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Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:24pm

What musical artists do you like that are virtual unknowns to the general music buying public?

Mine are:

1) Marc Broussard
2) Chris Robinson
3) Guster
4) Eva Cassidy

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re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:27pm

Well, most Broadway artists are unknown to the general music buying public. My personal favorite: Julia Murney.

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re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:30pm

you think Guster is unknown? I love Guster... but if they count I guess then Ben Folds and Ben Folds Five... my absolute favorite by far

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:33pm

Not so unknown, but she deserves I think to be more known then she is:

Renee Olstead.
This girl is something fierce.

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:35pm

I really like Eliot Morris, he opened for the Goo Goo Dolls/Counting Crows when I saw them a few weeks ago and he was great. His song "colorful world" is in a Crayola commercial right now.

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re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:38pm

less the band.
the link is in my sig.
i'm also their street team leader.
hollah.

Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
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re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:42pm

I am big fan of Back of the Moon, who are pretty obscure. Another good band I like that not many people have heard of - Afro Celt Sound System.

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:54pm

Ted Leo
Badly Drawn Boy

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re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:16pm

Spidey, I ADORE Marc Broussard. I saw him in concert at a local bar a year couple years ago. He was great. He has such a stage presence.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

#10

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:19pm

I saw him as the opening act to Maroon 5 about 3 years ago (before Maroon 5 was famous), and he stole the show from them. Simply AMAZING! How he is not famous, is completely beyond me.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#11

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:22pm

I would love to see him again in concert. He is just one on a list of artists that I am still amazed aren't more popular.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

#12

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:23pm

Me too. He came to Charleston (about a hour away from me) a couple of months ago and I didn't even know it. I was upset when I found out about it after he was here. But, next time he comes back, I am def. going!

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#13

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:26pm

What is your favorite song of his? Its a tie between The Wanderer, Home, and Rocksteady.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

#14

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:37pm

"The Wanderer" (I like the version on his EP better than on "Carencro")

"Home"

"French Cafe'"

"Jeremiah's Prayer" (I wan't this played/sung at my funeral)

"Come Around"

"Lonely Night in Georgia"

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#15

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:44pm

Marc Broussard is pretty good. Kell Clarkson covered his song "Home" on her last tour, so maybe that'll get his name out there a bit more.

I don't know how well known Ben Harper, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Patty Griffin are, but I looove them all.

#16

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:45pm

Ben Harper--YES!

How did Kelly do on "Home?"

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#17

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:51pm

Her vocals were out of this world on that song (as I guess one could imagine). I very much preferred it to Marc's, I have to say.

#18

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:51pm

I wish I could have heard it!

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#19

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:56pm

I second Julia Murney. I also am loving James Donegan's CD *shameless plug* now available on iTunes.

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#20

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/12/06 at 12:59am

Dave Melillo. He's fantastic, still in his teens, and just released his first EP

#21

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/12/06 at 1:25am

i love diana anaid. sometimes also billed as diana ah niad, i think she changed the spelling of her last name to become a palidrome. she's from austrailia, she had a semi-hit last year, but all of her stuff is good.

#22

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/12/06 at 1:01pm

I am listening to Eva Cassidy right now, and I just have to say that she has the voice of an angel. It is so sad that she died so young!

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#23

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/12/06 at 1:40pm

ME

haha
and the East Village Opera Co

#24

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/12/06 at 1:46pm

eva casssidy is pretty well known. her albums have been #1 in the UK.

i love lizz wright.
lizz wright's site w/ sound samples

Mind is Mantra.

#25

re: Virtual Unknowns

Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:21pm

zzannahk, I really like Last Thing (No Boys Allowed) by Diana Anaid, but that's the only song of hers I know.

A few months ago I would have written OK Go, but they suddenly have a huge following thanks to their stupendous video. I saw them in concert 2 years ago, and it may be the most entertaining live show I've seen.

I also like Wakefield, Aslyn, Ivy, and many others that I can't think to name at the moment.

And, as always, I LOVE Natalie Imbruglia. Her last album entered the UK charts at #1, but it wasn't even released in the USA because her second album sold so terribly here. But she's phenomenal, and this album, Counting Down the Days, is definitely her best yet.

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