Just to get this part of the forum started again, I thought that we might talk about other artists that we like. Who knows? You might find someone that you like in someone else's list, or discover something that you haven't heard before that you like.

Country: I like lots of people, but other than Trisha, the big ones for me are George Strait, Martina McBride, Keith Whitley, and Garth Brooks.

Jazz: Diana Krall

Hard Rock: AC/DC, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Tesla, Great White, Ozzy

French (language) Pop: Natasha St. Pier, Hélène Segara, Patricia Kaas

Spanish Pop: Pilar Montenegro (the ballads, in particular)

Pop: Eagles, Heart, Carly Simon, Vanessa Williams, Christina Aguilera, Bryan Adams, Toni Braxton, Sade

Ummmmm anything but RAP...LOL....

Love Old Rock and POP and all COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melanie

Eagles are so not "pop", Zep.

LOL Sandi!
Hey Mel, where ya been?!

Hmm, I love ALL Music, and now that I have a teenager I'm listening to things I wouldn't normally listen to, and some of it is actually pretty good! Some of it--not, but hey, I remember being a teen and my parents hating my music! LOL
My first love has always been country, any kind of country!
But I love all the other genres to! Ecclectic, that's my music selection!

I actually meant to say Heart--no clue why I typed Eagles. Wow. But I guess they're not either.

Linda Ronstadt (natch)

Pop/Rock: Eagles; Beach Boys; Beatles; Elton John; Led Zeppelin

C&W (besides Trisha): Emmylou Harris; Dixie Chicks; Tift Merritt; Allison Moorer; Johnny Cash; Willie Nelson (lots of left-of-center folks here)

Jazz: Pretty much anything of the instrumental variety, particularly from the 1970s

Well, my list starts with Garth, then moves on to women like Chely, Martina, Sara and Reba. I love all country, new, old and everything in between. I am a huge fan of the rock and southern rock of the 70s and I have a weird fascination with music from the 80s.

pretty much everyone in country music. I love all country music. old & new..that's basically all I listen to.

This sounds like fun!
Country-Johnny Cash is my absolute favorite artist, besides Trisha. But I love country all around, but I like Reba, Kenny, Gretchen, Big & Rich, Kevin Fowler, Brooks & Dunn, Buck, George, Tammy, & oh yeah, Garth!
Non-Country-Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Notorious B.i.g, Beyonce, Jay Z, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Michael Buble, Gwen Stefani, a little of everything I guess!

Considering your later post, where you say that you should have said Heart, I'll post on that. You're right, their is a good portion of Heart's stuff--at least the older stuff--that is more rocking; you'll still hear those songs in concerts. But they don't really stay in one genre. And--while I may have said Pop--I do include all soft rock within Pop, and they do a lot of soft rock still, be it as Heart or as the "Lovemongers."

And this part is for everyone:

Incidentally, speaking of "Pop" music, you might want to see the movie "Music And Lyrics." It's a cute little movie that's kind of predictable and eventually forgettable, but it's pretty funny in the places where they are poking fun at the music and videos of the '80s. Hugh Grant doesn't do a half bad job. Also stars Drew Barrymore and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond).

Yeah, the Eagles are a little bit beyond definition too, even if at times they do go a little "rockabilly" for lack of a better word.

I saw that movie for my birthday I thought it was a really cute film with a sweet ending. Drew and Hugh were too cute and funny together. Yes, the "80s video clip" was hilarious! I really liked the movie.

Trisha, obviously, other than that....in no particular order, including everyone I could possibly think of at the moment while scanning my CD collection and including all genre's:


Wynonna
The Judds
Billy Dean
Keith Urban
Rascal Flatts
Martina McBride
Vince Gill
Phil Vassar
Alan Jackson
Reba McEntire
George Strait
Garth Brooks
Sugarland
LeAnn Womack
Jo Dee Messina
Phil Vassar
Mariah Carey
The Eagles
The Beattles
The Turtles
Beach Boys
Brian McNight
Bryan Adams
Alison Krauss
Creedence Clear Water Revival
Rob Thomas
Santana
John Mayer
Sheryl Crow
Gwen Stefani (some of it)
Jack Johnson
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
Nat King Cole
Dean Martin
Tony Bennet
Michael Buble
Loretta Lynn (some of it)
Kathy Mattea
Louis Armstrong
IZ (the Hawaiin guy)
Michael Jackson (earlier stuff)
Elvis Presley (anything)
Diana Krall
Ella Fitzgerald
Celine Dion
N'Sync (some of it)
Savage Garden
Randy Travis
Faith Hill
Tim McGraw
Chely Wright
Michael McDonald
The Youngbloods
Cream
Lynrd Skynrd
Mark Wills

