let's broaden our musical horizons.. post your little-known artists here!

[toddzilla]

while some of these guys aren't "little-known" i think they aren't exactly household names and may enlighten some of us to grab some great new music.



http://cheap-cds.com/surf/artist/108345
Blues/jazz crossover artist robben ford, i have many of his cds, and they all rock. truly a master improvisationist, but with "guts" and enough feeling to avoid being just a technical master and just play some damn good music.



http://cheap-cds.com/surf/artist/8880

Gov't Mule is some really ass-kicking blues-rock. guitarist warren haynes cut his teeth playing for the allman brothers, and broke out with his own trio and has never sounded better. one of my favorite bands of all time.



http://cheap-cds.com/surf/artist/106920

Chris duarte group. In my opinion, one of the best guitarists alive. while the recordings are good, nothing can touch the live experience of this band. think stevie ray meets hendrix with john coltrane mixed in. truly amazing woodshedding with some great bass playing by john jordan. if i ever need inspiration to keep playing, all i need is a dose of CDG to let me know what to aspire to.


http://cheap-cds.com/surf/disps/384289

melvin taylor and the slack band. This is just good modern electric blues, nothing ground breaking, but head and shoulders above many average bands for polish.



obviously my tastes are centered around a specific genre, let's hear what your faves are, please post a link to where we can get a sample. cheap cds usually has clickable samples of many, many artists.

[FuseONE]

1. cool!

You can check out my music here:

www.fuse-one.com

I'm a thinking man's rapper....check some audio and see what you think :wow:

I've got democratic underground in my links section, too :hi:

[mac56]

2. I'll write what I write every time this topic comes up:

Spongetones! Spongetones! Spongetones!

www.spongetones.com

It's like hearing "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" again for the first time.

3. five eight

http://www.fiveeight.com/

[Brotherjohn]

17. Great great great great great great...

band.

24. yep

glad to see that someone on DU knows of them.
First saw them a dozen years ago. They're still going at it today. Better than ever.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. some suggestions

i highly recommend "Lovage: Songs to Make Love to Your Old Lady By". Its smooth and sexy.

Elysian Fields rules too

[KissMyAsscroft]

7. You rule Soundgarden! I was gonna post Fantomas!

Lovage is defenitely amazing. I hear they are going to work on a new album.

Fantomas is my choice, but you really have to see them live to get the effect. New album in January called Delirium Cordia. Its gonna be amazing. The entire album consists of one long song.


Ipecac.com

[GumboYaYa]

5. Chris Duarte and Gov't Mule are both good

choices. Warren Hayes just f'in rocks. Based on the strength of those recommendations, I will definitely check out the others you mentioned.

Here's a few I recommend.

MOFRO: Mofro elevates back Swamp boogie to a higher art. They have one album out right now and it is awesome. I think it is one of the best soul/R&B albums I have heard in years. Lately they have been opening for North Mississippi All Stars or Robert Randolph.

John Boutte and Uptown Okra: Jazz/Bluegrass fusion. John Boutte has a phenomenal voice. Some people recognize him from the Cubanismo in New Orleans Album. He can sing gospel, R&B, jazz standards and in this case, folk. Uptown Okra backs his amazing voice with an interesting blend of banjo, mandolin and traditional bluegrass stylings.

Theresa Anderson: Besides her stunning beauty, this lady is a great up and coming musician. Hailing from Finland (I think) she plays Cello and Violin along with her angelic voice.

Robert Randolph & Family. If you haven't heard them do so as soon as possible. Both albums "Live at the Wetands" and "Unlcassified" are amazing. If I had to pick a can't miss new artist, it is without question Robert Randolph.

Garage A Trois. Stanton Moore (Galactic), Charlie Hunter, and a couple of guys from Les Claypool's Frog Brigade. They combine electronica together with some of the funkiest jazz licks getting played these days.

[toddzilla]

8. links!!

http://cheap-cds.com/surf/artist/189222
robert randolph


http://cheap-cds.com/surf/disps/426593
garage
rob. randolph sounds great.


i'm a big fiona apple fan.. anyone have any ideas what else i might enjoy?

[GumboYaYa]

9. Try Natalie McMaster.

She sings more traditional Celtic, but if you like Fiona it is a good fit.

