The Ultimate Musical Discovery on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/musicaldiscovery/ Diversity + Knowledge + 1 genre per week listening on last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/group/Diversity%2B%252B%2BKnowledge%2B100%2BArtists%2Bper%2B1000%2Bplays2009 (Round I)
2009, 8-15- 8-21: Industrial, Post-industrial, industrial-rock, industrial-metal and electro-industrial
2009, 8-22- 8-28: Punk
2009, 8-29- 9-5: Reggae, Dancehall and all things Jamaican.
2009, 9-6- 9-12: Country, Western, Bluegrass and Folk.
2009, 9-13- 9-19: Avant-Garde
2009, 9-20- 9-26: Hip-Hop
2009, 9-27- 10-2: Latin music... the music of mexico, Central and South America.
2009, 10-2- 10-8: _____________________________________________________-
2009, 10-10-10-16: Africa
2009, 10-16-10-23: TRIP-HOP + ELECTRONIC
2009, 10-23-10-30 HALLOWEEN MUSIC !
2009, 10-31-11-7: 1977-1989:80s New Wave, Post-punk, pop, rock, twee and other sub-genres you can come up with.
2009, 11-7- 11-14: Various Artists
2009, 11-14-11-20: 1950s WEEK- Music of 1955 - 1963 (aprox) .. Including Rock N Roll, Doo-Wop, Late 50's pop, Rock-A-Billy and a little Early 60's Surf Rock
2009, 11-20-11-27: R&B, SOUL AND FUNK !
2009, 11-27- 12-5: World Music
2009, 12-5- 12-11: JAZZ WEEK
2009, 12-12-12-18: Mid-East and Balkans ...
2009, 12-19-12-25: Asia/Japan
2009, 12-25- 1-1: Americana Week.. Gospel, Early Jazz, Early Western, Early Blues, Dixieland, Early Folk, Appalacian Folk/Mountain Music, Brass Bands, Music Of The Civil War And World War I, Cajun, Zydeco, Louisiana Creole, Barbershop, Early 20Th Century Vocal Groups, American Patriotic Music/Marches.
2010 (Round I Jan-May)
Jan 2-8, 2010: Asia... music of the Far East and India.
Jan 9-15, 2010: Recommendations Week
Jan 16-22, 2010: Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance music
Jan 23-29, 2010: Ska. Jamaican First wave, British second wave/revival to American third wave and Ska-Punk crossover.
Jan 30-Feb 5, 2010: Drum n Bass and Techno. including Jungle, Trance, House, Turntablism and a little low frequency "Bass Music".
Feb 6-12, 2010: Rock and Pop of the 2000s
Feb 13-19, 2010: Traditional and Folk music of Europe. Excluding England and Ireland
Feb 20-26, 2010: Gothic and Darkwave.
Feb 27-Mar 5, 2010: New Age, Traditional, and Tribal music of North and South America. Indegenous music only.
Mar 6-12, 2010: Music from your own region
Mar 13-19, 2010: Celtic. Ireland, Scotland, Wales, ect.
Mar 20-26, 2010: Australia and New Zealand. Contemporary and Traditional music of both nations.. and thier indegenouis roots.
Mar 27-Apr 2, 2010: Comedy and Parody music ...
Apr 3-9, 2010: Pre-50's Pop,+ 20th Century: Broadway, Cabaret, Easy Listening, Show Tunes and Musicals
Apr 10-16, 2010: Blues from it's roots to 21st century Blues
Apr 17-23, 2010: explore last.fm charts, top charts, hyped charts ... any genre
Apr 24-30, 2010: friend's loved tracks
May 1-7, 2010: _______________________________________________________
2010 (Round II starts May ......)
WEEK of May 8th-14th 2010 = Heavy MetaL/Hard Rock 80s-90s-00s. Including: Death, Progressive/Alternative, Rock Guitar Virtuoso, Speed/Thrash, Doom, Stoner/Desert, Grunge, Black Metal, Grindcore.
WEEK of May 15th-21st 2010 = Traditional Folk and Tribal Music of mainland Europe & Scandanavia, Including: (these countries only) Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Belgium, Luxemburg, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, Austria. (other countries will be featured at later times)
WEEK of May 22nd-28th 2010 = Ronnie James Dio tribute week on Last.fm...
WEEK of May 29th-June 4th 2010 = Traditional Music of the Middle-East, Mediteranian & The Balkans Including: (these countries only) Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Isreal, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Jordan, Quatar, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Mecedonia, Romania, Austria, Albania, Greece & Italy...
