Music recommendations!

[bhakti]

Alright all,

I am seriously jonesing for a new music fix, and I have no leads.

Help!

What is the coolest music you know, that I might not know already?

(Assume that all genres are fair game. Weird stuff is welcome, but so is mainstream, and everything in between.)

Comments

[chris_warrior]

um, this might be lame, but if you're looking for upbeat music, i really like Five For Fighting and Lifehouse.

[bhakti]

Mamadou Diabate definitely has a nice sound! Thanks for the recommendation.

Baka Beyond I know--very tasty stuff there too.

[ladyelsa]

My favorite band in college was Fleming & John. They put out two albums and then took a break to have a kid. I don't think they ever came back...

[kalisti23]

Regina Spektor is my new fave.

Oh, and in case you haven't heard, Groove Lilly wrote a musical. (sorry, I don't recall the name)

[bhakti]

Thanks!

And actually, they've written at least three, two of which they've made CDs out of. If you haven't heard the album A Little Midsummer Night's Music, you really should--it's from the musical version of Midsummer Night's Dream that they wrote. A lot of it is the actual Shakespeare set to music, with a few original songs to frame the set... really good stuff.

[keimel]

Recently found music for me?

Great Big Sea - Newfie Seafaring Rock

I happen to have some here. But support them by buying records at dredpiratebunny's company.

Zoe Keating - amazing cellist. All natural cello, but using electronics for looping and such. Wonderful.

I have some of her stuff here.

Kelly Joe Phelps - a NY artist (I think) who plays some mean guitar and a funky bluesy tune way. Entertaining, a bit gritty, a bit bluegrassy, a good voice. I don't have any of his stuff yet though.

Those are three new artists in my world.