Post which music artists you'd like to see get much more attention

[mvd]

There's no standard this time. Just ones that you feel are very underappreciated by the public.

Of the semi-popular artists, I'd like to see ones like Michelle Branch, Kay Hanley, Nina Gordon, Lisa Loeb, David Gray, Blue October, New Pornographers, Radiohead, Sleater-Kinney, The Donnas, Cheap Trick, Annie, Goldfrapp, Dixie Chicks, Saving Jane, Miranda Lambert, The Veronicas, Fountains Of Wayne, Rosanne Cash, and Anna Nalick get to be household names.

And these are some great artists who just need attention period right now:

Rainer Maria
Margot & Nuclear So & So's
Magneta Lane
Josh Ritter
Jo Davidson
Abra Moore
Bonnie McKee
Rhett Miller
Joseph Arthur
Hope 7
The Faders
Laura Dawn
The Cottars
Idlewild
Fefe Dobson
The Wreckers
Stars
Neko Case solo
Plumb
Fefe Dobson
Duncan Sheik
The Jayhawks
Angela Ammons
Hope Partlow (good album and even more promise)
Brie Larson
Sufjan Stevens
Stacie Rose
Julie Gribble
The Like
Amy Rigby
The Decemberists
Leona Naess
Thea Gilmore
Katherine Schell
Sonya Kitchell
Teenage Fanclub
Fisher
Eisley
Brandi Carlile
Lucinda Williams
Kasey Chambers
Steve Earle
Kathleen Edwards
Mary Gauthier
Halo Friendlies
My Morning Jacket
Cat Power
Herman's Hermits
Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley
Tuuli
Martha Wainwright
Jerra
Hank Williams III
Courtney Jaye
Leslie Mills
Fisher
Rogue Wave
Cindy Alexander
Aslyn
Keren
Marion Raven/M2M
Tegan And Sara
Maria Mena
Butterfly Boucher
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Shanti
The Postal Service
Mindy Smith
The Effection
The Raveonettes (more so for Chain Gang Of Love)
Kate Rusby

And more - I'll stop now.

[Droopy]

1. Morningwood

M-o-r-n-i-n-g-w-o-o-d, let's go!

[mvd]

3. Another good choice

Their songs are well constructed and well-sung enough not to feel guilty while having fun.

[Droopy]

5. I hear them all the time on satelite radio

but they haven't cracked the commercial market, yet, at least not where I live. That "nth Degree" song is really catchy as well as funny. Something about a chick singing about morning wood, "To the nth degree!"

[mvd]

9. That's my fave on the CD

Also something great about "Take Off Your Clothes" - lol. Talking about that one too much could get me in trouble with the other mods. :-)

Similarly, I hear "Girl Next Door" a lot on Satellite Radio, but Saving Jane hasn't broken through completely.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Heh, Morningwood.

:P

[mvd]

2. Feel free to add from other genres

That I don't follow as much. There was an R&B/rock artist named Kina that should have been big, And Res.

More from rock/pop:

A great one hit wonder: Merril Bainbridge. Loved her album.

On the guilty pleasure side, Stella Soleil.

[henslee]

4. Ashley Simpson. Very underrated despite her SNL foul up.

(hee-hee)

[mvd]

7. Good for you

I'm not an Ashlee fan, but I applaud unpopular choices. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Conor Oberst (for both Bright Eyes AND Desaparecidos)

[lizziegrace]

10. Ellis Paul

Boston area singer/songwriter who's considered folk but I think his music crosses more lines.

www.ellispaul.com

[ET Awful]

11. Dan Bern!

ummm. . . .

I'm sure I'll come up with more, that's just the first one that REALLY leaps out at me :)

[LostinVA]

12. Megan Slankard.... Heather Nova

[mvd]

13. Forgot those two

Great choices! I also remembered Bree Sharp. I'm still forgetting some, I'm sure.

[LostinVA]

18. Glad you know Megan Slankard! No one seem to

[mvd]

20. I have her CD Freaky Little Story

Strong vocals, and unique lyrics. Musically, it has pop/rock, folk, and even some songs that are a better version of Ani DiFranco. She can do it all!

I don't have Lady is a Pirate, her earlier CD.

