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OK. Since all I do is listen to music, here (hear ) goes:

Charlie Patton, Primus, Popa Chubby, Chuck Prophet, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Delta Moon, Codetalkers, King Johnson, Blasters,
Subdudes, Mofro, Billy Joe Shaver, Beck, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hacienda Brothers, Eno, Fripp, Memphis Stompers, Asylum Street Spankers, Todd Snider, Robert Randolph Family Band, Oteil Burbridge and the Peacemakers, Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, Alabama 3, Jimbo Mathus & Knockdown South, Frank & Joe Show, Garaj Mahal, Willie Porter, Bitch, Langhorn Slim, Devil Doll, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash, Mel Tillis, Dave Alvin, Paleface, Summer Blanket, Kelly Joe Phelps, Rene Austin, Ana Popovic, Maria Muldaur, Lil' Sadie, Sippie Wallace, Lidia Mendoza, The Staples, Blind Boys of Alabama, Trqaci Nelson, PinMonkey, Honeytribe, Railroad Earth, Otis Taylor, Poco, New Riders, Waybacks... any raw roots/punk/country/americana thing works for me. Plus I listen to alot of freeform jazz, and 20th century composers like Glass, Partch, Bartok, Shostokovich, etc.

Stay away from the label marketers! They sell cultural squalor,
not art... evabody-listens-to-it-must-be-hip crap to force all up in your ear-hole!
Bad for human brains and is a source of the scourge of celebrity worship.
American Idol (sic) is a sign that the end of western civilization is nigh!