Virtual Unknowns
Virtual Unknowns
#0Virtual Unknowns
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
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#1re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:27pmWell, most Broadway artists are unknown to the general music buying public. My personal favorite: Julia Murney.
#2re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:30pmyou 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
#3re: 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.
#4re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:35pmI 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.
#5re: 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.
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duroc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/05
#6re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:42pmI 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.
#7re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 8:54pm
Ted Leo
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#8re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:16pmSpidey, 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.
#9re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:19pmI 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.
#10re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:22pmI 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.
#11re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:23pmMe 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!
#12re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:26pmWhat is your favorite song of his? Its a tie between The Wanderer, Home, and Rocksteady.
#13re: 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"
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#14re: 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.
#15re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:45pm
Ben Harper--YES!
How did Kelly do on "Home?"
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#16re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:51pmHer 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.
#17re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:51pmI wish I could have heard it!
broadwayjavajunkie
Stand-by Joined: 7/13/06
#18re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/11/06 at 9:56pmI second Julia Murney. I also am loving James Donegan's CD *shameless plug* now available on iTunes.
#19re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/12/06 at 12:59amDave Melillo. He's fantastic, still in his teens, and just released his first EP
#20re: Virtual Unknowns
Posted: 9/12/06 at 1:25ami 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.
#21re: 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!
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#23re: 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
#24re: 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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