Jun 5-11, 2010: Medieval Folk & Renaissance Music 500 AD-1600 AD
Jun 12-18, 2010: France: Pop & Prog Rock with focus on the following years, sub-genres and artists: 1950's-70's from France & Belgium: Yé-yé, Chanson, Progressive Rock/Zeuhl.
Jun 19-25, 2010: Early Punk highlight the years 1975-1986, and anything that predates these years that is considered PROTO-PUNK.
Jun 26-Jul 2, 2010: European Traditional. Excluding: England, Scotland, Ireland and the Balkans regions Gregorian chant. Traditional, Tribal and Folk music from these areas: Hölderlin (Deu), Witthüser & Westrupp (Deu), Música Dispersa (Spa), Izukaitz (Spa), Sibylle Baier (Deu), Bröselmaschine (Deu), Haizea (Spa), Subway (Fra), Hedningarna (Nor), Folque (Nor), Folk & Rackare (Swe), Slinkombas (Nor), Agnes Buen Garnås & Jan Garbarek (Nor), Fabrizio De André (Ita), Kristen Noguès (Fra), Alan Stivell (Fra), Gwendal (Fra), Malicorne (Fra), Nils Økland (Nor), Empyrium (Deu), Và li (Nor), Tenhi (Fin), Ulver (Nor), Storm (Nor), Falkenbach (Deu), Cumulus (Fin), Slinkombas (Nor) ect.
Jul 3-9, 2010: Rock, Indie & Popular Music of Canada and the UK
Jul 10-16, 2010: Rock + Pop 1977-1994 #I, Including: Post-Punk, New Wave, funk punk, no wave, Synthpop, Early Alternative, Shoe-gaze and Twee...
Jul 17-23, 2010: Jamaica (1979-2010) A week of Jamaican music focused on 1979 - 2010. Dancehall, Ragga, Modern Dub, Modern Roots (roots), Modern Lovers Rock and the branches of these styles including Reggaeton and Reggae Revival of the 80s, 90s and 00s
Jul 24-30, 2010: Rock, Indie & Popular music of Asia (keep in mind that Japan and China will have their own special weeks set aside in the future, so you might want to avoid them this time around.. that's up to you though)
Jul 31-Aug 6, 2010: AimsterSkitz0rz Choice And Charts Week. She choses Emo and post-hardcore (highlighting 1980-1995)
Aug 7-13, 2010: Drum N Bass, Jungle and Break Beats
Aug 14-20, 2010: Rhythm and Blues/Doo-Wop 1945-1965
Aug 21-27, 2010: Artist Feature: Roots n Branches of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More
Aug 28-Sep 3, 2010: South American Rock, Pop and Contemporary music.
Sep 4-10, 2010: Goth and Darkwave
Sep 11-17, 2010: Classical (1600-2000) With focus on the Baroque and Romantic eras.
Sep 18-24, 2010: Techno, Trance, House, the Big Beat and Turntabelism
Sep 25-1, 2010: Pop, Dance and Disco 1970-2010
Oct 2-8, 2010: Garage Rock 1980-1999
Oct 9-15, 2010: The West Indies
Oct 16-22, 2010: Featured Instrument (S): Drums And Percussion
Oct 30-Nov 5, 2010: Dark Folk, Death Country, Alt. Country, Horror Punk, Psychobilly and all things Halloween
Nov 6-12, 2010: Australia (Popular and Traditional music)
Nov 13-19, 2010: Mr. Doctor 666 Choice and Charts week Progressive rock week.. 1969-2010.
Nov 20-26, 2010: A Trip Around the World (by Country) Letters H-M (try to avoide the bigger countries, as they will get thier own special attention later in the year) refer to this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_statesNov 27-3, 2010: Jazz 1970-2010
Dec 4-10, 2010: Russia (Popular and Traditional music)
------Beefhart & Sleazy tribute ALL WEEK on last.fm. Read here for more details. 18 Dec 2010, 12:59
Dec 11-17, 2010: The Year 2005
2010, 12-18-12-24: 1977-1994, ROCK + POP + POST-PUNK + ALTERNATIVE (Don't forget to enjoy your favorite christmas tunes as well!)
2010, 12-25-12-31: CHINA (Popular and Traditional music) + New Years Eve & KWANZAA celebrations !