[LostinVA]

24. She's going to be up by DC this week

But it's a "school night," so I can't go. Damn! I've never seen her in person.

[mvd]

31. I hope you get to see her soon!

Have a great night - I'm logging off. :hi:

[ZombieNixon]

14. I don't want musicianss I like to get more attention.

That way, I can be a music snob and laugh at you when you have no idea what I'm talking about. :P

[mvd]

15. LOL

I want them to get more attention, as long as they remain themselves..

[ZombieNixon]

19. Yeah. I want them to get enough attention to maintain themselves.

Don't want them to go under, of course, or break up because thay can't keep it going, but I want them to write good music, not mainstream-radio-corporate-fanboy/fangirl-pleasing crap.

[mvd]

27. While I'm not against radio-friendly stuff per se,

there is still a danger of becoming just another product. Liz Phair's one that adapted well IMO to pop, but look at Aerosmith in the 90s.

[ZombieNixon]

28. LOL...I try not to.

x(

[MissMillie]

16. Aimee Mann and Patty Griffin

two of my favorites

[mvd]

17. Aimee's a fave of mine

I've also been loving Patty lately.

[ronnykmarshall]

23. Cindy's a big fan of Aimee's too.

It's cool that Aimme got an Oscar nod a few years ago.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. Cindy Alexander!!

http://www.cindyalexander.com/

and thanks for having her on your list!

[Beaverhausen]

25. Hey!

what about me! :cry:

[ronnykmarshall]

30. Lisa ! Lisa ! Lisa !

[mvd]

39. Hi!

I never knew you were an artist - and you sound very talented! :hi:

[mvd]

29. Hi, ronny!

You're very welcome! :hi:

[arwalden]

22. Pia Zadora

[Beaverhausen]

26. Patty Griffin, Jonatha Brooke and Patty Larkin

[bbernardini]

32. Mike Keneally, Jim Boggia, Stuart Davis, The Samples, Mieka Pauley

Porcupine Tree

There's others, but I've got things to do. :)

[Beaverhausen]

37. Porcupine Tree and the Samples! Love them both

Although I haven't really gotten into anything from the Samples since that great drummer left.

I saw Porcupine Tree live a couple of times last year. They were great!

[cemaphonic]

33. Golden Palominos

More of a concept than a proper band, but definitely underappreciated.

I'm going to go with Tom Waits as well. Not that he doesn't have quite a following already, but dammit, everyone should love him.

[HuskerDU]

34. Iris Dement!

She has played with Merle Haggard, John Prine, and Steve Earle. Her husband is folkie Greg Brown.
Iris Dement has a voice like an angel and sings songs that touch your soul.

Iris is what country music SHOULD be. Her song, 'Mama's Opry' is modern country that actually sounds like it comes from the tradition of Hank Sr, Patsy Cline, and the rest of country music's true lineage. IE Iris Dement ain't no Nashville lapdancer! (but she is beautiful!)

I cannot heap enough praise on Iris Dement to do her justice. Pick up one of her cds and listen for herself if you like honest, organic, and beautiful country music. She is just the very best.

Oh yeah. She is also quite the liberal! Check out her song 'Wasteland of the Free.' Wingers were actually heckling her while she sang it at the show I was at! Fortunately, they were drowned out and shamed into silence.

I discovered Iris by chance. I hope that others will stumble across this living genius too.

[mvd]

36. Iris is very good

Still have to get a CD from her. I'm a big CD buyer, but there are so many out there that some get overlooked.

Hem is also great at country/folk. I've decided to start at the CD Rabbit Songs instead of the recent covers CD, No Word From Tom.

The Sounds is a group I just bought a CD from - forgot to mention them.

[Mr. Blonde]

35. Drive-by Truckers

New album out next week.

[mvd]

38. For more great pop/rock

There's the group Shaye - I just got their CD on iTunes because it was an import elsewhere.

[Nicole]

40. Alison Krauss & Union Station

Patty Loveless, the other coal miner's daughter.


Edit to change name to Loveless. I had Lovelace at first, that was what she went by orginally. Lovelace was her married name.

[Ava]

41. Franz Ferdinand and the Libertines,