Best of 2021

So much great music in 2021 on SoundCloud.  Here are some of my very favorites....

Favorites 2021

Cool Songs I Have Found! 2

UNSTOPPABLE DREAMS

Found In A Dream: 20 New greats from the SoundCloud community

Almost Wednesday Collection #79

First installment of the "Three Photons Weekly" playlist
Cheers, TG.

Three Photons Weekly #1

Three Photons Weekly #3

More great songs by great SoundCloud artists.

Sensational Songs Volume 2

Dead Soul

90's gaming music meets alternative metal.
this is our style,  a new gaming music / melodic instrumental metal.

we respect composers of KONAMI, TAITO, SEGA, etc...
we love 80-90's action games, shooter games, arcade games.
feel our passion for VGM.

compose , mixing , mastering : psy xl
guitar , artwork  : beta  https://twitter.com/DropB_Beta

radioactive decay feat.beta

my eulogy for our dying rainforests...


"Giants" is the 6th of 13 or so songs from my forthcoming debut album, Year Zero.

"Giants" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, YouTube etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.

lyrics:

if you listen hard, you can hear them
their stories, their secrets, their scars...
if you touch them, you'll realise what we have

they pre-date us...
they will out live us...

giants give us life - do you know what that means?
giants, they give us life - d'you really know what that means?

they stand tall and they're wiser
than you and i can comprehend.
if you embrace them, you'll realise what we have...

they breathe in for us...
they breathe out for us...

giants give us life - do you know what that means?
giants, they give us life... d'you really know what that means?

credits

vocals & words: Miaow McDonald
piano: Miaow McDonald
bass: Miaow McDonald
eBow'd guitar: Miaow McDonald
trees & forest sounds: Mother Nature

co-produced by: Robert Davidson, aka @agedchoirboy

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Giants

“oh, the mission bells told me
that I could not stay...”

The Great American Songbook re-imagined.
“South of the Border” written by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr in 1939.

South Of The Border

We are deeply saddened and concerned with the recoveries of children's remains at Canada's Residential Schools.  We fully support, and stand by, the Indigenous communities in demanding retribution and restitution from Canada's Government and Church establishments.

"Residential schools were run by the Canadian government and churches to forcibly assimilate 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children. Sweeping sexual and physical abuses were common and thousands of children died. According to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, about 4,100 students were killed, but that number is likely to climb. Experts think it’s closer to 15,000." vice.com, June 24, 2021
————————

June 23, 2021, 1323 children were found in hidden unmarked graves at former residential schools across Canada and this number is rising.

The lyrics for There You Are come from a monologue Myrh recorded on June 17th as the number rose from 319.

THERE YOU ARE
across boundaries of nations, corporations
the hidden secrets are the same
from corner to corner

i shall not stand

will they keep going
on this path of no life?

our children shall birth into their wombs/wounds
how we bare them truths!
look here! you broken ones, look here
no matter how you try to smother the spirit
it is only we that/who can bring you home

we missing, hunted, we dead

________________

As I was working on the original, instrumental version of this track I always felt like it needed the very human touch of vocals. What I heard in my head was the unmistakable voice of Myrh @myrhyum. A huge thanks for her creative generosity...it's always a great pleasure to work with her.

There You Are | Feat. Myrh

Just a little Jazzy Latin Summer Tune....with a French twist!

 Added Keys, strings and percussion- Annette
vocals- Annette
Artwork- Annette   (c)

Hope you are all keeping well out there and thanks for all of your kind plays and shares.

