Evenings find me chilling in my chair listening to tunes. I've been listening to the same stuff forever and it's time to find some new artists.
Stuff I like:
The Piano Guys.
Blues Traveler.
Blackberry Wine. I found them online the other day.
Some of Toby Keith's stuff.
Most of Josh Turner's stuff.
Electric Light Orchestra.
The Doobie Brothers.
Crosby Stills and Nash.
Just about any southern rock, though I've heard most of it enough times to be tired of it.
Most of the modern big band stuff.
Instrumentals that aren't just noise.
Classical as long as it isn't slow and boring.
Don't likes include Metal, most Rap, any of the head banging stuff or stuff that's loud for loudness sake.
Give me some leads, it's time to expand my music horizons.
Old Crow Medicine Show might fit your likes.
Start with the songs Wagon Wheel and Caroline
Robbie Robertson. Try "Storyville" and the new one "How to Become Clairvoyant".
You may not have heard of him, but he is in the R&R HOF...
Southern Rock/Jam Band...how about Widespread Panic? They do some amazing covers, as well as their own stuff.
Along those Jam Band lines...Freddy Jones Band. Find the song "In a Daydream".
Ben Folds (unless you just forgot to mention him)
Anthony Hopins classical album Composer
Joe Bonamassa is a fantastic blues player
Peter Ostroushko, he's that mandolin player you hear on Prarie Home Companion. Wonderful albums.
Otus Taylor for a very gritty sort of blues.
The Heavy
Social Distortion
Toadies
Asylum Street Spankers
The Killers
Cage the Elephant
Days of the New
Silversun Pickups
Lost Prophets
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
Cake
Primitive Radio Gods
Seasick Steve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-vSZFEWHlo
Drive-By Truckers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3icBcr1_Tw
North Mississippi Allstars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlPGyVmFGvw
mtn
PowerDork
1/9/13 7:44 a.m.
John Hiatt
Zac Brown Band
The Avett Brothers
Mumford and Sons
Justin Townes Earle
G. Love (some of it might be too rappy, but a lot of it is bluesy/folk/rootsy)
Blackberry Smoke (a new southern rock band)
'50's DooWop
'60's rock and roll
'40's, '50's, '60's country
classical music from the baroque period
I'm slowly learning about blues
but mainly traditional bluegrass
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
Wilco
Los Lobos / David Hidalgo
Steely Dan
+1 for Joe Bonamassa, Silversun Pickups, Steely Dan.
Trucks/Tedeschi Band. Derek Trucks is the nephew or grandson(?) of Butch Trucks the drummer for the Allman Brothers Band. Fantastic slide guitarist. Susan Tedeschi is married to Derek Trucks and is a solid blues guitarist/singer songwriter on her own. They combined together in a band.
Indigenous/Nato Manji. Indigenous started out as a Native American blues rock band but has turned into more of a backing band for Nato Manji the lead guitarist. He is in the vein of Stevie Ray Vaughn but has his own tone and sound.
Gary Clark Jr. I heard him on the Kennedy Center honor telecast after Christmas doing a Buddy Guy tribute and he was fantastic. He has played at Eric Clapton's Crossroads festival and also on that Dave Mathews Band Caravan thingy and supposedly won the crowd over at both.
Oz Noy. He is a session guitarist out of New York but has a few solo albums out. He plays around with different tones in his sound but is very melodic and writes catchy tunes. All of his stuff is instrumental but worth listening to.
John Mayer. I know this might get looks but he once you get past his earlier more poppy stuff, he has some good stuff. He put together a trio and put out an album called Try. It is straight ahead rock with no fluff. Also his newest album is very country rock influenced and sounds very good.
Jeff Beck. Wired and Blow by Blow are two of the best instrumental/fusion albums you will probably ever hear.
Old Crow Medicine Show...WILCO
Solid recommendations. I'll throw in EARLY Soul Asylum as well.
...is a berkeleying masterpiece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcAf78LoX4
yamaha
SuperDork
1/9/13 10:48 a.m.
I'm still stuck in the trance/dance/techno side......still listen to select country, rock, etc still though.
If you want to find out if you might enjoy the electronica side of music, but don't want anyone to know......download Elvis Presley - Rubberneckin' (Paul Oakenfold remix)......then you won't be embarrased by your rock friends by having Skrillex in it instead.....
Edit: For country: Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, etc For Rock: RHCP, Three Days Grace, Shinedown, old Hoobastank, Foo Fighters, Kansas, Foreigner, etc For the HipHop/R&B/Rap conglomorate: some FloRida, old Outkast, and occasional others. For the various electronica genres: Tiesto, Benny Benassi, Oakenfold, Alesso, SHM, Avicii, etc.
Theres a bunch more I'm forgetting, but I'm all over the effin place with music taste.
Duke
PowerDork
1/9/13 11:42 a.m.
The Shins
Not exactly lining up with the type of music you mentioned in the OP, but I think the overall feel fits right in, if that makes any sense.
Elvis Costello. He's covered so much ground, I'm not sure which album to recommend for starters...
Ewan Dobson. Some of his stuff is just like crack to my aural centers. Don't mind the crazy CGI backgrounds...
Leo Kottke (all-time great of acoustic guitar, mostly instrumental)
The Old 97s. Alt country, and good stuff...
Robbie Fulks. He riffs on lots of classic influences, mostly country, with great musicianship and a wicked sense of humor...
A good recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons is about my favorite classical ever...
You may enjoy Rodney Crowell. He's written a lot of famous country songs for other artists but puts out his own solo records as well. He used to be married to Roseanne Cash.
I have to +1 Zac Brown Band. They're incredibly talented. Country, but not twangy. Their latest album has some Rhythm & Blues influence to it. My wife and I went to their concert recently. It seems like they can do anything from traditional country to metal to R&B and make it sound good. In addition to their own music, they did covers of The Devil Went Down to Georgia and Enter Sandman, among others.
I might have to turn in my man card, but Norah Jones album Come Away With Me is also quite good. Not sure how to classify it, though. Jazz/Blues perhaps?
There's an indie band called Scythian who does Irishy/folky-type stuff that I really like.
I hear lots of good things about Mumford and Sons. I've only heard one of theirs songs though. Kinda Irishy too.
I've also been listening to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons recently too.
Ry Cooder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tazIjeGxRMU
John Hiatt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQk8g4jul98
Another vote for Wilco.
Check out rumbleseat- rumble seat is dead
Also anything you can find of chuck ragan playing acoustic.