I'm sure there's more I didn't mention, but those are the ones that came to mind, contrary to what my friends think about me, I don't just like country....it's so cool to see all your lists too! Great topic!!!

Blessings,
-SL

I love so many kinds of music! Country of course - and Trisha! But I also like jazz, some blues, and some Christian music as well. It all depends on the day and my mood. I like older rock and roll type stuff too - but I don't like the newer stuff (or a lot of it!).

I am also big on original movie soundtrack scores, particularly those of John Williams, because of how much these scores add to the movies, and how they so often become a part of our country's rich musical heritage.

My latest listen in this area is recent honorary Oscar winner Ennio Morricone's classic score for director Sergio Leone's 1967 film THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, the quintessential Italian spaghetti western (the final face-off is seen in the pic below):

I also like the music from the Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns; I'm particulary fond of the music that was on the watch(es) in "For A Few Dollars More." I generally don't buy soundtracks though, unless it has a song on it that just speaks to me, which just doesn't happen as often with soundtracks, or unless there is a particular favorite artist (like....Trisha?).

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True. My own preference for largely instrumental soundtrack music is that, as far as I'm concerned, pop music movie soundtracks seem to be a dime a dozen these days, regardless of who is on them. This is not, however, a putdown of those who like them.

The thing about the scores that Morricone composed for Leone's spaghetti westerns is that so much of the music seems to be in minor keys, emphasizing those films' ominous, bizarre, and, it has to be said, violent nature--and probably nowhere more so than in THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, where the only things more extreme and intense than the score itself are the gunshots, which sometimes seem as loud as atomic bombs.

I love all kinds of music....but my favorite artists besides Trisha Yearwood are:
Sandi Patty, Twila Paris, Madonna, The Killers, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Celine Dion, Martina McBride, Belinda Carlisle, Monica...gosh you know what I could be here all day typing who I like...let's say that I listen to a little bit of everything except for Gansta Rap.

I am also a classical music lover, having had my interest in it first piqued by director Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, which uses an all-classical soundtrack. The giants of Western music, from Bach to Beethoven to Brahms and Mahler, are of considerable interest to me, as is Aaron Copland, our own country's greatest composer and the one the rest of the world identifies with the American experience.

I suppose if I try hard to avoid anything, it would be speed metal or gangsta rap. I don't need my ears blown out on 150 decibels or "lyrics" (and I use that term very loosely) that degrade women and celebrate violence and murder.

Kenny Chesney, Reba Mcentire, Roy Orbison and to support local talent here in my home town in Wakefield UK Jane Mcdonald.I love her to bits.

Wynonna,Rascal Flatts,Allison Krauss,Keith Urban,Garth Brooks,Shania Twain,Sugarland,Loretta Lynn,Gretchen Wilson,JoDee

Oh my ~ Where shall I start.........

Now most of you know me know who my top 3 are going to be......

Elvis Presley
Trisha Yearwood
Bob Seger
Garth Brooks
Lonnie Mack

Again, I could go on and on because I love music of all types - the blues, swing, orchestra, jazz, - accept rap/gansta' music, heavy metal......

With satellite radio, i'm fortunate enough to hear them all the time so it's really hard to narrow them down so i'll leave the top 5 listed.......

It's so cool to see who everyone likes and listens to! I love it!

I'm curious - what is the difference between Rap and Under ground Rap?

Again, way too many to name. Here a few of my current country faves.

