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."
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Stan Rogers even if his Between the Breaks Live Album was recommended in Stereophile many years ago. Arguably the greatest folk singer ever and most Canadians have never heard of him.
Also give his brother Garnet Rogers a listen has possibly the most emotional song ever written "Frankie and Johnny"
Touché  three_easy_payments.  Nice comeback.  One thing though - my statements about not recognizing Monty Python was in two parts.  The first was my own lamenting that as we (I) get older, it’s a bit sad to keep experiencing more and more people who, understandably as time passes, have no clue about things that may have been popular in my generation.  That hits me regularly  at work when I’ll say something while a song is playing like “Oh, that’s the Average White Band” - to which a more and more common reply will be: “Who?”

The second reference was more specific. One would think that my  two Monty Python quotes, if not taken in context, would also have been deleted as offensive.  So that made me wonder if the moderator Googled them or not. N80’s deleted response was a quote by John Cleese from  Monty Python.  So I was addressing what I saw as a possible inconsistency.

Yeah, those repressive Audiogon life  incidents are a  b#@tch aren’t they? 

Enjoy the music!
Vuyo Sotashe.  Saw him in concert with the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis last week.  Incredible vocalist.  http://www.vuyosotashe.com
David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir. Album, "Hearing Solar Winds" (1 of the cuts is played in link below).

If you can imagine Tuvan throat-singing adapted to droning chant in highly reverberant spaces...well, you just have to hear it.

If you like trance or ambient anything, this music will knock you flat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4pVASwvvMk
Mats/Morgan Band - Swedish duo of Mats Oberg on keys and Morgan Agren on drums.  Heavily influenced by Zappa.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe8aLYy1wiHJT1gsjwoN35g
Senri Kawaguchi - 20 year old drummer who has been a YouTube star for more than 10 years.  Her third album "Cider ~ Hard & Sweet came out earlier this year featuring the trio in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvEBp2qGHYUShe also has 4 albums as half of the duo Kiyo-Sen with Kiyomi Otaka on keys.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1cU8NGGQ-EGaN-Ln2qTSw
Alex Skolnick Trio - Alex is lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Testament but he has this jazz trio on the side.  Latest album is "Conundrum"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBzMahGjjnR3LOIYzqDTKdQ
FAT(Fabulous Austrian Trio) - Featuring Alex Machacek on guitarhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5POOIET3Ei73QT9DqxhHg
Forgas Band Phenomena - French band led by drummer Patrick Forgas.  I have 6 albums by them and they have a brand new one just out.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOt7x6zm7QsenrxIcaNx0kg
Mark Wingfield - American/Britsh guitarist that has his own sound and style.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvDzlzKQMIqYJVGLtBCG24A
For some interesting music check out these labels:http://moonjune.com/catalogue.htmlhttp://cuneiformrecords.com/