Out of curiousity...

[aliseadae]

does anyone have music recommendations for me? I enjoy The Decemberists, They Might be Giants, musicals, most things, etc, etc. (yes Erin I like what is on your CDs. I also like what is on CDs my brother makes me. Those mainly go in songs though, not bands so it is difficult to list. Yes, Alena I enjoy For It All.)

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[writebrained.livejournal.com]

Vienna Teng for pretty.

Enter the Haggis for Celtic rock.

[pentatonikk.livejournal.com]

Try Stars? Because they're pretty, and because I'm reccing them to just about everything that moves lately.

[funkadelicsox.livejournal.com]

the wombats, sorta similar to the white stripes but not really, they are still very good tho!

[tete-du-fromage.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for musicals and haven't listened to Spring Awakening yet, you really really need to.

[zehlyi.livejournal.com]

You might try Jonathan Coulton, some of his songs are really good I think. Also, a lot of them are free! http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads/
I strongly recommend Skullcrusher Mountain (mad scientists!), Mandelbrot Set (math!) and Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance (NPR host!).

[faeriemaiden.livejournal.com]

I SECOND VIENNA TENG. Vienna Teng is amazing, and full of landscape and story.

My current musical fixation is Abigail Washburn and her band the Sparrow Quartet, who play a fusion of old-timey American music, classical music, and traditional Chinese music with two banjos, a violin, and a cello. It's vivid and stunning and full of magic.

Sarah Slean is another favourite; a lot of her music has 1920s/cabaret leanings, and a lot of texture, even in the more sparely instrumented songs.

I have mp3s of all of these artists (and many more! :p) lying about if you'd like a sample. :) For that matter, just scroll through my last.fm account sometime.

[lex-of-green.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how well it flows from the Decemberists or They might be Giants, but your dancing feet icon is forcing me to recommend Great Big Sea.