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I’m so glad you shared this. It’s a great idea for us to talk about music, and Tori Amos is a good place to start.

I’m a classical musician, and really only like a handful of pop musicians. I am interested in great voices and good composers. Off the top of my head, here are some I like:

Annie Lennox

Brandi Carlisle

Talking Heads

Tori Amos

I very much like African and African-derived music like:

Ranky Tanky

Black Violin

Baba Maal

Playing for Change

But I would say that 90% of what I listen to is, broadly speaking, classical. I especially like 20th century orchestral music.

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I also love classical music! Your answers make me think I should post a music video every Monday, and maybe make space for others to post their own. Music is a huge part of my writerly life, and it looks like I'm not alone.

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Oh, please do. Music is central to my existence, and I love broad and interesting discussions about. Doing in the context of the writing life is a great idea. It may help build this little community.

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Nice to read you, I love the pop singers you named!

I don't know the African music you talked about, very curious to discover this. :)

I'm also a fan of Playing for change (their clips are a dream come true!!)

Would you mind quoting your 20th orchestral music references? (apart from Arvo Part, Glass and a few more ones like the french composers, I'm not so familiar with this period)

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As a singer and muscian, I have so many answers!

I love Tori Amos, her last album is amazing.

Maybe to share "exotic" references far from the US:

Jeanne Added and Christine and the Queens (queer french singers)

My ultimate reference: Bach.

Jazz vocal female singers: Dianne Reeves, Cecile McLorin Salvant

Great female drummer: Anne Paceo (a kind of shamanic artist!)

Brasilian music, MPB and others: Roberta Sa, Joao Cavalcanti, Chico Buarque...

(I decide to stop here for today)

Each of them feed my creativity in a particuliar way.

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