I disagree… Goo is their best and Daydream Nation should be 2…
Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh!
@PsiPhiGrrrl… fuck yeah, Clannad! Also, Enya!
And did you lot know that there are Eastern European celtic punk bands? And ah WHY NOT…
From Romania…
And Serbia…
And Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys…
And Flogging Molly…
John C. Reilly singing “Raglan Road” a fine job too!
Clicking through to each artist… will post back artists I like later…
Question… is it cheating to have already established major label artists (Jewel, Michael Bolton, Sisqo)?
Also… Tori Amos influenced Sisqo?
Okay… so I went through and listened to at least part of all 56 artists… here is what I liked or at least found interesting…
Alaska - Jewel
Arizona - Las Marias
Delaware - Nitro Nitra
Guam - Jason J.
Illinois - Andrew Sheppard
Kansas - Broderick Jones
Louisiana - Brittany Pfantz
Maine - King Kyote
Michigan - Ada LeAnn
Mississippi - Keyone Starr
Nebraska - Jocelyn
Nevada - The Crystal Method
New Hampshire - MARi
New Mexico - Khallisol
Northern Mariana Islands - Sabyu
Oregon - courtship.
Pennsylvania - Bri Steves
Puerto Rico - Christian Pagan
Vermont - Josh Panda
Wisconsin - Jake’O
Wyoming - Ryan Charles
Fascinating, and a nicely tender memory of a music maker I’m suprised I’d never heard of.
NY Times review: archive.ph