1. Sananda Maitreya - hands down my favorite artist...his music just speaks to my soul.

2. Jimi Hendrix - more than just a musician...it's like the guy was a connection between the spirit world and the physical world.

3. The Beatles - AWESOME!!!!

also...

4. The Rolling Stones - I've just recently started to seriously appreciate them.

5. Sly Stone - alot of his stuff is so ahead of his time...


Edit: I forgot to mention....

6. The Strokes - Great band!!!

7. Lenny Kravitz















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[Edited 4/13/07 10:38am]

June7 said:

Thanks, I hope it works also.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Mary J Blige
R. Kelly
Sade
Native American music
Gospel

I mainly listen to the following:

Prince
2Pac
Nirvana
Michael Jackson
Zapp & Roger
Hole
Nine Inch Nails
Guns N' Roses
Joni Mitchell
Nas
Sublime
Swami
Cameo

I may edit this and give reasons why later. But I'm at work right now.
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1. TTD/Sananda Maitreya
2. The Sundays
3. Peven Everett
4. Adriana Evans
5. Esthero
6. Hooverphonic
7. Saint Etienne
8. Clara Hill
9. Qunitessence
10.Zero 7

I frequently listen to what I consider great singers--
Caetano Veloso
Ray Charles
Dionne Warwick
Ella Fitzgerald
Dusty Springfield

Also great songwriters--
Silvio Rodríguez
Bob Dylan
Stevie Wonder

Sometimes I play great rock bands--
The Rolling Stones
Blondie
Joy Division

And when I`m in the mood, great pianists--
Thelonious Monk

My salsa heroes--
Los Van Van
Rubén Blades y Willie Colón

My latin jazz men--
Irakere

Rock en Español Personajes--
Charly García
Fito Páez

Mi maestra--
Chabuca Granda

Hmmm Ten other artists I listen to.

Sad to say...95% Prince here.

The other 5%

Last cd I bought (a week ago) Rumors by Fleetwood Mac.

No Doubt

EWF

Meshell (I've bought one of here cd's thanks to Supa )

Los Lonely Boys (Bought one of their cd's that has a song on it I like)

Lenny Kravitz (Haven't bought anything of his in around 6 years)

I don't go by person, I go by song overall.

I use to think I was very into music but it turns out overall I am not.

Let me think...this is really hard for me and actually something I've just noticed about myself in the last year.

Sad isn't it?

James Brown (The Godfather....enuf said)

Cameo (just a fun band...lots of great tunes)

Sananda Maitreya (TTD) (have always loved his voice )

No Doubt (again.. just fun to listen to)

Nirvana (suprised? me too..)

Run-DMC (the best rap EVER...)

Sam Cooke (smooth..smooth smooth)

Dixie Chicks (suprised? me too)

John Denver (YES !!! my sister brian-washed me and it hasn't worn off)

and as my tenth and final artist...just a collective of all that 80's stuff.. it's my past and I still LOVE it

Bootsy Collins
Lewis Taylor
Miles Davis
Jamie Lidell
James Brown
Herbie Hancock
Charlie Hunter
Victor Wooten
Stevie Wonder
Paul McCartney

Mariah Carey (beautiful, The Voice, inspiring)

Christina Aguilera (beautiful, The Voice, inspiring)

India.Arie (beautiful, and inspiring)

Alicia Keys (same as India)

Joss Stone (love her music)

Dixie Chicks (2 words: true talent)

Van Hunt ()

John Legend ()

Jamie Cullum (I love his piano playing)

Corinne Bailey Rae (I just love everything about her)

What rocks my world changes quite frequently...

So in no particular order, here's my list for now*

Pet Shop Boys - Best english songwriting duo in existance since Lennon/McArtney & Morrisey/Marr partnerships have "dissolved"

The Cure - All time fave. Will never tire of their music.

Sonic Youth - Been listening to Rather Ripped & The Destroyed Room all week. Thurston Moore is a guitar hero.

Dinosaur Jr - Can't wait for their new album. J Mascus another guitar hero.

Karate - Just f*cking amazing musicians. Highly reccomended.

Yo La Tengo - Their new album is really growing on me.

Bright Eyes - Listening to these guys is like reading a novel. Great stuff, great lyrics.

Daniel Johnston - Always have an album of his handy in case I need some cheering up.