[GumboYaYa]

10. Here's a link...

http://www.nataliemacmaster.com

[GumboYaYa]

15. Here you go...

http://www.theresaandersson.com

http://fogworld.com/mofro

[bif]

19. Jonatha Brooke

Fantastic singer/songwriter. She should be huge. Also Holly Cole has some of the best pipes around. Check these women out. Also, Patty Griffin and Dar Williams.

[bif]

20. Jonatha Brooke

Fantastic singer/songwriter. She should be huge. Also Holly Cole has some of the best pipes around. Check these women out. Also, Patty Griffin and Dar Williams.

[alfredo]

16. Charlie Hunter is great.

GiGi the Ethiopian singer, Marisa, the Fado star, and Duoud, electric Ouds, imagine that?

But Hamza El Din "A Wish" kicks ass. He plays all the instruments, and plays them with skill and passion.


If you play guitar this CD and "The Source" by Ali Farka Toure are essentials.

If you are into percussion, Glen Velez is the man to hear, so is Zakir Hussein.

[KG]

6. Jimmy Lafave, Tift Merritt

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. Mayo Thompson

of the Red Crayola. His solo album 'Corky's Debt to his Father' is discombobulated blues at its finest.

Chris Bell's very few solo songs after his stint with Big Star are hauntingly beautiful.

[toddzilla]

13. i want links dammit!!!

lazy people!! :mad:

[RandomKoolzip]

12. Karate, MX-80 Sound, Simply Saucer, Soixante Etages, Dead C.....

76% Uncertain, the 5uu's, Cheer-Accident, Eyeless in Gaza, this list could go on for a while....I'm a total music snob, sorry...


and here's a link or two to get you into where I'm comin' from:

www.forcedexposure.com

www.incorrectmusic.com

30. WtF

WFMU, the spawn of the devil!
Just wish it wasn't drowned out by WFUV in Manhattan so I could listen to it more.

[Zorba607]

14. calexico

bad ass

[wysimdnwyg]

18. Dude, you know your TX blues!

Government Mule rocks. Chris Duarte is cool as sh__, too.

Here's another one for you:

Los Lonely Boys - Texas Blues with a Latin flavor.

[toddzilla]

21. sounds good!

of course, they aren't coming to st. louis.. this town sucks balls...
might have to pick up that disc if the sample song is any indication.

[GumboYaYa]

26. You are in St. Louis!!!

So am I. There are some great shows coming up here. Next weekend Medeski, Martin & Wood at Misissippi Nights. Week after choose between Robert Earl Keen at the Pageant and The Subdudes at Mississippi Nights. The next weekend after that, Yonder Mountain String Band plays two shows at the Pageant. Somewhere in there is Bob Weir and Ratdog.

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe was two weeks ago. Last weekend Robert Randolph and Los Lonely Boys were at the Pageant.

Dude, we have to hook up to trade music and see some shows.

[toddzilla]

31. my fault actually..

wtf is it with my posts lately?..

i've been kind of avoiding shows as of late because my job keeps me from playing (hand/wrist problems) and it just depresses me to no end to watch people play when i'm unable to myself. i'll definitely give you a holler when i start going to shows again in a month or two. i need to grab the RFT more often and look through it.

[GumboYaYa]

23. Los Lonely Boys opened for Robert Randolph

last Saturday here in St. Louis. That was the first time I heard them. Very strong recommendation!!!!!

[ronzo]

22. Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit

Best group of musicians I ever had the pleasure to meet.
Kinda like The Dregs meet The Mothers of Invention. From the early 90s.

CDs are out of print, so PM me if you want to swap some tunes.


edit:
hard to find, even on the web. Here's Bob Palmer's review of the first record:
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=11353

here's a lamo yahoo launch page:
http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/default.asp?artistID=1011331

It's all about the tunes.

[Brotherjohn]

25. David Garza (pronounced "Dah-veed").

(I'd put the little "accent" over the "i" if I knew how)

From the Austin scene originally. Now living in L.A. Flirted with Atlantic for a while, but now independent again.

