Other artists?

[ponytail]

This has probably been a thread subject before, but I'm curious: aside from Janis, what other artists do Rudies listen to? Mine include Melanie, Jimmy Buffet, Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield, Louis Armstrong, the Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Buffy Ste-Marie, Paula Cole, CSNY, Mahalia Jackson...and lots of others. Those are just some of my particular favorites. I listen to pretty diverse music, but I do tend to prefer older, more mature artists in general. How about you?

[snakegrl]

I like all kinds...Kodo(Japanese percussive), Beethoven,Beethoven and then there's Beethoven, old school blues,-Son House,Skip James,Robert "Pete" Williams,Balinese traditional, Hawwaian traditional, Native American traditional,the B52's,R.L. Burnside, Jeff Buckley, Carlos Nakia, Tibetan monks chanting. But the best music is early in the morning when the birds are up and about, the wind is stirring and green life is unfurling in the soft light of the sun.

[RedjackRyan]

I'm all over the place with my musical tastes, Janis Joplin, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, John Mellencamp, Sarah Mclachlan, Iron Maiden, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Etta Cox, Kenny Blake, Parliment Funkadelic, Teena Marie, Mozart, Beethoven, Laurie Anderson, Judas Priest, Metallica, Natalie Merchant (thanks Sis Rose!) and oodles of others.. About the only thing i'm not particularly inclined to listen to is Country music..

[sister rose]

Besides Janis...umm...Natalie Merchant (you're welcome, RJ), Joan Baez, Nick Drake, Anna Nalick (you should check her out, if you haven't already), Alanis Morissette, Anne Murray, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Innocence Mission, Fairport Convention ( I so wish I could go back to Charlottesville to see them Wednesday), Marianne Faithful, Pete Seeger, Wilco...and many more....:D

[Wildflower Fever]

;) Yes, she does. Aside from Miss Janis, I would say I'm like a demon spawn of Sister Rose and Redjack.
Natalie Merchant (and 10,000 Maniacs), Aimee Mann, Parliament/Funk., Prince, The Replacements, Husker Du, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, Wilco, Billy Bragg, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Cat Stevens, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Public Enemy, Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash and the Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Bob (we minnesotan's call him Zimmerman) Dylan, Susannah Hoffs, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Joni Mitchell, CSN & CSNY, Buffalo Springfield, Elliott Smith, Metallica, Tool, Rush, Marianne Faithful, Nico, Velvet Underground, The Doors, WAR, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Spinners, Earth Wind and Fire, Chic, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, J5, Sam and Dave, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Alice In Chains, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, "Bird" Parker, Louis Jordan, Robert Cray, Jeff Lynne, The Pogues, The Chieftains, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Judas Priest, KISS, Morris Day and the Time, Koerner Ray and Glover, John Prine, Black Sabbath, Tracy Chapman, Midnight Oil, Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Bruce!, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Eric Clapton, Eric B. and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, A Tribe Called Quest, MC5, The Misfits, Henry Rollins, RHCP, R.E.M.
For starters....:cool:

[hoops]

the list is just too longbut i have 2...yes 2 #1's and they are Janis and Joni mithcell.i used to say there were certain forms of music that i did not like, Rap being one, disco being another but that has changed. i've liked wille nelson and dolly parton since the first time i heard them, yet there is other country music that makes my stomach chun. oh and Neil young is near the top "Live musici is better bumper stickers will be issued" i think that is from Neils 'hawks and doves' My newphew s who live with me they are 4yr.3yr and 11 month call my car the Janis Ian car cause i have som much of her stuff on it and in it. Just before ...well let's say... the incident, the first one anyway, i gave away about $1000 worht of Stevie Nicks boot leg.

[Bat]

What, no PP&M?!!:confused:

[sister rose]

What, no PP&M?!!:confused:

oooh....yes...of course...they go along with Pete Seeger!

[Melba]

I also have a wide variety of tastes in music. Besides our lovely web hostess, John Mellancamp, Bob Segeer, Bruce Springsteen (my favorite guy), INXS, Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Elton John, Creed, Melissa Etheridge, Annie Lenox, Janis Joplin, Madonna, Cher, Tina Turner, Sugarland, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless, Tanya Tucker........oh the list can go on and on. I also like a lot of the late 80's early 90's big hair rock bands (popular when I was in school;) ). Have lots of those CD's. There is not a whole lot of music that I don't like.

