Music is the literature of the heart;
it commences where speech ends. ~ Alphonse de Lamartine
- AfroCelt Sound System – the ultimate collection of talent
- Alborosie – sample this: The Unforgiven ft. Raging Fyah … Metallica should go hide after this
- Blockhead
- Bone Thugs N Harmony
- Boston
- Cheb Khaled – sample this: Bakhta. get your rai/funk fusion with him
- Counting Crows
- David Bowie
- DJ Day
- DJ Frane – sample this: I am Dreaming…the piano 1/2way…but oh, man, all of it…
- DJ Krush
- DJ Shadow
- Doc Delay
- Dougie McClean
- E.L.O.
- Earth, Wind, and Fire
- EL-P
- Faith No More
- Fleetwood Mac
- Gorillaz
- Groove Armada
- Heatwave
- Jethro Tull
- Kool & The Gang – sample this: Summer Madness
- Kruder & Dorfmeister – smooth
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- Linda Perry – sample this: Morphine & Chocolate. arguably the strongest female vocalist alive.
- Martyn Bennett – sample this: Aye?
- Marvin Gaye
- Mary J. Blige
- Moby – sample this: Rushing. Richard Hall, aka Moby, is an animal rights activist in addition to prolific record producer
- Morcheeba
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – sample this: Sweet Pain
- Outkast
- Paul Schwartz, Producer
- Pearl Jam
- Peatbog Faeries
- Peter Gabriel – creator of Real World Records, it’s through him that I discovered world music. Bless you, man. – Here’s a lovely sample
- R.E.M.
- Radiohead – Thom Yorke is sublime
- RJD2
- Robert Plant – he grew up nicely
- Röyksopp – when you like an artist for one track only. but it’s a doozy.
- Ruben Blades – sample this: Primogenio – lovely fusion of latin/celtic. also the lyrics gives me piloerection
- Sade
- Sheila Chandra – every track on Zen Kiss is gold
- Steve Winwood, Traffic
- The Alan Parson’s Project
- The Cars
- The Crystal Method
- TLC
- Yoshida Brothers
- Zero 7 – sample this: This World ft. Mozez…the very best cocktail of poignant hope