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Based on selections heard, or simply rumor, these are artists or collections I would like to get to know -- or know better -- in no particular order.
  • A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
  • Various Artists - Classic Appalachian Blues
  • Dizzy Gillespie - on Verve
  • Miike Snow - Downtown
  • Various Artists - What is Hip? Remix Volume 1 Tnx X ****
  • Voltaire Brothers - I Sing the Booty Electric
  • Choral - Mountains Tnx MT ****
  • The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Fruit Tnx MT
  • Various Artists - War Child Heroes
  • Rokia Traore, Tchamantche
  • Ntjrosie, Atouba
  • Jeremy J? On K?
  • Ran Dass?
  • Trentemoller - The Last Resort
  • Murcof - Cosmos Tnx X
  • North Sea Radio Orchestra (see below)
  • Various Artists - A Treasury of Tall Tales (here)
  • Fridge - Happiness
  • Anjulie - Ep Tnx X **
  • Martin Simpson & Wu Man - Music for the Motherless Child
  • Tony Bennett - Crazy Rhythm
  • Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
  • The Sound of Jazz: Complete Edition (2005) (DVD)
  • Charlie Haden - Rambling Boy Tnx X ***
  • Mike Auldridge - Tone Poems III or The Great Dobro Sessions
  • Roger Webb Trio - on the Swan label?
  • Count Basie Orchestra - some premier collection
  • Mos Def - The Ecstatic
  • Bonobo - Dial M for Monkey
  • Richard Dorfmeister / Tosca - something
  • Anita O'Day - something
  • Alela Diane - something
  • Marty Regan - (Japanese classical collection)
  • Spain
  • From another list: Hovercraft | Trans Am | Olivia Tremor Control | Bowery Electric
  • From another list: Download | Roni Size | Reprozent | Komet | Louis Andriessen | California Ear Unit
  • And
  • there'll
  • always
  • be
  • more...


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