What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles?


When it comes to music, about half of my friends are "collectors" and the other half are true audiophiles. It seems the collectors are so obsessed with the size of their collections, that they leave no room in their budget for quality audio equipment. I think the audiophiles, with their focus on quality over quantity, are the ones with their priorities straight. So, unless you are on an unlimited budget, I'm guessing that audiophiles are more selective in their musical purchases. That being the case, I'm curious about what "buried treasures" have you been able to find? Thanks for responding and I look forward to discovering some good music, based on your suggestions.

I'll lead off with the band Crack The Sky, most notably their first two albums: "Crack The Sky" (1975) and "Animal Notes" (1976). I would describe them as a cross between Be Bop Deluxe and Frank Zappa. Their music is unique and totally unmistakable with anyone else. Choice cuts from the debut album are: "Ice;" She's a Dancer;" "Mind Baby" & "Sleep." Choice cuts from Animal Notes are: "Animal Skins;" "Wet Teenager;" Virgin....No" & "Maybe I Can Fool Everybody."
mitchagain
Blodwyn Pig, "Ahead Rings Out"Apropos of the current time, the eponymous "Fraternity of Man" first album.
Eva Cassidy 

RIP

not obscure but long gone and still amazing 

tearful, joyful, like a bell in the fog 
+1 for Redd Volkaert.  As far as I know he just does covers (I've heard him many times, so I presume that's the case) but he manhandles a telecaster like nobody else.  And it's rarely mentioned but he has a great baritone voice.  I'm hoping to see him paired with Bill Kirchen (original Lost Planet Airman with Commander Cody) sometime.  Redd and Bill do appearances out of town so it seems logical they'd play together in Austin as well...
Didn’t our boy Albert Collins play a strat?  Saw him live in the King Street train station in Seattle many years ago.  Wasn’t a club, it was the train station next to Safeco Field, old brick building, tile floors and bathrooms.  Amazing show. Beer garden, dancin’ in the streets, ah! The good old days! 
@fmpnd : Did you see that one of the mods removed my John Cleese quote? Someone flagged it as an insult and the moderator removed it. I think that's hysterical.

Monty Python literacy is at an all time low. Who will be lost of and forgotten next, Moe, Larry and Curly?