When You're Not Listening to Fleetwood Mac, you're listening to:

[KendraOb]

HAIM HAIM HAIM HAIM!!!

GIVE THEM A LISTEN! They are fantastic! Best thing since FM tbh

[rhiannondontgo]

Originally Posted by gssmith

They do not make music any more, or atleast that is not what is popular and playing on the radio. I don't know of any younger musicians that are around. I am sure they are out there, but I havent been exposed to them. Any sugestions???

I can't stand modern country. The most recent I'll listen to is 90s. I love Shania Twain, George Strait, Sheryl, Pam Tillis, etc. The only 'nowadays' country I can handle is Miranda Lambert and The Pistol Annies. But I don't like her loud raucous songs like Gunpowder & Lead that much. I love the soft beautiful songs like More Like Her or Desperation.

[Blueletter18]

Originally Posted by gssmith

This is exactly what I listen to! I won't complain if my friends listen to anything else, but if I am by myself I will only listen to the classics. And a lot of you older folks will be surprised by how many people my age appreciate and respect the classics too. I am only 25. I have been lucky enough to have seen a lot of them in concert. Bob seger a few years back was one of the best shows ever! Almost as good as FWM or Stevie. Tom, Heart, Dolly, Kenny Rogers were great too.

They do not make music any more, or atleast that is not what is popular and playing on the radio. I don't know of any younger musicians that are around. I am sure they are out there, but I havent been exposed to them. Any sugestions???

Even modern country has gone too mainstream pop/electronic.
I have to admit I do like a few rap songs, but only if I am in the mood. And the lyrics have to bee really dirty ;-) Like: "I got a hand full of ass and fist full of weave, face down on your knees" Or "I'll show you how we pimp in the south, it aint pay day till I nut in your mouth"

You sound like me! I am 22, and I always try to find new music, but I always end up frustrated and going back to my old standbys. I've seen Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, FM, Stevie, Lindsey...I have no desire to see most newer bands. The emotional depth and honesty in lyrics and delivery is just not there anymore. I have been pleasantly surprised by several newer artists too, and you should try:

Joss Stone (soul)
Caitlin Rose (country/pop, but more classically influenced)
Davina and the Vagabonds (just starting to hit the national scene, but really unique voice and almost has a revivalist/dixieland sound without trying too hard)
Diane Birch (Her first album, Bible Belt, is wonderful- like Carole King mixed with Norah Jones)
Haim (see KendraOb's comment above! They're really unique and I didn't think I'd like them at first, but they grow on you and are great live)

[Blueletter18]

Originally Posted by secret love

If you like country check out Ashley Monroe's music - songs such as Like a Rose, Weed Instead of Roses, You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter). She also does a duet with Pat Monahan and his band Train called Bruises:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXaaEvnnOQ

Some great younger artists - well you've probably heard of P!nk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTJjlDEodVo (if you like dirty lyrics that song is a goer) and Adele http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7-vnrJD3k

Passenger writes a lot of great music and lyrics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA
This one is v. funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrCoiu5Fd4I

Singer/songwriter and guitarist Laura Marling is amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCnK3FMuMAs

Lewis Watson is another young singer/songwriter who is making lots of sweet music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9LVU34xQAo

Allen Stone is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Hy6kp5kIs

So there are a few suggestions re: younger musicians/singers.

Love him! I need to try Laura Marling as well, I've heard really good things.

[bluefox4000]

Lots of stuff.

Tom Waits
Pink Floyd
The Band
Thomas Dolby
Beatles
Billy Joel
Rush
Radiohead
Talking Heads
Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits
Queen
John Mayer
Roxy Music'
Poco
Eagles
Heart
Tears for Fears
Genesis/Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins
Bon Jovi
Leonard Cohen
Alabama Shakes
Eric Clapton/Cream
Imogen Heap
PJ Harvey
Flo and the Machine
White Stripes/All Jack white projects
Mika
Black Keys
Toto
Green Day
Paul Simon
Captain Beefheart

But Right I'm on a huge HUGE Elton John Kick.....what with The Diving Board on the way

Mick

[HelloMonster]

Hmm, lets see..

My favorite musician outside of FM is John Denver. I also love the Stones, CCR, Simon and Garfunkel, and I've been starting to get into some of the Dead. I like some Cher and some Frank/Dean/Tony Bennett/Nancy Sinatra songs. Throw some Jimi in there too! As for newer stuff; I love Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Florence +, John Mayer, Postal Service, some Mumford +.

And I love Marilyn Manson, and Dead Kennedy's.

[mylittledemon]

I've been riding a wave of Toad the Wet Sprocket over the last few months...

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by sands of time

Jake Bugg

I LOVE Jake Bugg's stuff. Going to a show of his in the fall, hopefully.

[secret love]

Originally Posted by rhiannondontgo

I can't stand modern country. The most recent I'll listen to is 90s. I love Shania Twain, George Strait, Sheryl, Pam Tillis, etc. The only 'nowadays' country I can handle is Miranda Lambert and The Pistol Annies. But I don't like her loud raucous songs like Gunpowder & Lead that much. I love the soft beautiful songs like More Like Her or Desperation.

Sheryl Crow is releasing a country album Feels Like Home in September 2013. Here's one of the new songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awOgtmGmoxs

[RickRobert]

I like The Cure, Demi Lovato, Steve Reich, Scandal, Caro Emerald, HIM, TNT, Skrillex, Clint Mansell, Black Sabbath, Adam Lambert, Periphey, Protest the Hero, Rumer, Green Day, renaissance sacred music, soundtracks, yadda yadda

[NeverHaveIBeen]

These Are A Few of My Favorite Things:

Stevie Wonder, Bjork, Wire, Sonic Youth, The Ex, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Notorious B.I.G., Stereolab, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Victor Jara, Bob Dylan, B-52s, David Bowie, Love, Ornette Coleman, Michael Jackson, Abba, Gang of Four, The Middle Class, Heart, Bad Brains, and last but not least: X (whose lead vocalists, Exene Cervenka & John Doe, are the Stevie & Lindsey of late 70s SoCal punk, with eerily beautiful vocal harmonies all their own).

But these days FM rules them all. :-)

[WatchChain]

David Gray
Patty Griffin
Maria McKee/Lone Justice
Lucinda Williams
Bruce Springsteen
Kings of Leon
Miranda Lambert
Bruce Robison/Kelly Willis
Lee Ann Womack
Mumford and Sons
The Lumineers
Natalie Maines

[mottabam]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I've been riding a wave of Toad the Wet Sprocket over the last few months...

Nice! Just had Dulcinea in the CD player in the car. Saw them several times early 90's. Love their sound. I see there on a tour this year. Hope to catch them later this month.

Although I mostly listen to FM I have a wide range of other artist I enjoy.

Florence and the Machine
The Pierces
Blondie
Evanescence
Fifth Harmony
Drew Ryniewicz
The Go Go's
Tom Petty
The Cure
HUman League
Pat Benetar
Creed
Hall & Oates
The Pretenders
and just about everything 80's related.

[sjpdg]

In no particular order:

Rick Vito (solo and with MFBB), Willie Nelson, Rolling Stones, Stevie solo, Eric Clapton, Heart, Waylon Jennings (RIP), Johnny Cash (RIP), Sara Evans, The Corrs (mainly their traditional Irish stuff), Gipsy Kings, BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Train, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty (with and without The Heartbreakers), Eagles, Peter Gabriel, U2, Mumford and Sons and a whole host of others.