for me 2016 really did me in, in terms of my favorites dying.

of course, i will always listen to prince, bowie and george micheal, a bit of cohen etc.

just like i still listen to nirvana, marvin and buckley. but are there any recent living artists u'll be digging?

for me it's PJ Harvey, St Vincent, TTD/Sanada and a few others.

what about u guys?

Phillip Phillips, D'Angelo, and Lenny. Just to name a few.

2016 wasn't the year of Bowie, Prince, and many others we loved and lost...but it was certainly a good year for Bruce Springsteen...

Radiohead, Beck, Bon Iver, James Blake, Foo Fighters

However, no one can replace Prince. The anticipation of an album every year, the bootlegs, and the great gigs can never be replaced. I miss Prince a lot.

There's tons more Prince to discover.

In addition new artists like Anderson.Paak and Childish Gambino (Donald Glover). Redbone is totally Prince.

RJOrion said:

Childish Gambino Young MA Lianne Lahavas Solange Knowles Blu

i was surprised at how much i enjoyed her recent cd.

These days I´m more open to new stuff. I also listen to a lot of old school jams, older rap and RnB but as far as new stuff goes, I listen to Vocal Deep House, Miguel Migs, Ron Trent, Black Coffee, , Abra, Doja Cat, J.Cole (definitely J.Cole and Kendrick Lamar.....love their lyrics), and tons of instrumental stuff.

And more Prince, lately. But that took me many, many months.

For me Anderson Paak has been the new artist that has excited me most in recent years. I love his 21016 album 'Malibu'. He combines a whole lot of musical ingredients and production styles that I like and manages to come up with something that sounds very modern but references older musical styles at the same time. He doesn't sound like Prince at all (except one ballad maybe a bit), but to me it feels like he does the same kind of blending of genres and production styles. The music is forward thinking but accessible at the same time. I love it when artists can do that.

I also enjoyed Kendrick Lamar's album, but in the last two years I hve mainly been listening to (electro)funk, boogie and R&B records from the era 1975-1985.

Alabama Shakes

Sufjan Stevens

Jason Isbell

The Weeeknd (just to see if he turns away from his current commercial bent - I'm hoping)

Frank Ocean (to see if he becomes more accessible again -I'm hoping)

Rhi Rhi (just because I loved her latest album - curious to see what's next)

funkaholic1972 said:

For me Anderson Paak has been the new artist that has excited me most in recent years. I love his 21016 album 'Malibu'. He combines a whole lot of musical ingredients and production styles that I like and manages to come up with something that sounds very modern but references older musical styles at the same time. He doesn't sound like Prince at all (except one ballad maybe a bit), but to me it feels like he does the same kind of blending of genres and production styles. The music is forward thinking but accessible at the same time. I love it when artists can do that.

I also enjoyed Kendrick Lamar's album, but in the last two years I hve mainly been listening to (electro)funk, boogie and R&B records from the era 1975-1985.

Oh, definitely Anderson Paak.

For some reason I always forget to mention him when I mention new music that I´ve been into.

The funny thing is that a friend of mine recommended Anderson´s music to me and I had no idea who he was talking about so I checked out Anderson Paak´s songs on Youtube and he looked and sounded so familiar to me.

Then I realized that I had been listening to his music for so long, had it on my MP3 player during my workouts....but under his old moniker Breezy Lovejoy.

I wasn´t even aware that he was actually Anderson Paak.

Great artist.

I listen to him and Kendrick and J.Cole almost every day.

I also like DamFunk (he used to post here on the org) but his albums are a bit difficult to buy.

Gary Clark Jr.

Beck's new album, said to be influenced by both The Beatles and Prince.

KoolEaze said:

It's always good to diversify your library, and thanks in large part to the Org, I have over the years.

As far as those artists I will always turn to, ther are plenty, including:

Erykah Badu
Bilal

Beck

D'Angelo
Madvillain (the wait is 13 years and counting . . .)
Maxwell

Me'Shell Ndegeocello

MF Doom

Van Hunt

The artists that have emerged in the 2000s that I look forward to following include:

Hiatus Kaiyote
The Internet
The Foreign Exchange
Frank Ocean
J*Davey
Jessie Ware

(yes . . .) Kanye West
KAYTRANADA
Kendrick Lamar

Mayer Hawthorne
Run The Jewels
The Stepkids

As far as labels, the one that has consistently put out music from innovative artists in this century has been Stones Throw.

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Looks like Swing Out Sister has some sweet soulful grooves coming down the road soon.

Fan for life.

Alice Cooper, Green Day, Heart, Pat Benatar, Motley Crue, Janet Jackson and the Jacksons, 90s rap songs (the early era with the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Black Moon) ,Fatback, etc. I have tons of music to listen to that keeps me focus and busy.

ladygirl99 said:

MotorBootyAffair said:

Looks like Swing Out Sister has some sweet soulful grooves coming down the road soon.

Fan for life.

Good lookin' out. They're fantastic.

There are many great artists out there. Jesus guys.

I am always listening to different artists/types of music, too many to name!

purpleemotions said:

Phillip Phillips, D'Angelo, and Lenny. Just to name a few.

Phillip Phillips - I have seen him live twice, his lyrics are sooo good and so are his shows!

Kara said:

Harts - The only new-ish artist that truly excites me, and that I see a lot of promise in. He writes, produces, and plays everything himself. I admire his independence and work ethic, and I hope he can break out of Australia this year. Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys) - My favorite project of his is the group The Arcs. He has another solo album coming out this year that I'm looking forward to. Saint Motel - An indie-pop band that I've been following for the past eight years. Their recently released album was one of my favorites of 2016. Tame Impala / Kevin Parker Janelle Monae Maxwell There's dozens of other current artists I listen to, but those are my favorites.

Maxwell! So good! Peeved his current tour comes nowhere near me

When I'm not listening to Prince U mean

#1 hands down - Darren Hayes/Savage Garden/Darren Hayes

Justin Timberlake

Maxwell

Phillip Phillips

Gavin Degraw

Bruno Mars is groovy too.

I also love me some Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Aerosmith and The Tea Party - Super excited about their 20th anniversary tour this year

And I can often be caught listening to songs of the 80s/90s/00s - they will never grow old for me

No major shifts, but my listening right now seems tilted toward the Euro electronic/jazz/folk area of my collection:

Goldfrapp

Little Dragon

Jose Gonzalez/Junip

Miles Davis

John Coltrane

Joni Mitchell

I've also seen a bit of a surging interest in Irish/Scottish folk sounds in the past year, and I'm digging what some contemporary artists like Kris Drever, Lau and, of course, Sinead O'Connor's difficult butt have been doing with those traditions.

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