100 favorite musical acts

In no particular order. These are current. For example I was obsessed with Rush, Mountain Goats and lots of others that I just don’t listen to anymore. Feel free to share anecdotes about these artists (except for Space)



1. Cesaria Evora

I saw her one time from the lawn at Wolftrap which is too far… but she seemed completely disinterested in her performance….maybe it was a cultural thing… obviously one was struck by her smoking and drinking during the show

I got to say I am glad I saw her live once but I was not impressed. I think her music really is best listened to on her albums most of which are immaculately performed and produced. Even her posthumous album of leftovers which I am listening to now - Mae Cariñosa- is fantastic.

Having spent time in Cape Verde for work her music is a happy association of the feeling and place of that time. Of the vast ocean surrounding those islands…many nights I ate under the stars listening to Cape Verde’s music performed live.

Someone took a short video at her wolf trap show I was at
https://youtu.be/HCTn6zR8abg?si=H61LBoWZo-kU0a8p

Crushing on Waxahatchee these last couple of years.
Fell back in love with The Kills at their recent show.

Of course what made Cesaria’s story compelling is that she achieved fame in the early 90s when she was in her 50s!

What she did before that is unclear….some singing on a few records that went nowhere…

Did she work in a house of ill repute? Was she a cleaning lady? Never been clear to me….

I have heard her compared to Billie Holiday….I can see it and feel it but can’t quite articulate why she is like Billie. Certainly her singing is very expressive and the Cape Verdean slow songs - the mornas- could be seen as kind of an equivalent to Billie’s blues and sad songs… is it because she was a tough lady from a rough background? I think I need to read a good biography of hers but not sure it exists…

Wait. Is this the Cesaria Evora thread?

for now it is, but i assume hutch with throw out another artist at some point

kinda wish hutch kept this one going

https://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=24543.msg460513#msg460513

been almost 7 years since we got an update, and I can confirm that hutch isn't dead yet

The difference is this has been pre-planned! I have a cardboard tablet with the 100 names!

Tomorrow I will unveil #2.

Do we as forum members participate or do we admire Hutch'S list?

This would all be made easier if he just posted a picture of said cardboard tablet.

Participation is of the essence otherwise I might as well just look at the tablet.

1-100 Good bands
101-17,000,000 Other bands
17,000,001 U2
17,000,002 The Clash

2. Nick Cave

I think I bought Hole’s Live Through This and Cave’s Let Love in during the same trip to Tower at Tysons. Almost exactly thirty years ago. Both albums and acts became big favorites. Hole fizzled out and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds continued or began - depending on your outlook- an amazing run of top shelf music. I remember at that point Superunknown was the number one album in the country. Obviously Kurt had just died and although Live Through This was fantastic and already on the release schedule there was something a bit unseemly about the album release not being delayed and the huge PR campaign that ensued with all the crazy British music rag stories about Courtney and Dando or Stipe. But I didn’t care cause the album was so good.

1. Pavement
2. Phish
3. Pearl Jam
4. Paul McCartney
5. Pink Floyd
6. Prince
7. Panda Bear
8. Parliament
9. Peter Tosh
10. Public Enemy

Yada wrote:
1. Pavement
2. Phish
3. Pearl Jam
4. Paul McCartney
5. Pink Floyd
6. Prince
7. Panda Bear
8. Parliament
9. Peter Tosh
10. Public Enemy

Favorite bands that begin with P?

3. Nina Simone

Probably the first Nina associated song I heard was Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing Plain Gold Ring I think on Live Seeds.

11. REM
12. Radiohead
13. Robert Palmer
14. Rancid
15. The Rolling Stones