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Best American music of the last 25 years?

What songs and artists best represent American music over the past 25 years?

I am making a mega playlist for my friend immigrating to the States next month. She loves English music but it's heavily censored where she is from. What are the best songs to help her catch up to date on popular genres and show her the best songs of the last 25 years?

Bonus points for songs that cover the plight of generations or relevant sociopolitical situations at the time.

leon471
acman3
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I know I have missed a lot of Pop and Rock bands over the past 25 years, so I know there are more.

Greg Porter

Charles Lloyd

Wilco

Bad Plus

Jack White

Nels Cline

John Zorn

Jason Isbell / Drive by Truckers

Julian Lage

Mattlew Shipp

Rene Marie

Rosanne Cash

Chick Corea

Beach House

Bob Dylan

Aaron Brooks

Bill Frisell

John Hiatt

William Parker !

 

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coltrane1
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Oh that’s easy. She’s the best singer no one has heard of. Eva Cassidy. Died in the middle 90’s, yet left a singing legacy that lives on, still  

Check out her Autumn Leaves, and Somewhere Over The Rainbow on YouTube. Thank me later  

 

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coltrane1
796 posts
 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY

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crimsoniter
31 posts
 

Drive By Truckers 

Tedeschi Trucks Band

dhite71
331 posts
 

Well, I scanned and did not see Brandi Carlile mentioned anywhere.  I fell in love with her when she was getting big from her album The Story.  Now about 10 years later I own every record on vinyl and have seen her live 5 times.  She is the most sincere artist on stage I have seen from 100s of concerts over 30 years.  She simply blows my mind!  Many have never heard of her so if you are one, here is a nice video introduction to Brandi:

 

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