Add him to my list. I forgot to put him down. He is one of the most talented vocalist out there.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Flea is one of the best base players ever. Anthony Keidis is a phenomenal song writer and front man. John Frusciante is one of the few guitarist today with a distinctive style easily picked out by even non-fans. and Chad the drummer is always where he should be...fantastic

Ben Folds - another good pianist

Jurassic 5 - amazing hip-hop, their two dj's are amazing in their blending/creating of songs, and the 4 rappers are great. Download "Day at the Races" for evidence

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - has to take some talent to turn showtunes in to punk rock gems

Tom Morello from Audioslave/RATM - all the sounds from every RATM album were made with only guitar, drums, and bass, and 99% were from Tom Morello's guitar. He really stretches the types of sounds you can get out of a guitar.

Evanescence, They Might Be Giants, Blackmore's Night, Sissel.

I added some
 

Johnny Lang, Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Nappy Roots, DMX, Ben Harper , Lauryn Hill, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, David Gray, and Josh Kelley.

Yea, thats what I meant.

Pearl Jam
Josh Kelley
Jeff Buckley
U2
John Mayer
The Neptunes
Jermaine Dupri (sp?)
P. Diddy
Sarah MacLachlan
Michelle Branch
The Who
Pink Floyd
Lauryn Hill
Frank Sinatra
Phil Collins
Coldplay
Harry Connick Jr
John Coltrane
Stan Getz
Miles Davis
Billie Holliday
Jack Johnson
Rovert Randolph & the family band
Billy Joel
Elton John
Dave Matthews Band
Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson
Outkast
Rolling Stones
Jason Mraz
Ben Folds
Beatles
Aretha Franklin
Ben Harper
Beck
Better than ezra
David Gray
Stevie Wonder
The Doors
North Mississippi Allstars
Tupac
Pat Green
Cory Morrow
Bob Dylan (& Jakob)




just to name a few---in random order. I am VERY into music...and I haven't named them all. So, please don't be offended if I forget someone. I'm sure no one will.

while all of these artists are undoubtedly talented..she was looking for relatively new artists - not the classics :)

great list tho, either way

Oh, I know. Your post just reminded me of what I posted. So sorry!

Oh well. I just kinda got away with it. and just started typing.. sorry when someone says talented artists...the little wheels in my head go at it.
With that said I'd probably add...

Teitur
Alicia Keys



And while I agree that Norah Jones has a unique voice and I love her CD...I was VERY disappointed to find out that she only co-wrote like 2 songs on the entire album that she won 5 grammys for. Not that she's not talented...but that fact is a little disappointing.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING.

-Rudey
--I listen to some of that Justin Timberlake every time I'm ready to go meet some cuties.

The question wasn't "who's you're #1 jam awesome bomb band" it was who's talented.

And Justin is by far the most talented.

-Rudey
--JT I love you.

by cuties you mean dudes right?


not that theres anything wrong with that.

Stop hating.

-Rudey

oh . . . it wasn't? because that's how most people answered.