Artist Suggestions Please

[Witterings]

My musical taste ranges from Barba Streisand / Anita Baker to Lots of Led Zep and some Black Sabbath and everything in between apart from jazz.

Evenings when others have gone ZZZZ's I really like fairly chilled like Tracey Chapman, Joan Armitrading, Sade ... and it can be as much about having amazing bands / musicians behind them as the song / main artist. Others include the likes of Neil Young, Floyd and some of The Stones more laid back tracks
..... All of these though are older bands.

Having relatvely recently signed up for streaming music and have enjoyed a lot of the "Suggested For You" tracks and I know there must be a wealth of artists I've missed over the years.

I know most of the obvious "Big Names" like the Adele's, James Blunt, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra etc. .... If anyone has suggestions of maybe not quite so mainstream but more recent artists with the emphasis as much on the band / great musicians behind them and slightly lesser known would appreciate it.

 

[WayneKerr]

Carpenters - Karen Carpenter especially

 

[Witterings]

Carpenters - Karen Carpenter especially

Yes that is a good call ... I usd to hear hear music a lot when I was younger and she's amazing.

If @Al ears (Moderator) happens to see this, I saw after I posted there's a music category, if you think it's appropriate to move this thread please do.

 

[skinnypuppy71]

For some soothing female vocals, Waxahatchee, "St Cloud". Emiliana Torrini, "Me and Armini", Johanna Warren "Fates" , Anette Askvik " Liberty " and Phoebe Bridgers albums are pretty decent.for something a bit more out there, Just Mustard "heart under" and the "Wednesday" album is also worth a listen. Porridge Radio's two albums,
Some Male vocal lead music, Black Country New Road " Ants from up there" ( my own personal favourite album of last year) Plastic Mermaids " suddenly everyone explodes", The Twilight Sad's first two or three albums, Frightened Rabbit's " the midnight organ fight and Pedestrian verse, Alt j's first two album's, that should give you something to get your teeth into for a good few days.

 

[Witterings]

For some soothing female vocals, Waxahatchee, "St Cloud". Emiliana Torrini, "Me and Armini", Johanna Warren "Fates" , Anette Askvik " Liberty " and Phoebe Bridgers albums are pretty decent.for something a bit more out there, Just Mustard "heart under" and the "Wednesday" album is also worth a listen. Porridge Radio's two albums,
Some Male vocal lead music, Black Country New Road " Ants from up there" ( my own personal favourite album of last year) Plastic Mermaids " suddenly everyone explodes", The Twilight Sad's first two or three albums, Frightened Rabbit's " the midnight organ fight and Pedestrian verse, Alt j's first two album's, that should give you something to get your teeth into for a good few days.

Brilliant ... thank you!

I'll have a listen to all of those over the next day or so.
It's been great with streaming to have such a vast catalogue ... listening to some of my favourite bands from when I was younger and don't want to over play them so have really enjoyed listening to new artists and haven't heard of any of those so will definitely give them a listen.

 

[Basso]

Calexico
London Grammar
Ezra Collective (new jazz and brilliant)
Lady Blackbird
Air

 

[Witterings]

Calexico
London Grammar
Ezra Collective (new jazz and brilliant)
Lady Blackbird
Air

Thank you ... will take a look at those as well

 

[James105]

My musical taste ranges from Barba Streisand / Anita Baker to Lots of Led Zep and some Black Sabbath and everything in between apart from jazz.

Evenings when others have gone ZZZZ's I really like fairly chilled like Tracey Chapman, Joan Armitrading, Sade ... and it can be as much about having amazing bands / musicians behind them as the song / main artist. Others include the likes of Neil Young, Floyd and some of The Stones more laid back tracks
..... All of these though are older bands.

Having relatvely recently signed up for streaming music and have enjoyed a lot of the "Suggested For You" tracks and I know there must be a wealth of artists I've missed over the years.

I know most of the obvious "Big Names" like the Adele's, James Blunt, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra etc. .... If anyone has suggestions of maybe not quite so mainstream but more recent artists with the emphasis as much on the band / great musicians behind them and slightly lesser known would appreciate it.

For female vocalist/singer singer writers you didn't mention I'd suggest Joni Mitchell. Blue, Court and Spark. Natalie Merchant Tigerlilly, Joan Baez Farewell Andelina , Mary Chaplin Carpenter Stones in the Road and available in any demo room Shawn Colvins Cover Girl.