Extremely original and different pop/rock. Extremely prolific. I've been around music for years, seen, listened, interviewed, written about thousands of acts. I always come back to Garza as my favorite. I'd recommend getting "This Euphoria" for an introduction.

http://www.davidgarza.com


Also, Pain. I don't know if they're still playing, but their page is up. I wouldn't be surprised if they're just in a long hiatus. Pain is from Tuscaloosa Alabama and makes the funnest pop/punk you ever heard. Laced liberally with horns and keyboards, it'll get you jumpin!

http://www.thepainpage.com/

[jeter]

27. Finger 11

[Bake]

28. Tony Rice!

Same thing I say every time this topic comes up. If you haven't heard him, he's simply the best acoustic guitarist on the planet, bar none. He started out as a bluegrasser, went through a spacegrass phase, and now does both traditional bluegrass and "new acoustic music". Listen, e.g., to his early album, Manzanita, or to his most recent disc, "Unit of Measure." Then after you catch your breath, tell me how you like it. TR is well-known to bluegrassers, but not a household word to "normal" people <g>. Give him a listen. He'll blow you away. Musicianship, tone, taste, pyrotechnics when necessary -- the total package.

Bake

[Character Assassin]

36. He is indeed a guitar hero of mine, but "The best on the planet"? Please.

He exclusively plays in his own hybrid flat-pick style, and if not never then almost never plays finger-style. As such, there are styles and genres of music that are completely cut off to him.

Not that he couldn't learn awfully quick, mind you.

I'd recommend "Church St. Blues" to the beginning listener. Just Tony, his voice and his guitar. Nothing else to clutter up pure, distilled Ricejuice.

37. Norman Blake

is pretty decent too

[northzax]

29. my three

Postal Service http://www.subpop.com/bands/postalservice/index.php

Elbow http://www.elbow.co.uk/index.asp

British Sea Power www.britishseapower.co.uk

32. the doctor

http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/

http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/pages/History.htm

http://www.halcyon.com/robinja/mythos/Chadbournerev.html

[Character Assassin]

33. Robben Ford isn't 'little known'. The Durutti Column and Glenn Branca are

Chris Duarte? Eh, he's fair-to-middlin'. Needs better material

[peacefreak]

34. Joss Stone

getting a lot of press & she deserves it. She's ~16~ years old. The baby can sing.
Be Good Tanyas
Thorns
been listening to the Thrills, but haven't made up my mind about them yet.

[leftist_rebel1569]

35. A couple alternative bands I like

http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/401/epsilon-zero.html

Epsilon-Zero - really good industrial rock band. They never fail to impress me...like, ever.

http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/133/spiritfall.html

Spiritfall - pretty good alternative band. Some of it seems a little lacking, but all in all they're pretty good.

Oh, what the hell, just for fun -
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/567/kmfdm.html

KMFDM's new single off their album "WWIII". It reminds me of some of the stuff off of Angst or Nihil, but better. Not to mention, the lyrics of this song are quite liberal. :) To any metal fan out there that sees this, LISTEN TO THAT!

[donotpassgo]

38. THE KUDZU KINGS

http://www.kudzukings.com

They have this cover of the Wonder Woman theme that is just rockin!

[ronzo]

39. yeah.

:thumbsup:

Those Oxford bands kick ass. :)

[donotpassgo]

40. sure do...It figures a N'orleans guy would dig the Kudzu Kings

Hotty Toddy!!!!!

[Jack The Tab]

41. presenting....Acid Mothers Temple...link included..

Crazy crazy stuff - along the lines of Can, Neu, krautrock...but very nutty..

http://www.acidmothers.com/amt/discg.html

[av8rdave]

42. For the Blues fans out there...

Johnnie Bassett and the Blues Insurgents are awesome (Basset has some of the cleanest blues guitar playing I've ever heard)

Deborah Coleman is great as well. Nice guitar licks, and a voice that can melt just about anything.

av8rdave

[Colin Ex]

43. Listen to Mogwai or I'll hurt you.

Mogwai is the best shoegazer band known to mankind. But nobody else listens to them.

Some other favourites I have are Leaving Rouge, Lucky Boys Confusion, Kiss Me Quick, and French Toast.

www.downpeninsula.com for Leaving Rouge and KMQ.
www.luckyboys.com for LBC.
And just search for French Toast.

-C

[darknemus]

44. The Genitorturers.

http://www.genitorturers.com (there's a link to some of their stuff on mp3.com from there) - they are a Hard Rock / Industrial type sound, female lead singer. Most of their songs / lyrics touch on themes of consensual power exchange, S&M, and general Fetishism. Good band, and an absolutely insane live show.

-darknemus