stuff that i find myself listening to

I usually find myself listening to Greater Vision, Andrew Lloyd Webber collections and musicals. What a combination huh...

 

Linda McKechnie (piano - classical & hymns)
Christian music from various Christian colleges
Spanish guitar classics, Spanish Christian music
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, classical and musicals (I love Phantom, FBCPastorsWife!)

 

PamlelaK, I am with ya

add to the mix a little country and opera though.

 

You're going to find a lot of Johnny Cash fans here.

Personally, I can't get enough of him.

Are you familiar with Los Straitjackets?

Probably just easier to tell you what I don't like.

Rock, country, blugrass, blues, folk, reggae, beach music, R&B, etc.

Now Playing: Sam Bush - "Sittin' on Top of the World"

 

Nothing beats Phantom!!!

 

And as far as radio, I love BBN's (Bible Broadcasting Network) music times, especially late at night when it is so soothing. Can't get it everywhere tho unless you listen on the internet. I can tune in when I'm in SC, but not in PA where we are.

 

If you like punk (or, in your case liked punk), you might want to check out a band called Jason and the Scorchers and another band, if you can find them, called Rank and File.

Rank and File disbanded years ago and so did Jason and the Scorchers, although Jason and the Scorchers do get back together every few years.

Mike Ness, of Social Distortion (and a Christian, by the way), has a great album of covers of country standards called "Under the Influence".

Trent Summar and the New Row Mob are pretty good. If I can figure out how to compress a file for you, I'll send you a couple of their songs to listen to.

Hank III always good.

Robbie Fulks is very good. His music is hard country in the Bakersfield style, but he writes from that Rank and File, Elvis Costello school.

Speaking of Elvis Costello, check out his country album, "Almost Blue". You can tell how much he loves country music and his respect for the music really comes through on that albums. He also does a pair of very good duets on Ricky Skaggs' long out of print, "Live in London".

I don't know how familiar you are with the whole alt.country or "insurgent country" thing, but if mainstream country's a little too much for you, there is a movement of country artists who came out of punk and rock music, who do country from that background.

Next time you're at a bookstore that has a large magazine section, look for a magazine called No Depression.

It caters to people in your shoes, who come from a punk background who like country music (or who don't know they like it, yet.)

I know you say that you don't like country music, but from what you're telling me that you do like, I can tell you that there is a lot of stuff out there in different underground movements that you'd like a lot.

Now Playing: Dan Fogleberg - "Full Circle"

 

OK. That's an admirable attitude. I wouldn't want to suggest that you do anything that would make you stumble in any way, but I still think we can find you some good country (or, at any rate, country-esque) music to listen to that would show you that there's some really good stuff being made in different underground scenes, without tempting you to do something that would go against your conscience.

Now Playing: Grateful Dead – “One From the Vault”

 

I like music. I have heard songs in all genres that I like.

But I really like bluegrass.