Favorite Music
Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Soca, Cajun, Jazz, Baroque, Quiet Storm, Italian Western soundtracks, Tropicalia and other Brazilian genres and styles, Bhajans, Old Timey, Gospel, Orchestral and Chamber Music, 1st Wave Ska, Zouk, Mixing and Mashups, ARTISTS: Parliament-Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye, Gal Costa, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Bobby Womack, Sarah Chang, Curtis Mayfield, War, The Staple Singers, The Five Stairsteps, Sly and the Family Stone, Bob Marley, The New Birth, Public Enemy, Digable Planets, Con Funk Shun, Earth Wind and Fire, The Stylistics, Mahalia Jackson, The Intruders (the Philly Soul group with the beautifully out-of-key lead vocals), Sonic Youth, Abba, John Coltrane, Modest Mouse, Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Louis Prima, Oscar Peterson, The Ohio Players, Love, Queen, The Doobie Brothers, Elton John, The Delfonics, Rihanna, Kleenex/Liliput, Poor Righteous Teachers, The Fatback Band, DJ Yoda, People Like Us, Dinah Washington, Desmond Dekker, Mary J. Blige, Platform 1 (the South African group - not the trance/house outfit), James Brown, Cosa Nostra (funky '70s band - not current hip hop group), Jim Reeves, Nina Simone, Pere Ubu, Sun Ra, T.I., The Isley Brothers, Rose Royce, The Kronos Quartet, The Voltaire Brothers, Steely Dan, Chic, The Fall, Bunnygrunt, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Mel and Tim, Shonen Knife, The Jackson 5, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, The Spinners, The Commodores, Lata Mangeshkar, The Holy Modal Rounders, Dsico, Amy Winehouse, The Fugs, Ken Freedman, OPERAS AND MUSICALS: Cavelleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Carmen, Oliver, INSTRUMENTS: cello, violin, anything bass, COMPOSERS: Kurt Weill, Igor Stravinsky
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