Favorite Music and Musicians

Generally speaking, I listen to classical, jazz, blues, folk, old time, bluegrass, some country music (other than old time and blusgrass), electronica (esp. trance), and occasional rock and roll music.

A sampling of my favorite musicians (composers or performers) (my apologies for not presenting the non-ASCII characters properly; I'll internationalize someday) is:

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Frederick Chopin
• Bela Bartok
• Suzanne MacDonald, harp
• Singer-Songwriter/Troubador/Modern Folk
  • Kristina Olsen (of Venice, CA)
  • Evert Taube
• Mandolin
  • Evan Marshall
• Harmonica
  • the late Dave McKelvy and The Dave McKelvy Trio
• Swedish folk music
  • Hulling
  • Vasen
  • Bjärv
• Bluegrass and Country
  • Riders in the Sky
  • Byron Berline (Byron Berline Band, but I was a fan of his old lineups, "Berline, Crary and Hickman" and "California")
  • The Seldom Scene
  • The Laurel Canyon Ramblers
  • Doyle Larson and Quicksilver
  • Blue Highway
  • The Gibson Brothers
  • Doc Watson
  • Bela Fleck
  • Ricky Skaggs
• New Age and Electronica, including some Rock
  • Pink Floyd
  • Tangerine Dream
  • Jean Michel Jarre
  • Kitaro
  • Andreas Vollenweider
  • Moby
• Celtic and World Music (which is also folk music, of course)
  • Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan throat singers)
  • Golden Bough (celtic)

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