Dites-moi

amazon

See You In A Dream

I had a wonderful moment collaboration with Amazing people like
  Mirjam Keijnemans
https://soundcloud.com/mirjam-keijnemans

and Amazing Voice
Fabio P.
https://soundcloud.com/e-n-t-p

This song is about all of us. Unstoppable movements, and how we grow and learn to live to face our Hard life  with Strength hope 

To download this song please get the link below.👇  
gate.fm/9b2qbU

hope you like it


the lyrics : 
Curami, 
bendami ,
Non lasciare che 
I miei occhi vedano, 
la resa è nascosta sai 
Dietro muri di carta e di guai.
Coprimi,
Abbracciami,
Dammi 
Tutto il calore che hai
Io non ho fretta sai
Il tempo è mio amico.
Confident and grateful for the journey taken, 
I remain calm 
I never give up. Unstoppable, 
I'm on my way, 
I see the light in the dark

EN translation :

Take care of me, 
blindfold me, 
don't let my eyes see 
the surrender, you know, 
is hidden 
behind walls of paper and trouble. 
Cover me, 
hug me, 
give me 
all the warmth you have , 
I am not in a hurry you know , 
time is my friend.  
Confident and grateful for the journey taken, 
I remain calm 
I never give up. Unstoppable, 
I'm on my way, 
I see the light in the dark.

Unstoppable

lost and found

mrcagey.bandcamp.com

About a decade ago two things happened: I came really close to losing a family member to a sudden brain infection and my then-wife asked for a divorce. In both cases I didn't have an opportunity to tidy things up before the door suddenly shut. I wrote this song at the time but it took awhile to unpack the suitcase. As usual, I would much rather someone else sing this than me, preferably Harry Nilsson.


Well I guess this is goodbye
I won’t see you anymore
Your eyes are strangely vacant
You’re just staring at the floor

Well I swore I wouldn’t cry
Well I guess I’ve lied before
Lies are only wishes
We don’t believe in anymore

And if I hold your hand
Would you understand?
Would you hear me call your name?
Words to dull the silence
Nothing to dull the pain

Is this the last goodbye?
I can’t believe that it comes to this bitterness
Is this the way love dies?
Tossed out and hopeless
No time will tell, no fare thee well

If I could do it all again  
I’d be the one to bend 
I’d soften up my heart
I’d treat you like a friend

Did I ever even try?
Did I give it all I had?
The days that made me dizzy
Are the only days we’ll have

Is this the last goodbye?
I can’t believe that it comes to this bitterness
Is this the way love dies?
Tossed out and hopeless
No time will tell, no fare thee well

Open up your eyes so I can see you one last time

(Kick-ass guitar solo)

But it’s over now
And I don’t know how
To leave it all behind
I want to hear you say it
I gotta hear you say goodbye

Just one last goodbye
That’s all I need
Then I will leave
Then we'll let it die
I won't fight
I’ll be alright

Open up your eyes so I can see you one last time
If love is blind, I’ll close mine

The Last Goodbye

A video to accompany the song can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweQ0FA2F1Q

Submarine has a very un-traditional mid section bridge where I essentially just shout from the top of a mountain top with a growling guitar and a bit of heart.   The change in song style and tempo at this point dis-orient because I felt like walking outside the expected lines of a traditional ABABCB song arrangement. The slow burn build has impact because it smolders, swells, intensifies and then goes boom; literally. In the end, why is the middle so behind?  I just do not know.  

Dave

Lyrics
Submarine

V1

In the end why is the middle so behind?
Why did I act  like the guy who is always right?
I was a submarine but I thought I was flying
I'm a rocket ship that’s out of time

ch
I was a submarine but I thought I was flying
Now I'm a rocket ship that's out of time

Bridge
Lift the curtain up a little higher now…… than  our ignorance, than our ignorance
Shout a little louder, a little louder now, than the weakest voice they had no choice
Speak your piece now, I said speak your piece now , above the crackling peaks where money wreaks
And lift your hearts for the poor who drink from the putrid lips of the honeyed rich 
  
If we could just breathe in that harmony, or  that peace that leaves ,  when we just don't believe…….
I remember that song it said we all belong where  love trumps war,  hear us roar
We Believe ,…………………..in Democracy.

ch

In the end, why was that middle so behind?
Why did I act like that guy who is always right?
I was a submarine but I thought I was flying
Now I'm a rocket ship that's out of time

Submarine

abode where I abide

New album from Outstation.

Part 1 of track 1 from the album 'Malevolent Energy.' 

