Music I think everyone should listen to

I won't lie - I think there is a part of me that is satisfied by stumbling across something the masses haven't discovered yet. An even biggest satisfaction comes from loving something that perhaps the masses never will, being sort of a patron of unloved things that should be loved. I can admit this though I also feel that I will not love something simply because it is obscure or unloved by many. But still, I can recognize my own pride in advocating the unknown. Perhaps it's the part of me that is in everyone else: the discoverer (or archaeologist, scientist, detective, or whatever your personal seeker is called.)

That being said, here is some music I have stumbled upon recently or learned to love these last few years of discovery:

-Regina Spektor -- Anything really, though in particular "Fidelity," "On the Radio," and "Hotel
Song"
-A Fine Frenzy -- Anything really, though in particular "Almost Lover" and "Near to You"
-Colby Callait -- Bubbly from the radio is good, also "Realize" and "Magic"
-Holly Brook -- "Like Blood Like Honey" Album
-Eric Hutchinson
-Marie Digby -- Not so much unknown anymore, thanks to MTV, particularly "Umbrella" by
Rhiana
-Butterfly Boucher
-Imogen Heap (largely known, largely not); she is also part of Frou Frou (also LOVE)
-Josh Joplin
-Hope foraGoldenSummer
-Carrie Ann Hearst
-The Wandering Sons -- they sound like they're from GA or TN but are actually from Appleton,
WI

So, since I love them, I figured I would share.