[Agnes]

Like most of you I'm all over the place musically. Besides Janis, it's mostly Dougie MacLean, R. Carlos Nakai, Hayadeh, Mercedes Sosa, Victor Jara, Alanis Morissette, Maire Brennan, Stef Bos, Patrick Bruel, Chopin, Beethoven, Celtus, Gregorian stuff, Linkin Park, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sting, Herbert Grönemeyer, Simon & Garfunkel, Ted Christopher, Mary Black, Ofra Haza, Medwyn Goodall, Queen and Mari Boine Persen. And since last Saturday I'm totally charmed by Mich en Scène :)

[Dee]

Okay, this is really going to date me, but here goes. In alphabetical order:

10,000 Maniacs, Barbra Streisand, Barenaked Ladies, Bee Gees, Bette Midler, Bruce Cockburn, Carole King, Carpenters, Cat Stevens, Celine Dion, Ella Fitzgerald, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Jane Olivor, Jann Arden, Jim Croce, Joan Baez, Josh Groban, Lynn Miles, Paul Simon, Supertramp, The Innocence Mission, Tina Turner, Tracy Chapman

and many many more.

[gisli]

So many, so many. Today I listen to Janis, Katie Melua, Yussef N´Dor, Turkish groove music, Latino and Flamengo music and as always Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. I am actually going to see Roger Waters:D next monday where he will be playing Dark Side Of The Moon plus other PF classics. It is supposed to be THE biggest consert event here in Iceland ever,:rolleyes: so they say. So Pink Floyd is much played in my house these days.......but not as much as Janis though....Billie Bone´s is stuck in my cd and will not come out, except through the speakers.:o

[MadMusician]

What I'm listening to currently is Warren Zevon, SheDaisy, Secret Garden, Rob Thomas & Nickelback.

What I always go back to - Janis Ian, Kathy Mattea, Alison Krauss, Dan Fogelberg & Michael Johnson.

Favorite composers - Chopin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Janis Ian & Bob Dylan.

Vocalists - Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Sara Evans, Smokey Robinson & Michael McDonald.

Players - Tommy Emmanuel, Keith Urban, Michael Johnson, Jerry Douglas, Stan Getz, Phil Collins & Bill Evans.

Turn up the volume - Pucinni's Madame Butterfly & Mozart's Requiem.

[ponytail]

I'm really glad I asked. I had a theory that other Rudies would like a wide variety of music, and I'm glad to have it verified! Thanks for the responses, everyone.

Glad to see you mentioned Jane Olivor, Dee. She's also one of my favorites -- I can't believe I forgot to mention her! Now there's somebody who should record some Janis Ian songs!:)

[Dee]

It's really hard to include all my favourite other artists, PT.

My list is just too long. :cool: :)

[NinasSpaceChild]

Gosh, I listen to so much. Here are some of my favourites.

Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Odetta, Kirsty MacColl, Shirley Horn, Scott Walker, Antony and the Johnsons, Rufus wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Barb Jungr, Jacques Brel, The Divine Comedy, Radiohead, Kate Bush, Ute Lemper, Marianne Faithfull, The Gotan Project, Diamanda Galas, Laurie Anderson, Tori Amos, Eliza Gilkyson, Pink Floyd, Joan Baez, Julie Felix, Peggy Lee, KD Lang, Eddi Reader, Elkie Brooks, Sarah Brightman, Veldt, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Hazel O'Connor, Sinead O'Connor, Judy Collins, Mike Oldfield, Pet Shop Boys, Coldplay, Timi Yuro, Nancy Sinatra......

And so on. :)

[gisli]

Gosh, I listen to so much. Here are some of my favourites.

Mike Oldfield...... :)

Yes, yes oh yes and yes. I love his music, his first works mostly. Ommadawn, Platinum, Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge etc............

[NinasSpaceChild]

He does seem to have gone a bit trancey on us recently.

[moe75]

Speaking of retros, just read this in the NYTimes.