Full album:

https://outstation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

I see you here
Don’t stay away
There’s nothing you can do
And nothing you can say

It’s getting late
Don’t hesitate
The fire will burn you down
When opening the gate

He’s here for you
The prince of darkness
All hail to Astaroth
The prince of darkness

There’s nothing you can do
Nowhere to run
From the prince of darkness
Whoah!

Bow down tonight
In heaven’s light
Be thankful for a sign
To guide you through the fight

Sleep now forever
This fateful day
Reaching for the stars
A final chance to get away

He’s here for you
The prince of darkness
All hail to astaroth
The prince of darkness

There’s nothing you can do my friend
Nowhere to run
From the prince of darkness
Whoah!

He’s here for you
The prince of darkness
All hail to astaroth
The prince of darkness

There’s nothing you can do my friend
Nowhere to run
From the prince of darkness
Whoah!

The prince of darkness
Whoah!
The prince of darkness

Astaroth: The Prince Of Darkness (part 1)

Astaroth: The Eternal Prince Of Darkness (Part I)

Rocket Ronny and his ship of madness ....🚀

This is from the recordings we did with our former chanteuse Julia back then. Credits and hugs! Cheers @user-20931549 & @bonetender

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2BtdGw9i8SoBFWUt5pgpSk

©The Journey Weavers 2021 All Rights Reserved

Trouble Maker

Original Composition / Performance / Production : Bonetender  https://soundcloud.com/bonetender
Lyrics / Vox / Mastering : Chris Dargay

If You Wanna ... *ft Bonetender

Llanpsych open collab offer https://soundcloud.com/llanpsych/solstice-funk
Llanpsych Guitar, Bass, Drumloop Sampling(Looperman)
Paploviante: E-Bass
Logic X Pro:
Guitar, Synth, Sax and Vox
Thanks much for the open collab offer !!!

Solstice Funk - Llanpsych & Paploviante

Back From The Dead

Fairly simple song I wrote quite quickly (quickly for me anyway) with added attempted enlivening of final chorus by means of cod-orchestrals. 
---

I want another cup of coffee but I've had too much already
I get caught up in the details and then I feel a bit unsteady
So I'm staring through the window at the people out at lunchtime
In the sunshine

I dreamt I went to heaven on the train
Oh they've got canapes and badges where you write your name and I
Sat next to an angel
We got into conversation
I got caught up in the details
And I missed my destination

I thought I knew just what I wanted but I did not know my nature
You get caught up in the details and then it's five years later
And when you told me that you loved me well I know at first you meant it
(I know you really meant it)

[Repeat chorus]

Can't be ordinary and also extraordinary
I'm tying not to be someone who's going to let you down

[Repeat first verse]

Think I'm gonna go out in the sunshine

[Repeat chorus]

---
Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original photo (detail) Matt Palmer unsplash.com/@mattpalmer

Caught Up In The Details

Sirius @uv-cappuccino - Guitar, Bass & Production
Marin - Piano & Vocals

Under (Cover/ Free Download) Marin Gale & Ultraviollete Cappuccino

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Electric Bass. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. String Quartet, !st & 2nd Violins, Viola, Cello, Trap drum set. Percussion Tambourine, Cowbell.

Funkadelic

Davenport Beach

For my vocal version of this cover go to: https://soundcloud.com/peter-wheeler/summertime

The Sound of Silence - Instrumental Version

Summertime - Instrumental Version - Cover

REKHA - Lyrics and Vocals
music and lyrics by Rekha Iyern Fe for Socan
Jeff Roberts - Bass and various percussive flavorings, quality control :) 
TexMex Shaman - Arrangement, Guitars, Talkbox, Drum programming and overall production


Intro:
Oo Yeah
Ahn Yeah
Hey Hey
Hey Hey

Give it up Baby
Never say maybe
Cuz' you know
It makes me
Totally crazy
And

You want
To give me
All of your love
You know it's true
You do me so
You do me so good
Baby I need
Your love

Give it up, Baby
Never say maybe
Cuz' you know it
Makes me feel
Totally, crazy good-good
Oh, Yeah-Yeah

