I thought this would be a cool thread to start. It's always nice to find new upcoming acts out their.

Well, I'm going to recommend a guy named Bleu. He has a great sound! I don't have his CD yet but I want to get it eventually. Here's his website:

http://www.bleutopia.com

Not sure how to make links. I knew how to on the old site.

the decemberists


www.decemberists.com

I know this group isn't really new, and I know that among certain populations of people they are pretty well known, but I only got interested in them when they collaborated with Carlos Santana on his supernatural album and a friend of mine sent me a three disk set of their music. They are considered latin rock. They are from Mexico and have a great sound.

Mana (http://www.mana.com.mx/)

You asked for it! :D

FAMILY!!

Shawn kane is a very talented R&B singer. He was on tour with Angie Stone, Anthony Hamilton, and Alicia Keys. He's signed to J Records and is produced by Alicia. Plus he's pretty ez on the eyes :grineyes:

Official website of Shawn Kane (http://www.shawnkaneweb.com)

Cauterize. A very good group, along the lines of Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, etc.

Cauterize.com

loudermilk

www.amazon.com

Wilco.

A great band.

www.wilcoworld.net

Wilco.

A great band.

www.wilcoworld.net


YES

www.sugarlandmusic.com

www.doylelawson.com

Uhh...Saves the Day?

Saves The Day (http://www.savestheday.com/std/home/home.asp)

Count the Stars... who don't seem to have an official website. This is good enough:

Count The Stars (http://www.victoryrecords.com/countthestars.html)

Spitalfield!

Spitalfield (www.spitalfield.net )

I agree with whoever recommended Saves the Day and Wilco.

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Shawn kane is a very talented R&B singer. He was on tour with Angie Stone, Anthony Hamilton, and Alicia Keys. He's signed to J Records and is produced by Alicia.
Official website of Shawn Kane (http://www.shawnkaneweb.com)

Thanks for providing a link. I'm not sure if I heard of him before, I'll check him out though.

Artists I'd recommend are Donnie (http://www.donniemusic.com/) if you like Stevie Wonder styled soul music and lyrics, Martin Luther (http://www.rebelsoulmusic.com) if you like a mix of rock and funk and Van Hunt (http://www.vanhunt.com) for a nice mellow blending of pop and soul. (I mean good pop.)

Thanks for providing a link. I'm not sure if I heard of him before, I'll check him out though.

Artists I'd recommend are Donnie (http://www.donniemusic.com/) if you like Stevie Wonder styled soul music and lyrics, Martin Luther (http://www.rebelsoulmusic.com) if you like a mix of rock and funk and Van Hunt (http://www.vanhunt.com) for a nice mellow blending of pop and soul. (I mean good pop.)

cool links....I'm really likin that Martin Luther guy, awesome awesome music. Donnie is pretty cool too, it's cool that hes related to Marvin Gaye...I reaaaaallllly like Van Hunt too, I've heard of him on a few occasions before.

also Mindy Smith is great

www.mindysmith.net

Chevra

Thalia Arrasando

Smap

Okui Masami

Leah Andreone


I listen to so many different kinds of music, I couldn't recommend just one. :D

Joe Henry

A very unique solo artist.

Kimberley Locke

www.kimberleylockeweb.com

Kimberley Locke

www.kimberleylockeweb.com

shes kinda popular around here...both 8 world wonder and wrong got some good airtime.

fiona apple
beck

Leftover Salmon
Xavier Rudd

I also have to recommend Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, whose Beatlesque "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" was a number one hit in Britain in 1975. :)

YES

I have heard of Yes! ;)

I have a cd from around 1991 by a singer named Paul Young. He had a nice unique sound. I think his cover of the Chi-Lite's song, "Oh Girl" was a hit.

Neil Young, perhaps? :confused:

A good friend mentioned him, and I had never heard of him. I think his albulm's name was "Harvest."


:eek: Whoa! People do know about Neil Young.

I have a cd from around 1991 by a singer named Paul Young. He had a nice unique sound. I think his cover of the Chi-Lite's song, "Oh Girl" was a hit.


Paul Young was actually pretty big in the eighties and early nineties. He also had hits with covers of Hall and Oates's "Every Time You Go Away" and Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted."

I wasn't sure. What would you describe his genre as?

I guess rock is the best term to use. He was Young in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and had hits as a solo act. In more recent years he's performed with younger acts like Pearl Jam. Another SO member (Dr. Jazz) might be able to tell you more since he's a big Neil Young fan, but he's definitely been around for a long time.

fiona apple
beck

Who wouldn't know about them?! But I agree, they are great!

