Pioneering graffiti artist/crucial voice in early hip hop/performance artist/Afro-futurist — so many ways to label this person/being who seemingly radiated art at all times.

They created their own language of love. Ha. It’s true though, bringing more openness to sounds and styles than the punk rock status quo could fathom. Each song a blast of original thought. They modeled radical love and deep thought through music and their unique approach to the world and each other.

An influential radio DJ in the 70s who was also a founder and member of the Infinite Space collective was an early leader in combining electronics and jazz.

The Swamp Boogie Queen herself! Louisiana pianist who played professionally since the age of 13, toured for years with Otis Redding, and had a blues boogie renaissance in the 80s.

A band/project that put out one great album in 2007 of angular groove oriented cool ass dance rock. Where oh where dude White Williams go?

Southern California prognosticators of a return to the pearl button and mushroom button sounds and feelings of the late 60s and early 70s. They brought back kaleidoscopic country in the early 2000s.

Using a Commodore Amiga plus a million different things and many many years to put together albums Max Tundra makes maximalimist computer pop music unlike anyone else ever. We focus on an album from 2002 that still feels ahead of its time.”

Born and raised in Queens this new artist with one brilliant release under their belt of gorgeous songs placed in a natural world through the use of field recordings is the kind of music you can leave on repeat for hours.

With a yodel that will make the coyotes crazy and a mustache you could shine your shoes with Slim Whitman was a singular unique voice and with unique career for more than 50 years.

Long running ambient music artist from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jason Morgan albums generally have a theme like sky, or thermodynamics or submarines and he does an amazing job of making music the breathes and exist or maybe it’s a machine. Either way, close your eyes and breath. Also he played drums in Destroyer.