You know you want to
Give me, your love, love, love
It always, makes me feel
So good, good, good
You touch my woman

Ahn, Eh
Hey, Hey
Hey-Hey
Hahn, Oh
Ho, Ho, Oh

Babe, I need
Your good love
Your man-man in my
Woman-hood
Oo-Oo-Yeah

Give it Up (Badass)

YouTube

Give it Up (Badass) - with REKHA and Jeff Roberts

Claudio ( Acoustic Guitar  & Vocals ) Stephane ( Spanish & electric guitar & backing vocals)

Silly Lovers

'WHAT MAKE'S YOU CRY'  Re-Mastered July 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick 
Mastering by Soundcloud July 2020
Copyright 2018 AB Music All rights reserved.

THE SUN IS ROUND, THE SKY IS BLUE,
A NEED FOR LOVE, IS WHAT WE DO,
THERE'S NO TIME TO FALL INTO THE SAND,

HOW SWEET IS LIFE, THE WAR HAS DIED,
TO HEAR THAT SOUND, IT MAKE'S ME CRY,
THEN I FOUND MYSELF IN ANOTHER LAND,
(chorus)
THERE'S NO BRIGHT SKY MORNING'S,
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT MAKE'S YOU CRY,
(middle)
THERE'S TIME'S WHEN WE SHOULD LIVE
AND ACT OUR PART,
THERE'S TIME'S WHEN WE SHOULD GIVE
AND FIND OUR HEART,
AND LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD,
(break)
(chorus)
THERE'S NO BRIGHT SKY MORNING'S,
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT MAKE'S YOU CRY,
THERE'S NO FINGER POINTING,
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT MAKE'S YOU CRY,

2017 PRO TOOLS

WHAT MAKE'S YOU CRY

01 - UVI - FALCON - PULSAR - Swan Song
02 - SA - EWC - Tutti - Cyclical
03 - BS - Era 2 - Vocal Codex - Breath
04 - Arturia - Pigments - Dual Perc Loop
05 - NI - STRAYLIGHT - Shimmering Bells
06 - NI - Reaktor 6 - Space Drone 6

Pulsar - Space Drone

Ah,the times were good
We had a ball
We didn't make much money
Sometimes none at all

We played our songs
Believed the part
All that we played and sang
Came from the heart

Remember when the fire burned bright
Playing those songs every night

Ah time moves fast
But we move slow
Nothing ever lasts
We weren't to know

Burned out and faded
The passion gone
Going through the motions
For every well known song

Remember when the fire burned bright
Playing those songs every night

Remember when the fire burned bright
Playing those songs every night

Fallen Star

Giallo II

Funky Space - Paploviante (Alexia Edit) Open Collab
Original track by Paul : https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/funky-space-paploviante-open-collab

Funky Space - Paploviante (Alexia Edit) Open Collab

Ever heard Pamela Fernandez bang out a vocal over Beethoven's 5th?
Nope, neither had we so we made it happen

https://thebreakbeatjunkievsdjp.bandcamp.com/album/for-promotional-use-only

The Breakbeat Junkie Vs DJP - A Fifth Of Fernandez

can’t say goodbye, just good riddance to this year and glad for the departure. no fond farewell, au revoir, wiedersehen or さようなら to 2020. in the words of Ray Charles, just hit the road and don’t you come back no more, no more.

in spite of quarantine lockdowns and turmoil i’m grateful to have had the inspiring music of so many wonderful soundcloud musicians who kept on playing and creating music throughout a difficult year. special thanks to hitoshi yasui of chairhouse for his daily musical gems and for allowing us to create our versions of his beautiful piano music. looking forward to a better 2021 and wishing everyone a happy, healthy, peaceful and musical new year. play on friends. 

this orchestration and mix is by guillaume pearson, guitar arrangement & SFX by naldo, original song written by hitoshi yasui of chairhouse. his lovely piano version can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/chairhouse/cant-say-goodbye-yet-419
more of guillaume's songs & cinematic orchestrations:
soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks

close your eyes, it's a movie without pictures. the intro voice is Celia Johnson from the film Brief Encounter directed by the great David Lean. the cover art is Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in their goodbye scene at a 1945 London train station.