I guess rock is the best term to use. He was Young in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and had hits as a solo act. In more recent years he's performed with younger acts like Pearl Jam. Another SO member (Dr. Jazz) might be able to tell you more since he's a big Neil Young fan, but he's definitely been around for a long time.


Jonathan, to add on to what Vashti said - Neil Young has been around since 1969 & has made around 30 albums. "Harvest" is his most critically acclaimed album & his highest-selling album. He's done mostly folk rock, but has also doe some harder rock tracks & even released an electronic rock album in the early 80's. You should pick up his Greatest Hits CD, if you like "Harvest" you're sure to enjoy his Greatest Hits. :cool:

loudermilk

www.amazon.comI did see Loudermilk at a Pain in the Grass show at the Seattle Center about eight years ago. :cool:

hm, really?

john d. loudermilk?

or loudermilk the band?

Who wouldn't know about them?! But I agree, they are great!


about half the people on this board listen to lindsay lohan and britney spears.

I have heard of Yes! ;)Uhh, I know it might be news to the fans of Good Charlotte, Slipknot and Hilary Duff, but the absolute rulers of 70's prog rock, Yes, have been heard for decades with their epic long songs and superb musicianship with tunes such as

Roundabout

Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

Your Move/I've All Good People

Yours is No Disgrace

Starship Trooper

Perpetual Change

Heart of the Sunrise

Close to the Edge

Siberian Khatru

And You and I

Going For the One

Albums such as 1974's Tales From Topographic Oceans, whose epic tracks were inspired by readings of Hindu Vedic scriptures and tantras, were derided by critics as being the epitome of bloated prog-rock excess. Their core members were Jon Anderson on vocals, Chris Squire on bass, Steve Howe on guitar, Rick Wakeman on keyboards, and Alan White, formerly of the Plastic Ono Band, on drums, all hailing from Britain. Steve Howe has been considered one of the most talented guitarists in music. Other members have been Bill Bruford on drums, Tony Kaye on keyboards and, after Anderson left in 1979, was briefly replaced by Trevor Horn on 1980's underrated and critically slammed album Drama. Yes's music fell out of favor during the upheaval of new wave in the late 70's/early 80's, but by 1983, the band regrouped with new member Trevor Rabin on guitar and former keyboardist Tony Kaye for the updated and polished 90125 album, their most successful release which featured the hits Owner of a Lonely Heart, Leave It, Hold On, Changes, and It Can Happen. In 1987, the band released Big Generator, which featured popular tunes as Rhythm of Love, Love Will Find a Way, and Aim High, Shoot Low. By the end of the 80's legal complications kept the band from going under the Yes moniker, so members formed a group under the name Anderson, Walkman, Bruford and Howe, but by 1991, the band began a challenging endeavor by recording and touring under the name Yes for the Union album, which featured members both past and present on the album and tour. Since then the band has been successful under the Yes name, and in 2003 celebrated their 35th anniversary tour consisting of the band members of the classic Yes lineup.

I have a cd from around 1991 by a singer named Paul Young. He had a nice unique sound. I think his cover of the Chi-Lite's song, "Oh Girl" was a hit.Paul Young was popular on the British charts about 20 years ago with songs uch as "Come Back and Stay", "Everytime You Go Away", and a cover of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down." He has a very good voice. He wasn't too obscure for 1985, he even appeared at Live Aid.

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Paul Young was actually pretty big in the eighties and early nineties. He also had hits with covers of Hall and Oates's "Every Time You Go Away" and Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted."
You're right. I forgot about those songs. Still, he never become a household name, and I loved his sound. There are some great original songs on the 1991 cd that I have. I wonder if he's still performing?

Anyone remember Southside Johnny? He had that cool song, "It's Been A Long Time". That was a great sing-along song.

the shins

about half the people on this board listen to lindsay lohan and britney spears.

really? What a shame. Listen to some REAL music, people!

And leave us not forget John Paul Young, the Australian pop singer who had a hit with "Love Is In The Air" in 1978. He also performed at the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, wearing a very shiny suit! :lol:

Jonathan, to add on to what Vashti said - Neil Young has been around since 1969 & has made around 30 albums. "Harvest" is his most critically acclaimed album & his highest-selling album. He's done mostly folk rock, but has also doe some harder rock tracks & even released an electronic rock album in the early 80's. You should pick up his Greatest Hits CD, if you like "Harvest" you're sure to enjoy his Greatest Hits. :cool:


Also, dig 1970's After the Gold Rush, which featured "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and "Southern Man." And, 1969's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, opening with "Cinnamon Girl." :)

zooey deschanel



UGH! i want her to release an album SO bad!!!

she has a voice like billie holiday.

