Folk

Beauty through strange circumstance: a wrist injury and a European trip have produced such such an interesting sound. Zach Condon's inability to grasp a guitar neck led him to play ukulele, and after dropping out of high school to tour Europe he became influenced by Balkan gypsy music. Luck aside, Zach's sultry voice, songwriting craft, and multi-instrument musical skill complete the package.

With soul and passion Bon Iver takes a traditional format in new directions. Skinny Love is my new favorite song.

tangles of guitar, knots of singing, threads of beat and thump make a rope fit for hauling the heavy machinery of your day - Thao

A link to download my first free album! Hope you enjoy.

Raised in South Carolina, Beam released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, on the Sub Pop label in 2002. Beam wrote, performed, recorded, and produced every track on the album by himself at a studio in his home. His music is often characterized as alt-country, progressive folk, or indie folk, and lyrical themes often follow a Southern Gothic paradigm. -Wikipedia

Sufjan is a master songwriter and multi-instrumentalists (proficient on over 20 instruments). His music is highly experimental and difficult to pigeon hole into any specific genre, although folk is seems a good fit to me.

do-it-yourself punk aesthetic and blunt honesty - unique voice--a fragile sort-of warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or country tradition -> Baldwin, C.

Rain. Rain. Rain. Almost 24 rain hours. Therefore all with the Norfolk & Western, the band of the guitarist is felt protecting of this rain and stock exchange operator of the M. Ward, Adam Selzer.

New Weird America - a delightful little song bird - songs which blend tense, trance-like arpeggios with warm vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature - cite: Wikipedia

you can't put em in a box - what genre to select? - folksy for sure - their slam poetry style brings a strong hip hop influence, but lacks its heavy beats - their intense lyrics are brash and thought provoking - i really dig the track: Grafitti Sex