Preston School of Industry - Beautifuly simple tunes.

Sun Kil Moon - Got the Tiny Citys album recently, and it's addictive.

Thats it for now








*Prince omitted as requested

Since seeing the vintage Soul Train episode, I've been listening to Al Green on a regular basis, like...non-stop basis. Others I turn to often lately:

Tevin Campbell
Bilal
John Legend
India.Arie
Seal
Van Hunt
Stevie Wonder
Raheem Devaughn
Me'shell Ndegeocello

chocolate1 said:

I typed this before work one morning...

I forgot Carlos Santana!!

I have tons of Cds and vinyl so it´s really tough to simmer it down to just ten artists, and I know I´ll forget a few, and my taste also changes every now and then, and some artists will always be among my favorites even though I might not listen to their music for a while , these phases come and go, but here´s a short list anyway.

1. Master Ace: One of my favorite rappers...I don´t like everything he´s released but there are some true gems on every album. I like his storytelling, the beats he uses, his clear way of rapping, his pronounciation, his grammar, his humor, the way he taught me things about life in general and NYC and Black America in particular.

2. KRS ONE, the teacher....been listening to him since day one, when The Pussy Is Free came out in 1986. Great lyrics, a lot of wisdom, and a deep and funny guy who is the epitome of real HipHop...just like Master Ace.

3. John Coltrane....My Favorite Things and A Love Supreme ! Words are not really necessary when it comes to John Coltrane...

4. Sezen Aksu.
I love her , her lyrics, her music, the beats, the melodies, plus she´s from the Turkish westcoast and is a very openminded and deep person. There is a lot of joy, pain, fun and love and passion in her music. The true Turkish diva.

5. Zeki Müren.. RIP...great voice, great manners, an old school gentleman, had lots of style . One of the boldest and courageous Turkish singers ever. His voice was so fantastic that he would even sing for tough Turkish army generals despite being gay, which is an absolute no-no for macho military men.
His voice is mesmerizing and listening to him takes me to another dimension.
Sometimes when I have my Turkish moments here in the cold of North Germany I make myself a fresh Turkish mocca coffee and put on some Zeki Müren classics.
Or I watch a couple of videos on youtube

6. Curtis Mayfield. One of America´s greatest songwriters ever. Deep lyrics, and a great instrumentalist too.
And very prolific as well. I love his music and it is very soothing to me.

7. D ´ Angelo and Maxwell... the reason why I mention them in one line together is that they don´t put out a lot of music...but what they have released up to now is , IMO , great, soulful stuff.

8. Some Kate Bush stuff, actually a lot of it, but not necessarily all of it.

9. A few songs by George Michael...a good songwriter with interesting music, and a torn soul, plus a liberal minded, partly depressed man who smokes a lot of weed and doesn´t take himself too seriously. George Michael and Zeki Müren made me more open minded towards gay men when I was younger and helped me respect and tolerate their lifestyles. Coming from a strictly heterosexual, Hip Hop background , this is something I truly appreciate these days.



10. A mixed bag of Foo Fighters, Funk in general, Midnight Star, Cameo, Zapp, Full Force, Ice-T´s early stuff up until 1988, early IceCube, Public Enemy,
Dancehall Reggae and Mercan Dede and Sufi music and Turkish Sanat music.
Too many to mention, really. See my profile for more info.

Alice in Chains(my favorite band - dark lyrics & great vocals by Staley)

Soundgarden(Chris Cornell - best rock vocalist, IMO)

Stevie Wonder('nuff said)

Wu-Tang Clan(favorite rap group)

Sevendust

Alicia Keys

Garbage(love Shirley Manson's voice)

Ohio Players(favorite 70s funk band)

Curtis Mayfield

Veruca Salt(these women rock!)

I've always been a bit of an 80's buff. I love the music from the 80's... Prince included, obviously.

But here are a handful of artists I "dig" from the 80's, but never really got into.

1. The Bangles (I know 3 of their songs and love 'em)
2. Ricky Astley (own a CD of his hits... good, but not extraordinary)
3. Bon Jovi (I like 'Livin' on a prayer' and his recent stuff isn't bad either)
4. Belinda Carlisle (havent checked into her in a while, but like her songs)
5. Billy Idol (well, I thought he was the greatest thing... when I was 3... now I think the guy's just mental)
6. Phil Collins (not completely 80's, but I like his music 2)
7. Madonna (definitely one of my favorites!)

