what kind of music

sportsgirl, you gotta give a listen to michael franks. you will like. for starters, i recommend, michael franks' "the art of tea".

tom scott? download, girl. any tom scott is usually good.

sandman, i always knew we had same taste in tunes. i am getting back to my old ways...i played david benoit all day today.

hiroshima is another good jazz band, and this japanese chick, keiko matsui? i think i spelled that right. i like her stuff. very distinctive sound!

 

Can't vote for more than one.

 

i listen to all of that but country. you forgot jazz and religious tunes!

although...i got this one country cd called melt by the rascal flatts. oh and another that has movin' on in it. make that 2 cd's by rascal flatts. they sure are country!

 

yikes! i posted that a long time ago!!!

which reminds me...people, you gotta check out keiko matsui. jazzredcat, i think you will like.

 

You can't say talent and then list those rappers. There are many talented rappers, the names you listed are not though.

Talented rappers currently making music: The Roots, Gang Starr, Talib Kweli

I listen to rap/hip-hop and classic rock some classic r&b. Most of the new rap leaves much to be desired, but from the mid to late 80s to around 1999 there was a great amount of good rap music being made.

If ever anyone is interested in seeing a live rap act, I highly recommend seeing The Roots live. They are a live band, and a very talented one at that. They tend to do shows in smaller venues, I saw them once at the Tremont in Charlotte and the performed for almost 2 hours, doing original songs, some covers, instrumentals, solos, the works. It was a great experience, with a great diverse crowd of people there to have fun. To get a little flavor of The Roots download this song:

The Roots - The Seed 2.0 one of my favorite songs in years.

 

sorry, i just now saw this. classical is in there, jazz.

 

Thanks, lex.
All's well in jazzredcatland.

 

Can't vote, coz there's no one type I prefer, & no one type I really dislike either. I love all kinds of music. I tend to enjoy listening to blues or classic rock the most, but I can also be found listening to Maria Callas and crying, to Beethoven and trembling, to Frank Sinatra and dancing around the house . . . . I love folk music--not so much the old European stuff, but the kind of things that had a "social message" back in sixties U.S.A. I even like SOME gospel music, even though I'm not a Christian! Go figure. Hell, I can even enjoy "bubblegum" music--anybody remember the Archies??? It sure doesn't have to be great art to be fun, although great art is the most satisfying.
I have noticed that the things I gravitate toward the most--the things I feel compelled to buy & listen to over & over--are most often songs in which the lyrics are equal to the music in importance, & which hold some personal meaning for me. The best song lyrics could stand as poetry when the music is stripped away.

 

The best song lyrics could stand as poetry when the music is stripped away.


The converse is true IMO, if I catch your drift. My favorite musics stand alone without words/lyrics, actually need no words because the melody(ies)and other aspects(orchestration/harmony, rhythms)are "strong" enough to stand sans words. Actually, a good melody can stand alone, needs no lyrics nor accompaniment. Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer, once said that if he could write one good melody per year he'd consider himself lucky.
[rant&rave: Melodies seem to be becoming a "lost" art.]

 

Country and contemporary Christian, mostly.