some more recent discoveries
female vocals
Sara Tavares: Balance: jazz tinged latin done tastefully
Esperanza Spalding: get this...jazz based, sh palys the acoustic double bass while singing
other stuff
Nik Bartch's Ronin: Holon: European jazz, atmospheric, somewhat intellectual in approach
DJ Shadow: new album The Pirvate Press doesn't dissapoint and clearly shows why he is at another level to other DJs
Lettuce: Rage....if you like funk, u gotta have this. get down!
The Duke Sprit: Neptune...can be pretentious but i like it: brit cool rock influecned by the early 70s but modern
Yoav: acoustic gtr based, influences of chill, sorta like Bon Iver but more intense