Can't Say Goodbye

We've got to get this under control.  What lies ahead?  Please do your part.

What Lies Ahead?

Music, lyrics and vocals by Irina

Even in Russian this title can be interpreted differently, to say nothing of the English translation. But this is what we like - freedom of imagination :) Hope you enjoy the song.

От твоего взгляда веет холодом
Осталась я одна с простывшим городом
Век живи и век учись
Тупость требуют на бис
Но ведь мне было так приятно верить

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

Пропущу звонки и сообщения
Как же я устала от общения
Пожар бушует в голове
Сжигаю мысли о тебе
А ведь мне было так приятно верить

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

Интересней пообщаться со стеной
Чем пустые темы обсуждать с тобой
Оставляя политес
Ликвидирую абсцесс
Надоело придумывать happy end-ы

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

--------------------------------

I feel the coldness of your glance
Left alone with the cold city
The longer you live the more you know
Stupidity is being called for an encore
But it was such a pleasure to believe

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

I will miss calls and messages
How tired I am of communication
Fire roaring in my head
I am burning the thoughts of you
I took so much pleasure from believing

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

It is more interesting to talk to a wall
Than to discuss empty topics with you
Leaving politesse behind
I remove the abscess
Tired of making up happy endings

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

Душевный бизнес (Soul Business)

Bringing a little soulful sound to the new year.  This one's dedicated to my favorite vocalist of all time ... the Queen of Soul ... Aretha Franklin

Soul Sister

Music, lyrics and vocals by Irina
Painting by Irina, canvas 10 x 10 cm

Featured: 
Fresh On The Net: https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2021/01/faves391
BBC Introducing: https://bbc.in/3j5zovS

The painting shows my hometown, the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, the place that I will forever hold dear in my heart.

I know you must be busy
And life cannot be easy
To find the energy to go on

The night unfurls its splendor
My thoughts are sweet and tender
Hoping we can chat when you logon

君に会いたい
声を聞きたいです
少しでも会えたら
嬉しい

どこ に います か
隠れないで
帰って きます か
My heart is online


The night turns into morning
Melancholy is boring
WiFi is dead, our networks misaligned

I overthink, I stutter
Under my breath I mutter
If only I could see what's on your mind

君に会いたい
声を聞きたいです
少しでも会えたら
嬉しい

どこ に います か
隠れないで
帰って きます か
My heart is online

------------------------

chorus:

I want to see you
I want to hear your voice
Would be happy to meet even just for a bit

Where are you
Don't hide
Will you come back?
My heart is online

My Heart Is Online

Through a Glass Darkly: A Prelude

This is a good one:)

Thanks as always Stephan:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

What You Do To Me - Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Blue Chevy

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

Baby of the 80s, teen of the 90s, obsessed with the 60s and 70s; an FM wannabe in a Youtube world. I guess I just wasn't made for these times. I like songwriting in the Gershwin, Tin Pan Alley, Lennon/McCartney tradition. I prefer records to singles. I prefer three minutes to ten.

According to my mama, I was whistling before I learned to talk. I played organ in the Memphis garage rock scene between 2000 and 2016. I've done a lot of studio work, adding keys to records by songwriters that I really admire.

I'm now focused on recording my own songs. I have a minimal home recording set up with a laptop, microphones, cheap guitars, drums, piano, and a grab bag of other toys. All my lyrics rhyme with the truth, or at least I think they do. 

Life is short and there are more good songs then there are raindrops. Which is to say: thank you very much for lending me your ears.

