Nelly Furtado!

She's young and beautiful, unique, WRITES HER OWN MUSIC, and has a wicked voice.

The Beatles.

Led Zeppelin

ummm...I'm not really up on it, but I guess the only one I can think of right now is Billy Gilman. He has a lot of talent.

India Arie. She has a CD out called acoustic soul, I really like her music.

Dula Balanta

Dido has a beautiful, chilling voice and a nice public profile. I hope she stays out of Pepsi commercials and the like.
At the Drive-In are so unbelievably great. They are the next U2.
I also was totally taken in by Gorillaz's new single. I forget the name.

Frank Sinatra

Slipknot.
Lil' Bow Wow.
Eminem (even though he's not new)

I HATE Nelly Furtado. Her songs are annoying. She has a good voice, but she is just overplayed because she is Canadian artist.

Hmmm, I am 22, and I have no idea, I couldn't even name 5 new artists. I love The Stones though!

Got a new job already?

Is Coldplay a new band?

tool

*shrugs*

I can't think of one. I don't like any of them. I REALLY don't like Nellie's music or Emminem, and a lot of the new stuff is crap to me.

Ugh. I really don't like Billy Gilman. He has a good voice, but he's like a little adult - very creepy.

how recent is recent? erykah badu

I will get back to you.

Yes. They are virtually unknown by anyone in the Third World. That's a good sign.

I wasnt too sure if they were new or not.

Creepy indeed. I can't wait for his voice to change. I want to see if he'll keep his career. Puberty seems to have messed up things for a few younger stars.

Uncle Kracker

Lifehouse!!! my favorite....

I love Uncle Kracker!

Crazy Town. I love "Butterfly"--the whole song is just a intricate, acoustic three minutes of staring at the sun. The rest of their album is just horsecrap, though. If you don't feel like buying it, but do feel like contradicting me, go and burn a CD of all the rap-metal larvae out there--their very worst songs--and then take it into garden and get creative. Mud is the easiest. Leave it out a few days, bring it home and play it. That's "The Gift of the Game", without its one, excellent single. And, I promise, the 16-buck version will foul up your CD player just as much.

I'm glad you like them. I think they are very talented.

Stained
Papa Roach
Creed

Yeah! Dido rocks! I love the bonus track on the album.

They are, I missed going to the concert, I was waiting to buy tickets and it ended up selling out really quickly!

All my friends tell me I'm incurably preppy for loving that album, but I really do. What IS it about her?

I dunno...her voice is wicked, but i think that the songs themselves are really good. She has amazing lyrics.

Yeah... he just seems too coached and too adult. He should be doing kids stuff, having fun, not hosting an award show.

true.
I just saw him doing a show on tv a couple of minutes ago. He's a good performer.

I really like Dido's album as well, and the lyrics are great - what sounds on the surface like a harmless pop ditty often has a real dark side. I'm just wondering whether she can manage a second album that's as good as the first - there are two possible problems: a) the first album is very long, and b) all the songs are pretty much on the same theme (men!), so she may well have used up all her good material in one go.

No, but it's not for lack of trying. I'm faxing, e-mailing, calling, clipping want ads, networking.

Something's bound to come about.

Bartending looks more and more appealing, though. Not that a bartending job is easier to get than a good creative writing job.

See, I'm up in the air about whether or not I'd like another office job.

You could always come to Holland for a job. There are zillions of jobs here and no need to speak Dutch.

Yeah, but if you think about it she's been out with this album for about 3 years. It's just now that she's getting all this attention. I'm sure she'll come back and define herself as a true artist and musician.

Oh DON'T even tempt me!

Oh.. and I live there!

Natalie Imbruglia

I also like the rhythmn of the whole record. The production is really well done. Some of the songs (especially track 2) have an almost maddeningly good beat.

Yeah, she's just awesome. My favorite song is "Take my hand"

See?? Stop that!!

You dont need to speak Dutch? Would someone have a hard time if they didnt speak it?

Nope. Everyone speaks English here.

Oh, and soft drugs are easy to get!

AHH!

I once met someone from the Netherlands who didn't speak English.

Some new (or newish) bands and artists that I think have a lot of potential:

Coldplay
Dido (I've already mentioned her)
Wheatus
Blink 182 (although I'm not sure if they count as new any more)
David Gray (not really new, but he's only just become widely known)

How did you manage to meet the 1 Dutchman that doesn't speak English?!

He was a shopkeeper in a small village near Zwolle. He was about 80, or so it seemed, so he's probably dead now!

Lenny Kravitz....He's really cool! & I like his music....
Creed rocks!!!!

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