Music for old(ish) people?

[Mellotron]

This is a good question. I'm 44 and have spent my life listening to music and at various stages like you I have felt a little out-of-the-loop but I have always managed to find a way back in. I'm currently finding I'm not as connected to the electronic music scene as I used to be/want to be, so I'm pursuing ways to get more exposure to this. I span a lot of genres but my current armoury consists of...

Howard: I'm the genre-spanner.
Vince: You are a spanner.

 

[Mellotron]

Herr, you checked out Beach House? Kinda dream pop but quite nice. Try Myth and Lazuli off their new album, Bloom.

 

[Randsta]

Now I've gone past 30 I find my self listening to Radio 2 getting old!

 

[JCL666]

I'm 41 and none of my mates are into the same music as me.

If you like electronic stuff then mixcloud and soundcloud are a great way of finding new music/artists. I found out about local label donky pitch through sound cloud. Great stuff.

 

[NickBHAFC18]

Having only just turned 20, I could certainly do with some help from a few "seasoned individuals"

Heard this the other day, and just fell in love with it!


Can anyone recommend some similar artists? I could sit back a relax to this all day!

 

[Norman Potting]

Now I've gone past 30 I find my self listening to Radio 2 getting old!

No, Radio 2 rocks (ok, we will ignore the Organist Entertains, fnar fnar) the rest are just pants, particularly Fart FM local radio for the whole country.

 

[JCL666]

Having only just turned 20, I could certainly do with some help from a few "seasoned individuals"

Heard this the other day, and just fell in love with it!


Can anyone recommend some similar artists? I could sit back a relax to this all day!

Some obvious and easily accessible ones are;
Nina Simone
Marlena Shaw
Aretha Franklin

If you want to impress music nerds you could try;
Rotary Connection
Esther Phillips
Mahalia Jackson