Living in Seattle, the winter provides many rainy Saturdays (as well as Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, etc.) both with and without family. I tend to have Rainy Saturday tastes in music anyway (read; towards the darker, more austere side). So you could open one of my CD drawers to find mostly music that would fit the bill.
I'll spare you the potentially huge list and just pick a few favorites that come to the top of my head (by the way, it's not raining here right now - it's quite nice in fact...for the moment):
Anything by Tom Waits - I think on one of his recent efforts there's a cut titled "Make it Rain"
Damien Jurado - OK, this is getting really dark now. I think Damien is from this area too, so like two other favorites Elliot Smith, and Nick Drake, both of whom took their own lives, he may be influenced by the climate! Try listening to his cut, "Amateur Night" off of the CD, "Where Shall You Take Me".
Antony (& the Johnsons) - love his EP, "The Lake" where he does a gorgeous interpretation of an Edgar Allan Poe poem by the same title.
Over the Rhine, The Innocence Mission, Mary Gauthier, Jim White...the list goes on.
With the theme of rain
Eurithmics, "Here Comes the Rain Again"
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD), "Crush"
Tom Waits, "Make it Rain" and "Rain Dogs" from the album by the same title.
I haven't touched jazz or classical or avant garde stuff since your post seems focused on popular. And guess what, as I finish up writing this post it JUST STARTED RAINING outside!! Go figure.
I'll spare you the potentially huge list and just pick a few favorites that come to the top of my head (by the way, it's not raining here right now - it's quite nice in fact...for the moment):
Anything by Tom Waits - I think on one of his recent efforts there's a cut titled "Make it Rain"
Damien Jurado - OK, this is getting really dark now. I think Damien is from this area too, so like two other favorites Elliot Smith, and Nick Drake, both of whom took their own lives, he may be influenced by the climate! Try listening to his cut, "Amateur Night" off of the CD, "Where Shall You Take Me".
Antony (& the Johnsons) - love his EP, "The Lake" where he does a gorgeous interpretation of an Edgar Allan Poe poem by the same title.
Over the Rhine, The Innocence Mission, Mary Gauthier, Jim White...the list goes on.
With the theme of rain
Eurithmics, "Here Comes the Rain Again"
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD), "Crush"
Tom Waits, "Make it Rain" and "Rain Dogs" from the album by the same title.
I haven't touched jazz or classical or avant garde stuff since your post seems focused on popular. And guess what, as I finish up writing this post it JUST STARTED RAINING outside!! Go figure.