Best American music of the last 25 years?

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:

 

+1 Brandi

Caroline Spence

Mary Gauthier

M.C. Taylor

Tift Merritt

Bonnie Raitt

Lucinda Williams

Hall & Oates

John Fogerty

Gov’t Mule

Drive-by Truckers

Jason Isbell

Tom Petty

The Black Keys

Rhiannon Giddens

Son Volt

Bill Callahan

John Mayer

Emmy Lou Harris

Steve Earle

Shawn Colvin

Joan Osborne 

Amy Helm  

Ryan Adams 

M.C. Ward 

Sturgill Simpson 

 

 

 

 

 

Haven’t yet been to any of their shows but according to some who have, ‘Goose’ shows are similar to the same vibe that we got from seeing the ‘Grateful Dead’ (with Jerry Garcia).

https://www.goosetheband.com/
 

 

Soul Coughing

Neutral Milk Hotel

Hiss Golden Messinger

Phosphorescent 

Over the Rhine 

Birds of Chicago

Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy)

Sam Baker ...( both)

Joanna Newsom

Lady Blackbird

I think music by Dave Alvin would be an excellent choice.