Some classic blues rock with a dash of country and a hint of Celtic rock mixed in for flavour. Mark's voice is absolutely delicious and the smooth guitar riffs are like sonic velvet. The one or two older chappies and chappettes who may stumble across this post are probably sagely nodding and saying "Finally! SIG has stumbled across some Good Taste!".

I am certainly glad I stumbled across and re-discovered him on Pandora.

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The classics.

Not really much to say here

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KONGOS are an alt-rock/hard-rock group from South Africa. They have a admittedly "standard" easy-listening alt-rock style with a dash of kwaito. What sets them apart and adds a bit of spice to their work is their use of accordion (like Jason Webley from earlier). Certainly gives them a distinct sound.

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I learned about a new instrument recently: Dobro resonator guitar. It has a distinctive look ("guitar with a shield thingy on the front) a distincitve sound (about midway between an acoustic guitar and a banjo) and features prominently in many blues/bluegrass/country songs. Needless to say, it features prominently in Brother Dege's music what with the rhythmic blues/folk style with a smattering of mellow rock mixed in for taste.

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Johnny Flynn is a British folk Rock musician, another one of many I have not heard of until I stumbled across his works on Pandora. His music has an upbeat, cheerful quality to it that makes it a pleasure to listen to.

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This goes out to Darkhanos

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Back to metal! (Notice a trend yet? )

Pelican is a somewhat unique instrumental band/group, described as both "Post-Metal" (whatever that means) and "Instrumetal". I think Significant Other described them best with the succinct "easy listening metal" description. It feels a bit like a metal version of jazz (in a good way) what with their heavy, yet clear guitars and varying time signatures (Ohhh lookit SIG with all the poncey, hoity-toity phrases!)

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More folk music!

I never heard of Slaid Cleaves before stumbling upon him through Pandora, but I am glad I did. Some of his works shades uncomfortably too close to country (), but overall, I enjoy his singing.

(AiDraws - Harpsy playing Guitar)

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Bit of a repeat here as I have already posted this particular band in a blog post, but I will mention them again to make them part of the "official" list.

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As Tom Lehrer said "One man deserves the credit, one man deserves the blame". I can thank Daedalus Aegle here for introducing me and Significant Other to Jason Webley's music. It is a nice blend of folk and punk which mixes manic violin and rhythmic guitar in equal measure.

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