Which artists' music do you buy without audition

Bill Frisell, James McMurtry, Aimee Mann, anything by the Finn brothers & Cassandra Wilson.

One more Steely Dan vote.

I was wondering if the message in "Everything Must Go" was that it was the end. But with the tour over the summer I suppose not.

I saw them once in 1974 when it was all good. Seen them 3 times since and the sound system has been unbelievably bad. Didn;t go this year as I didn;t want to be dissappointed again.

there are a number of classical artists and jazz artists that i like. pianists such as glenn gould, martha argerich, ivo pogorelich, conductors such as ernest ansermet, mravinsky and a bunch of harpsichordists, such as pierre hantai, christopher rousset, trevor pinnock et al., would not have to be screened before buying a recording.

recordings from artists such as wes montgomery, art tatum, barney kessell, oscar peterson et al. would not have to be screened for content. if i had a question about the sound quality of a label i was unfamiliar with, i would want to assess the sound.

U2, Coldplay, Alison Krauss, Nickelback, and anything composed by Dvorak

Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Bill Nelson.