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EVER FEEL LIKE A TOTAL NITWIT DISCOVERING AN ARTIST LATE IN THE GAME?

Examples:
1.)  Chris Whitley.  I was driving home after a long work day driving all over the place, my radio tuned to WFUV FM in New York.  Ever hear a song for the first time and it feels  like it lasted for an hour even though it was only minutes?The song was "Narcotic Prayer" and I was literally blown away.  When I got home I searched iTunes and downloaded the album immediately.  It was then I discovered he had died over a year earlier. &*^$%&$#  I have everything he's ever recorded.


2.)  Sublime.  Same kind of episode.  The song was "What I Got."  Bought the album and started digging.  Took a while before I finally found out that Bradley Nowell died.  WTF?  It's remained in my rotation ever since.  Damn good album all the way through.  I have the complete collection.

3.)  Imani Coppola.  I have absolutely no idea how I stumbled upon her while absentmindedly foraging amongst the depths of iTunes in January of this year,  but somehow I clicked on a 1:30 sample of "I Am A Tree" from the album Chupacabra.  Wowzers.  To say the least.  I was thinking,  "wow, this is fresh stuff!"  I saw all of her other records and.  based on the strength of Chupacabra's tunes,  purchased them as well.  As I was listening to Chupacabra I started reading and...   Well,  Chupacabra was released in 1997!   Here I am,  a 63 year old white guy thinking I'm hipper than hell...Since then her music has become somewhat more edgy,  incorporating more and more hip-hop and rap but,  man,  she's a fascinating personality,  singer,  lyricist and artist.  An amazing talent.

I've got a few more but let's have some fun with this.  Have at it!



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oblgny OP
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The streaming thing has definitely exposed me to a lot of new artists but I have to respect those I really enjoy and purchase their stuff because the royalties on streamed are pathetic.  I'm something of a lifelong half-assed artist me-self and I respect copyrighted material.  Intellectual properties such as music simply cannot be enjoyed on the cheap.

New artist?  Jen Chapin - Harry Chapin's daughter.  Quite good.  Just bought her stuff on Qobuz.
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dweller...

Yup - I know Chris had a daughter and I've been following her since discovery.  Good stuff.  Her live recordings are the better of the lot, methinks.  IMHO.  I also discovered a jazz artist,  Stephan Crumb,  who has some excellent releases.  He's an excellent bass player.  (Also a good way to test your loudspeakers low end definition.). 
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Xenia Rubino.  Absolutely original artist.  Search the song "Help."  Wow.
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artikdeth...

Good post!  I have another, The Tragically Hip.  Lead singer died shortly after I “discovered” them. i seem to be something akin to a Flying Dutchman with some of my finds. 


Thanks to the HBO series “The Deuce”,  I found myself really digging the music played during the closing credits. I googled the hell out of it, finally getting the search worded correctly and got my answer. Lafayette Gilchrist. 

The track that got me was “Assume The Position” - a funked up number with great horns. Better yet, on the album it clocks just over ten minutes.  Check him out if you can. 

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