Joan Jett keeps it simple. (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/08/arts/music/08jett.html?hp&ex=1149825600&en=5e05ad8904b04301&ei=5094&partner=homepage)

To show you how clueless I was in the 80's, it never occured to me that she would appeal to "young, hand-holding lesbian couples".

But I can see it now.

Joannie, you OK with me girl.

:D :D

[illinoisbill]

Wow. there are so many.
I was surprised that I didnt see Laura Nyro on anyones list. So that's where I'll start.

Laura Nyro, Helen Reddy, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Joan Baez, Maria Mauldauer, Todd Rundgren, Jackson Brown, Carly Simon, Cher, Stacy Lattisaw, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, Meatloaf, James Taylor,


And so many many many more.

[david uk]

so here are mine....

Marc Almond, Sparks, Laurie Anderson, Mercedes Sosa, Eva Dahlgren, Alison Moyet, Carmel, Lene Lovich, Barbara (French singer, not Streisand lol), Jacques Brel, Jane Birkin, Kate Bush, Peter Hammill, Serge Gainsbourg, Donna Summer, Abba, Annie Lennox, Victor Jara (thanks, Agnes!)....

and more too of course...

[ponytail]

I keep seeing people on other folk's lists I really should have put on mine. Laura Nyro, of course! But there are so many people whose music has meant something to me, it really is impossible to list them.

Right now I'm excited because I just learned that Ronee Blakley's two albums have finally been released on CD, after having been unavailable since the 70s. She's a wonderful singer-songwriter (remember her in Robert Altman's Nashville? Can't wait to hear her again.:)

[Eva]

Lots of artists, lots of music. Depending on my mood. I don't like R&B, house, techno and those kind of things. Don't like gangstarap either.

Eva

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

Ok...

Janis Ian then all of the above
plus...
Chicago...Earth, Wind & Fire....DCT & Blood Sweat & Tears.... Spanky & our Gang..... The Rascals.....Jethro Tull..... Eric Burdon & The Animals.... The Beatles..... The Dave Clark V....... Sonny & Cher...... The 5th Dimension, and zillions of others......

best to all and happy listening....

R. from pa

[Oak Kitten]

Illinois Bill,

We have similar tastes. I would put Laura Nyro near the top of my list. Janis, is of course, number 1. I also like Maria Muldaur, have seen her perform several times. Eva Cassidy is another favorite. I also like Linda Rondstadt. I listen mostly to female vocalists. I also like Mozart and am fond of Viennese Operettas and Broadway musicals.

Oak

[GodSistah]

Many, many other favorite artists: Prince, Teena Marie, P-Funk, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Steve Vai, Tori Amos, Red Hot Chili Peppers...just to name a few...my new favorite group are these three chicks in SF called "Sistas in the Pit", a funk rock trio...they are so so so cool! :)

~Andrea~

[Bat]

The Cleveland Wrecking Company, Swingle Singers, and Arlo Guthrie are some pretty special talents out there from the past, as is early Melissa Manchester.
Haven't heard too much contemporary that is worth much, but the singing groups that started with the Mills Bros, Ames Bros, 4 Aces, up through Chanticleer were all pretty special. Of course, my favorite singers of all times were the Andrews Sisters...Bette Midler did some spectacular stuff of theirs, too.

[ponytail]

One of my biggest thrills as a singer was when I was working as half of a duo and we opened for Arlo Guthrie and Melanie. When we went on, there were three thousand people there. (I was so nervous I basically left my body and watched somebody else do it!)

It also provided one of my most embarrassing moments. It was at an outdoor arts festival in a state park, and the organizers were freaked out because Melanie and her son and husband were driving around and around the park, unable to figure out how to get in. I was supposed to introduce her, so I was nervous too. Arlo and I were hanging out near the steps leading up to the stage. We performers had these plastic ID bracelets on our wrists, and as we waited for her to show up I kept glancing at mine. He noticed and said, "You do realize that's not a wristwatch, don't you?" :o

She got there and all went wonderfully. I avoided Arlo's eyes for the rest of the day -- not his problem, just mine. He's a sweet guy. But God, was I embarrassed!