If Jrnygrl and I like him, you know he must be good.

Van Hunt on his music, the Prince influence and his contemporaries

BY SAPTOSA FOSTER

Van Hunt sings introspective R&B love songs and plays a myriad of instruments. Critics call him "a dedicated disciple of soul" and "The Artist Known As The New Prince." By industry standards, he's a "real" artist, one who can create a song from inside out. It's a talent the Ohio native, who now lives in Atlanta, has worked on since he was 8.

I'm waiting to meet him at Six Feet Under, a rustic fish shack and pub in Grant Park, around the corner from Hunt's house. Outside, a torrential rainstorm -- a remnant of Hurricane Ivan -- threatens to flood Memorial Drive. "Oh, hey," he smiles, as he introduces himself. I'm struck by his height, a towering 6 feet. Today, Hunt looks only slightly like the solemn soul brother pictured on his album cover. He's grown his mini mohawk out into small cornrows and, save for some plaid slacks, his attire is rather plain. We sit and talk idly about the menu. He says he eats beef, pork and all. I chuckle and tell him he seems like the type to carry around incense and a bottle of wheatgrass juice. He smiles again.

From the articles I've read, I expect Van Hunt to be a little standoffish. I tell him that and he raises his eyebrows curiously. "Really?" he replies. "I know what you're talking about. I have a friend like that. He's very much 'the artist.' It's not that serious for me."

Nevertheless, Hunt has a reputation for taking everything seriously. He's revealing about some of his life, like how he proudly remembers his father as a "part-time painter and pimp." But he's cagey about his age, which seems to change with every interview. Recently, he's 25 in Vibe and Blender; 26 in Rolling Stone and People; and 28 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. So what's the truth? "I've seen too many articles print the wrong age," he answers. "So I'm like, forget about it. I'm not saying anything."

Hunt is less secretive -- but as serious -- when discussing his art, something he also feels has been misrepresented. It has to do with him being frequently compared to other male singers who take cues more from '70s and '80s R&B than hip-hop, guys like D'Angelo, Musiq, and that sweet-singing, ethereal soul man Maxwell. Hunt especially hates the label that critics use to tie his sound to theirs: neo-soul.

"I just don't think we sound alike," he explains. "I don't even like their music, so it's a little discouraging to think that people think of me as that."

It's no surprise that Hunt borrows from older styles. Though he lived with his mother as a child, Hunt credits his father as the inspiration for his current career, because it was Van Hunt Sr. who introduced him to Prince. "My father came home one night with this old LP," remembers Hunt. "'You see this guy here,' he said, 'I want you to be like this guy.'"

At 8, Hunt took up the saxophone, later adding guitar, bass and keyboards to his repertoire. In 1996, he moved to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College, but soon dropped out and started working with acts like Dionne Farris. (Hunt wrote her 1997 hit "Hopeless.") He landed a deal with Capitol Records in 2003, and, after a year of recording, came up with an album that was fresh and vital. His smooth vocals, which can rise to a Princely falsetto, crooned poignant, candidly twisted lyrics like, "What would I do if we were perfect/Where would I go for disappointment?"

As soon as our dinner is over, Hunt is scheduled to fly to New York City to record music for a Gap ad. His future seems bright. But as I leave the interview, heading back into the storm, I still don't know what he's all about.

Three days later, I get a call from my editor. Hunt desperately wants to talk. I ring him back and he tells me a story about his trip to New York. He was standing at an ATM machine when someone tapped him on his shoulder. It was Maxwell, one of those so-called neo-soul artists who Hunt was so uncomfortable about being linked with. According to Hunt, Maxwell said, "Man, I'm a big fan of your record." Hunt was impressed. "He was a really nice guy," Hunt remembers. "He was with a girl and he seemed happy. He almost had like a glow to him." As our conversation continued, Hunt didn't outright retract his previous indictment of "neo-soul singers." But if he wasn't a little bit embarrassed by his earlier statements, then why was did he call?

Like many new acts, Hunt seems to be in search of himself. He's still trying to figure out the music game and where he fits into it. His extraordinary talents may make him one of the most promising new acts around, but it doesn't make the process any less bumpy. He's an advanced student in soul, but he still has some things to learn about life.

The Beatles

The Beatles


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