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I can never miss an opportunity to evangelize for my favorite artist, Sleeping At Last. He has such an emotive quality to his voice: just check out that tremolo in "Snow."
My favorite works by him are "Saturn," "Snow," and "[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKdD1JCps5A]Sight." Lest you think everything he does is sad-sounding, however, I'll also mention "Sun" and "East." (He has songs more upbeat than those, but really I'm a sad song kind of person...
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I'm mostly into indie-folk/singer-songwriter type stuff, but one of my more radio-friendly favorites is Nichole Nordeman, though I think her best works are the ones you won't hear the radio playing: "Love You More," "Hold On," and "Small Enough" are some of my particular favorites (also her cover of Cyndi Laupner's "Time After Time"). Despite being Christian, I'm a pretty harsh critic of the CCM scene, but let me tell you that Nichole Nordeman is easily the best thing to come out of it. (There are a handful of others I like: Audrey Assad, Jars of Clay, Phil Wickham...) Nichole Nordeman has been my favorite artist since I was about ten and I've grown into her: there's been a song she's written that's meant something special to me for every season of my life.
And I'll just mention two more: Andrew Peterson and The Oh Hellos. Andrew Peterson has a nice voice, but what I love about him is his songwriting. He's also full of Tolkien references, which is a quick way to my heart (he even quotes my favorite passage in "The Dark Before the Dawn"). A couple favorites: "You'll Find Your Way" and "[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNVcK6xZdE]The Sower's Song." The Oh Hellos are also brilliant songwriters, and musically they are way outside what I usually listen to. They're Americana flirting with bluegrass, which is very not my genre--but I love them anyway. Check out their unique concept album Dear Wormwood, but if you only listen to one song I recommend the title track and "Bitter Water."
I have mixed feelings about Enya. She has a lovely voice, but she overdubs too much for my taste and I find some of her music a bit emotionally sterile. "May It Be" and "Aníron," the two pieces she did for Lord of the Rings, however, are beautiful. I tend to prefer the music of her sister, Máire Brennan (I think she goes by "Moya Brennan" now), which feels more authentic to me.[/url][/url]
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I'm mostly into indie-folk/singer-songwriter type stuff, but one of my more radio-friendly favorites is Nichole Nordeman, though I think her best works are the ones you won't hear the radio playing: "Love You More," "Hold On," and "Small Enough" are some of my particular favorites (also her cover of Cyndi Laupner's "Time After Time"). Despite being Christian, I'm a pretty harsh critic of the CCM scene, but let me tell you that Nichole Nordeman is easily the best thing to come out of it. (There are a handful of others I like: Audrey Assad, Jars of Clay, Phil Wickham...) Nichole Nordeman has been my favorite artist since I was about ten and I've grown into her: there's been a song she's written that's meant something special to me for every season of my life.
And I'll just mention two more: Andrew Peterson and The Oh Hellos. Andrew Peterson has a nice voice, but what I love about him is his songwriting. He's also full of Tolkien references, which is a quick way to my heart (he even quotes my favorite passage in "The Dark Before the Dawn"). A couple favorites: "You'll Find Your Way" and "[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNVcK6xZdE]The Sower's Song." The Oh Hellos are also brilliant songwriters, and musically they are way outside what I usually listen to. They're Americana flirting with bluegrass, which is very not my genre--but I love them anyway. Check out their unique concept album Dear Wormwood, but if you only listen to one song I recommend the title track and "Bitter Water."
I have mixed feelings about Enya. She has a lovely voice, but she overdubs too much for my taste and I find some of her music a bit emotionally sterile. "May It Be" and "Aníron," the two pieces she did for Lord of the Rings, however, are beautiful. I tend to prefer the music of her sister, Máire Brennan (I think she goes by "Moya Brennan" now), which feels more authentic to me.[/url][/url]