That's all I can recall right now. Madonna is probably the one I got into the most, but never to the same degree as Prince or Jesse McCartney.

Michael Jackson (say what u want about him, he used to be the man)
Janet Jackson (she can make that little voice work)
Billy Idol ( )
David Bowie ('nuff said)
Jimi Hendrix (need i say more?)
Rick James (funky as hell)
Carlos Santana (excellent guitarist)
Stevie Wonder ('nuff said)
Snoop Dogg (his earlier stuf was )
Guns N Roses (mostly cuz of Slash)

over the years ...

Los Lobos ... they captured me with their nortenas (i grow up listening to the accordion) and "roots" sound and then they expanded their horizons

Stevie Ray Vaughn followed the blues in my teens(80's) and he was the "new" guy

Red Hot Chilli Peppers flea on the bass

Van Halen imo, jump started metal again

Carlos Santana and Carlos Guitarlos no,they never played together but soul from their 6 strings

bodeans sammy and kurt contrast and compliment each other

greenday and linkin park 90's and mm

WARadopted eastsiders

Jimi and Jim 60's

Lou Reed and Stve Wynn/Dream Syndicate they take songs and give them the garage treatment

steve winwood/traffic/blind faith jam bands

Anx said:

I LOVE this group....excellent choice!

.....

I don't listen to any artist on a regular basis. Here are some artist that I have been digging that past year or two:

Gorillaz
Teedra Moses
Jamiroquai
Sade

I've been listening to a lot of ambient, down tempo, chillout acid jazz. Some of my current favorites:

The Orb
Portishead
Stereolab
Visit Venus (Music for Space Tourism Vol I)
Air
Four Tet
Amon Tobin
....and also DJ Shadow if it's possible to squeeze him into that category.

I've also been listening to some "cocktail disco" by Dimitri From Paris.

I also listen to a lot of Ozric Tentacles. They play the grooviest instrumental progressive, techno space rock I've ever heard....probably the only instrumental progressive, techno space rock I've ever heard.

...and in the middle of all that I'm usually spinnin' some Fat Boy Slim!

I know that's actually eleven, but what the hell!

.....

PurpleCharm said:

I forgot about Jamiroquai. I've been listening to them a lot lately as well. Great choice!

.....

Other than Prince ....

Harry Connick Jr.
Brian Setzer / Brian Setzer Orchestra / Stray Cats
TTD/Sananda Maitreya
Lenny Kravitz
George Clinton and P-Funk All-Stars
Greazy Meal
Royal Crowne Review
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Fekete Vonat (Hungarian)

legna said:

Magnificent choice! Eddie Van Halen was a true innovative guitar genius and David Lee Roth, toastmaster of the 80s, set the "front man" standard for bombastic celebration. Flanked by punk on one side and disco on the other, they did indeed jump start metal again in the late 70s. Their 1978 debut album is a truly electrifying experience!

.....

Occasionally, I'll listen to:

Rob Thomas
The Fray
Ne-Yo
(only one song from each, though)

Nelly Furtado (2 songs, Say it Right & Promiscious)

And I'm guilty of indulging in some techno music. I own "Fired Up!" volumes 1 & 2, and like a few of those songs... just to dance 2 really...
And some songs from Cascada, I get into... even though it's all computers and doesn't really count as "real music"... or at least not Prince's def. of real music.

Akon; he's my man
Nas; Hip hop is dead=still my jam
Omarion; Icebox
Van Hunt; hes coo
and yah... I'm into tht old school and oldies jank too
yah know, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
can't forget Chaka Kahn
Whitney Houston (when she was good)
Stevie Wonder

hmmm... i cant think of any more. Prince is the source of ALL my music

Straight from my ipod:

Adam and the Ants
Depeche Mode
EMF
Erasure
Kate Bush
Nine Inch Nails
Pet Shop Boys
Tears for Fears
JG Thirlwell
Trevor Horn

But mainly Prince.

Just lately I've been listening to terence trent d'arby
I can't get enough of his voice, and he's has some suprising ideas.

Also Bonnie prince billy lately.

I like to concentrate on very few artists at any one particular time.