Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard.


 Now I've stopped upgrading, the music forum is my first port of call when I bring up the Audiogon site. There are so many discussions with different wording, but the same aim, to pass onto other readers our particular enthusiasms.

 So if you're flicking through your Ipad looking for inspiration on the server, or idly checking physical albums, what artist or musician makes you stop? Most of us have favourites, where all their discs are a good listen, no duds, what are yours?

 There is no limit on genre, except maybe popular not classical. I love classical too, but it will get too complex. So Jazz, Blue Grass, Singer Songwriter, Covers artists, folk, rock etc. I'll start with my suggestions, in no particular order. Partly because the order would be different next week anyway. If anyone asks for a good starting album, I will make a suggestion, perhaps other responders can do the same.

Alison Kraus,
Shawn Colvin, 
Nina Simone,
Gregory Porter,
Frank Sinatra, of course,
Kate Rusby
Jonatha Brooke
Stacey Kent,
Antonio Forcione 
Paul Carrack
Paul Rogers
Eliza Gilkyson
Joni Mitchell
Sara K

 I look forward to exploring your suggestions.

david12
"They eventually found the percussionist in the morgue, but he wasn't quite dead, so they warmed him up again and he played in the concert."

david12,
Is that supposed to be funny?"

Roxy 54,  Not funny at all, just a true story. It speaks to what Russia endured in "The Great Patriotic War", particularly Leningrad. Nobody knows how many died, mainly of cold and starvation, but probably more than a milliion out of a 3 million population in 1940. The worst winters for many years and a daily ration of not more than 200gms of bread. Just bread, nothing else. My mother in law said people left home in the morning and never came home from work, just fell dead in the street, particularly in winter of course.
Vikander Olafsson
Jennifer Hewitt
Mitsuko Uchida
Murray Perahia
Andras Schiff
Arcady Volodos

Fred Hersch
Ahmad Jamal (even in his 90’s!}

Each a pianist...
And one more because I do listen to music other than solo piano:

Evan Christopher
@akadurf, I have an original 1st Ed. copy of Tricycle. Great for demoing equipment. Need to pull it out again and give it a listen.🙂🎶
This kind of posts are my favorites-
many names I am totally ignorant of & I do look forward to listening to & seeing what I like.
Thanks to all of you who are willing to educate me- for free!
All it costs is my time!
It don’t get any better than this!
& I’m an old fart curmudgeon, not easily impressed.
Ryan Adams was canceled by himself:
Reports of Adams' alleged sexual misconduct and psychological abuse were first documented and published in February 2019. Several prominent musicians went on record about Adams' misconduct, including Adams' ex-wife Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers, Liz Phair, and Karen Elson.
Chris Isaac
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Snarky Puppy
Van Morrison
Spoon
Robin Tower
Govt Mule
Tedeschi Trucks
Neil Young
AC DC
Jeff Beck
Anderson Osbourne
Nick Lowe