora is pretty good and have gotten a lot of good exposure, sometimes its tangents go off in directions I have no idea...once went from Bowie to some '50s gospel/blues. :confused:

Started using Spotify last year and haven't been happier. I have more control and can dload complete albums and get to enjoy the whole experience. If only Robert Fripp would stop being a jerk and release all the King Crimson stuff to online streaming.

[54ny77]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMeDgrD4yXQ

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore