My brother dips a toe back into rock music

given fan of joni / buffalo (which i also like), cannot go wrong w/:
1) decemberists: picaresque is the best release (must hear mariner's revenge song)

2) neil young at massey hall

3) ray lamontagne: til the water turns black

4) jack johnson: on & on

5) sufjan stevens: michigan (same sort of tenderness that joni has)

I'm running a special today--one free recommendation with any request for five!

Here's my contribution--I enjoy just about the entire catalog of all these artists and have made some recommendations for specific albums. Although all don't tend to be considered "rock" first, they either have rock roots, or on these albums lean into rock/pop vs. their traditional niche (jazz, blues, folk, etc). In other words, there's some diversity of style on each album, song to song and the do a nice job of showcasing each artist's range.

1. Holly Cole--Romantically Helpless or Don't Smoke in Bed
2. Keb' Mo--Just Like You
3. Mark Knopfler--Shangri La
4. Steve Forbert--The American in Me
5. George Harrison--Brainwashed (last album--posthumous release)
6. Shawn Mullins--Beneath the Velvet Sun

Great idea for a thread, by the way!

william lyall-solo casting; paul jones-crucifix in a horsehoe; elliott murphy-aquahow; jules and the polar bears-ain't got no breeding; michael d'abo-down at rachael's place;the church-the blurred crusade; jim carroll band-catholic boy;the fugs-it crawed into my hand, honest.

From one old rocker to another looking...Enjoy

Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
John Mayer - Continuum
Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time or Luck of the Draw
Tonic - Lemon Parade
Steely Dan - Aja or many others...

one more: Elliott Smith XO