Rock 'n' roll is dead, long live rock 'n' roll.
__________
__________
__________


A few of my influences, in no particular order, are:

Sly and the Family Stone 
The Mamas and Papas
Beck
Big Star
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Smokey Robinson 
Bob Dylan
Buddy Holly
Jack Oblivian
James Brown
Beaulah
Elliot Smith
Hank Williams
Otis Redding
Steve Martin
10CC
Joe Jackson
Frank Ocean
Billie Holiday
Dave Fridman
Joni Mitchell
Tyler, The Creator
The Dirt Bombs
The Cocteau Twins
George Gershwin
Ben Folds
Cornelius
Bjork
Donny Hathaway
The Drifters
Ennio Morricone
Moby Grape
Prince
The Breeders
The Monkees 
Caetano Veloso
Kendrick Lamar
Nina Simone
Pink Floyd
Waylon Jennings
Del Shannon
Booker T and the MG's 
Mott the Hoople
Grandaddy
The Hombres
Philip Glass
Huey Lewis
My Bloody Valentine
David Bowie
David Byrne 
The Pixies
Thin Lizzy
The Clash
Broadcast
Willie Mitchell
Billy Joel
Wilco
Cat Power
Pusha T
Blonde Redhead
Os Mutantes
Al Green
The Kinks
The Animals
Spiritualized
The Zombies
Carol Kaye
Them
Led Zeppelin
The Beta Band
Loudon Wainwright
Leadbelly
Lou Reed
Tom Petty
Tom Waits
Shuggie Otis
The Impressions
Weird Al
Van Dyke Parks
Roy Orbison
Nino Rota
Jack White
Don Covay
Sir Douglas Quintet
Chet Baker
Chicago
Buffy Sainte Marie
Miles Davis
Elvis Costello
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Harlan T Bobo
Nick Lowe
Earth Wind and Fire
Chopin
William S Burroughs
Nina Simone
Ray Charles
Ravel
Electric Light Orchestra
M.O.T.O.
Steely Dan
Willie Nelson
Phish
Charles Mingus
The Grateful Dead
The Cars
Lee Hazelwood
REM
The Replacements
Pavement
Kurt Cobain
Isaac Hayes
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ike & Tina
The Vaselines
Lenoard Cohen
Gilberto Gil 
Air
Alejandro Escovedo
Fats Domino
Little Richard
Buddy Holly
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Groovies
Janis Jolpin
Scott Joplin
John Coltrane
Willie Nelson
Todd Rundgren
They MIght Be Giants 
The Drifters
The Coasters 
Django
Marvin Gaye
Belle and Sebastian
The Delgados
Animal Collective
Curtis Mayfiled
Harry Nilsson
Warren Zevon
Steve Miller
Randy Newman
Carole King
The Isley Brothers
JJ Cale
Nat King Cole
Frank Zappa
The Rolling Stones
The Compulsive Gamblers
Greg Cartwright
The Reigning Sound
Jeff Pope
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Dr. John
Ray Manzarek
Paul Simon
Dan Penn
The Byrds
Badfinger
The Band
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Weber
Stephen Schwartz
The Police
Richard Thompson
Dean Martin
Chuck Berry
Syd Barrett
Rita Lee
Gal Costa
The Specials
2 Pac
Weezer
Squeeze
The Violent Femmes
Wanda Jackson
The Andrew Sisters
The Memphis Horns
The Memphis Jug Band
The Oblivians 
Cole Porter 
Johnny Mercer
Black Sheep
Harold Arlen
The Everly Borthers
The Faces
Neil Young
Charlie Rich
Oscar Peterson
Stevie Wonder
Phineas Newborn
M. Ward
The Lyres
The Troggs
The Velvet Underground
Funkadelic
Donovan
The Doors
Meat Puppets
Brian Eno
The Hollies
Radiohead
Frank Sinatra
? and the Mysterians
Tommy James
Madness
The Seeds 
The Lovin' Spoonful
Carl Perkins
Howlin' Wolf
The 13th Floor Elevators
Yo La Tengo
Love
A Giant Dog
Sparks
Courtney Barnett
Kate Tempest
T. Rex
Outkast
Irving Berlin
The Who
The Searchers
Fleetwood Mac
Allen Toussaint

…and a few others

The Last Goodbye

Adam Woodard