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    Your Best New Artist of the 21st Century To Date (2001-2019)

    Hi All, on a slightly different tangent to What are your favorite albums of the year / of the last months? I thought it might be interesting to get people's feedback on who they rate as the best new artists/talent they have discovered so far this century? Say a maximum of 3 artists per person...

    My first one that comes to mind is:

    A Fine Frenzy (Alison Sudol)

    Her first two albums especially are stand outs for me:

    One Cell in the Sea (2007)
    Bomb in a Birdcage (2009)

    It's a pity she has focused more on acting than music (she has only released 3 albums plus a Christmas EP, no new albums since 2012) - people who don't know her may know her from her acting, most recently as Queenie Goldstein in the Harry Potter Universe Fantastic Beasts films (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald).
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    Easy!

    A grand total of zero.

    [grump ... grump]
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      #3
      Originally posted by castalla View Post
      Easy!

      A grand total of zero.

      [grump ... grump]
      You really.haven't found any new artists in 20 years? You should listen to Radio Paradise more [emoji3]

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        #4
        Your Best New Artist of the 21st CenturyTo Date (2001-2019)

        One of my favourites of the last years is defenetly the album "The Boy
        Who Died Wolf" from "Highly Suspect".

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          Rhiannon Giddens

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            #6
            Originally posted by slartibartfast View Post
            You really.haven't found any new artists in 20 years? You should listen to Radio Paradise more [emoji3]

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            Oh yes - plenty 'new' artists. 99% range from awful to mediocre (as well as all sounding ptetty much the same) ! My memory is so shot now that I can't recall the 1% !
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              Esperanza Spalding
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                #8
                I had to check some of these to see the year of their first release. Personally, If I had to pick one it would be Kendrick Lamar followed closely by the The National and Bon Iver.

                Here are my runners-up:
                Kamasi Washington
                Ryan Adams
                Eminem
                Vampire Weekend
                Kanye West
                Arcade Fire
                TV on the Radio
                James Blake

                This is off the top of my head, I'm sure with more thought the list would probably expand.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by RobbH View Post
                  Esperanza Spalding
                  Nice - I have some of her early work...
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                    #10
                    In no particular order:

                    The National
                    Sharon Van Etten
                    Emily Barker
                    Dope Lemon

                    I feel there should be more... and may well be.

                    Honourable mention: Dido, disqualified as first release was last century (1999).
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by leadears View Post
                      The National
                      Emily Barker
                      Dope Lemon
                      Yes I have these - Emily Barker most especially is very strong contender IMO, well picked. I have a Dope Lemon album but don't think I have ever listened to it...

                      Will have to investigate Sharon Van Etten
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                          #13
                          This is a long period to try to pick one from. My favorite recently ha been Billy Strings

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by garym View Post
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by dasmueller View Post
                              This is a long period to try to pick one from. My favorite recently ha been Billy Strings
                              Good one. He's amazing.
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