Trisha (of course )
Reba
Wynonna
Martina
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Sugarland
George Strait
Garth
Little Big Town

I've also got more into listening to the latter-day material of Elvis, from the time of his 1968 Comeback Special up to his death in 1977, because I think the King is often sold short for this period. Of particular note are his mercurial 1969 album From Elvis In Memphis (arguably the best thing he had done since leaving the Army); his 1972 live album As Recorded At Madison Square Garden, and 1973's Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite. There's much to like about those albums.

But the reason that those albums are as good as they are is because they were challenging to Elvis, and the man thrived on challenges. The problem is that he had a manager who didn't like to take risks like these ever; and when Elvis got into the routine of constant touring and Las Vegas extravaganzas, they were every bit as damaging to him as those B-movies of the 60s had been.

Hey Erik,

I prefer listening to the latter-day material of Elvis any time! Although his earlier material is what made him the King of Rock and Roll, anything after his 68 comeback special is awesome. That time period is what I listen to. The maturity, the feelings conveyed in his music, that is the part I love most about Elvis - is from 68 on. Could be that is what I was raised on too but also I think that the material released from 68 on is so much better. I have his Aloha from Hawaii dvd - and yes it is awesome.

IMHO, the latter day Elvis ~ anything after 68 comeback special, is better than the first part of Elvis' career - not neglecting the songs that made him the King - I love the songs that made him the King, but the latter of his career is the best.

I too think very highly of his later songs: "I've Got A Thing About You Baby"; "If You Talk In Your Sleep"; "Promised Land" (a Chuck Berry cover); "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (sorry Travis Tritt, you're not The King); "Hurt"; "Moody Blue"; "My Way" (seeing the video clip of him doing that song and clearly looking unwell just kills me); and "Way Down." Really good stuff that hardly ever gets played but which I think is the equal to the stuff that made him ultra-famous to begin with

Hey Erik,

Much like you could talk about Linda , I could go on about Elvis. What really is sad is watching the last concert of Elvis and him trying to sing Are you Lonesome tonight.... My father saw him in concert in '77 and knew there was something wrong with Elvis (he was at the concert in Cincinnati where Elvis ripped his jumpsuit). So many of his latter songs are awesome and that's why I like listening to channel 13 on Sirius satellite - they play Elvis 24/7.

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Very true. It kind of astounds me to see that old footage on TV of him clearly not in very good health in early 1977 but still somehow pouring out every single inch of himself in those final performances. He had become terribly erratic, but he just as often seemed to want to really release everything he had in those final performances. It's kind of hard to describe it really coherently, since he was clearly deteriorating before everyone and yet he just couldn't stop.

I know exactly what you mean Erik ~ there's no way to put it into words. I'm glad I was part of the generation - albeit the end of a generation who was old enough to remember Elvis and his music and was able to see the King in person. His music will forever live thru many generations to come i'm sure because there will never be anyone who could make the kind of impact on music like Elvis did. What an awesome individual, artist, and definitely the King of Rock and Roll forever.

Two other groups of note that are among my favorites

THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS: For anyone wanting to know how Sixties rock merged with the traditional sound of C&W, this is really the band to start with. Formed by ex-Byrds Chris Hillman and the tragically-doomed Gram Parsons, the Burritos set the pace for what was to follow in years to come with their 1969 album The Gilded Palace Of Sin, a classic album of rock and roll attitude with country-and-western sounds, particularly with the all-time classic "Sin City" and the ultimate country draft-dodging anthem "My Uncle."

POCO--If it isn't the Eagles, then this Buffalo Springfield offshoot, formed in 1968 by Richie Furay and Jimmy Messina, would have to be the one that almost every current Nashville band (Lonestar, Diamond Rio, and Rascal Flatts come to mind) aspires to ape. Their sound remains boosted by the innovative pedal steel work of Rusty Young, as well as a plethora of classic songs ("Pickin' Up The Pieces"; "Rose Of Cimarron"; "You Better Think Twice"). Not surprisingly, due to many lineup changes, they were often overshadowed by the Eagles in the country-rock arena, but they remain an historically important band all the same.

My list is so incredibly long, I don't have time to write it.

I'm a metal maniac from my days as a teenager. Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal... I love it all.

80's pop.

Country

Some Blues

Some folk

Plus since I started writing for a website about 2 years back, I've been getting into more and more artists.