2011
Jan 1-7, 2011: China (Popular and Traditional music)
Jan 8-14, 2011: Instrument Feature: Keyboards and Synthesizers
Jan 15-21, 2011: Punk II: 1988-2010
Jan 22-28, 2011: Brian Eno: the roots and Branches of Brian Eno + Production career
Jan 29-Feb 4, 2011: Folk and Traditional Music of Ireland, England, Scotland, Whales and Iceland.
Feb 5-11, 2011: Industrial and EBM: 1980-2010
Feb 12-18, 2011: Garage Rock II: 1960s and 1970s
Feb 19-25, 2011: Ska 1958-2010
Feb 26-Mar 4, 2011: 1959
Mar 5-11, 2011: Africa: Folk, Tribal, Traditional, Pop, Jazz and Fusion
Mar 12-18, 2011: Hip-Hop (1978-2010)
Mar 19-25, 2011: Contemporary R&B, Soul and Funk 1986-2011
Mar 26-Apr 1, 2011: Contemporary, Experimental and Neo-Classical 1920-2010
Apr 2-8, 2011: Film Scores and Themes (T.V. and Movies), No Soundtracks, Scores and Theme Music only.
Apr 9-15, 2011: Easy Listening, Exotica and Lounge Music
Apr 16-22, 2011: Japan (Traditional and Contemporary music)
Apr 23-29, 2011: Friends charts and recommendations
Apr 30-May 6, 2011: A week of Extreme Electronics: Martial Industrial, Noise, Harsh Noise, Rhythmic Noise, IDM, Glitch, EBM, Darkstep DnB, Gabber, and Hardcore Techno
May 7-13, 2011: Instrument feature: The Saxophone
May 14-20, 2011: Contemporary Singer/Songwriter & Folk Rock artists. (1960-2011)
May 21-27, 2011: Compilations and Multi-Artist Soundtrack collections
May 28-Jun 3, 2011: Instrument feature: The Piano
Jun 4-10, 2011: A trip around the world: T-Z (countries, tribes or World music styles starting with the letters T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z)
Jun 11-17, 2011: 1973
Jun 18-24, 2011: Bluegrass and Appalachian folk
Jun 25-Jul 1, 2011: Opera
Jul 2-8, 2011: Instrument feature: The Guitar
Jul 9-15, 2011: Roots and Branches of Deep Purple
Jul 16-22, 2011: Central Asia with highlights on Throat Chant and folk music of Tuva, Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia and Nepal
Jul 23-29, 2011: European rock, pop and Indie... anything goes
Jul 30-Aug 5, 2011: Tooneb's Charts and Choice week: Russian Composers Late 19th and 20th century
Aug 6-12, 2011: A Trip Around the World by Country or Tribe... letters M-S. (pick the smaller countries, the larger ones will have their own features later... for instance, Mali Africa will have its own feature in 8 weeks)
Aug 13-19, 2011: Blues: Pre-war and Wartime Blues 1900-1946
Aug 20-26, 2011: Phoustsince1991 Choice and Charts weeks.:Female Torch Singers/Jazz Vocalists of the 1950s
Aug 27-Sep 2, 2011: Traditional and Folk music Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Sep 3-9, 2011: Electro week (Electronic rock, pop, indie and electroclash)
Sep 10-16, 2011: Instrument feature: The Violin
Sep 17-23, 2011: Dub
Sep 24-30, 2011: Goth, dark wave and horror rock
Oct 1-7, 2011: Country and Western 1970-2010
Oct 8-14, 2011: Contemporary Blues: 1970-2011
Oct 15-21, 2011: Country Feature: Mali, Africa
Oct 22-28, 2011: Latin music of South and Central America
Oct 29-Nov 4, 2011: Levold choice and charts weeks: Crust, Crust-punk, Anarchy, Peace-Punk, Crustcore, Anarchy-Punk, D-Beat, Disbeat Bands:
Nov 5-11, 2011: Cabaret, Musicals and Broadway
Nov 12-18, 2011: Americana with focus on the deep South: Cajun and Zydeco
Nov 19-25, 2011: Magne's Choice and Charts week: Stoner/Doom/Sludge
Nov 26-Dec 2, 2011: Jazz: 1900-1939. Highlights on Big Band, Swing and Dixieland
Dec 3-9, 2011: Indegenous tribal music of the Americas from Canada to Argentina
Dec 10-16, 2011: Instrument(s) feature: The Banjo and the Fiddle
Dec 17-23, 2011: Funk
Dec 24-30, 2011: World Fusion Week: Any mash-up of traditional and comtemporary music from around the globe.
2012
Dec 31-Jan 6, 2012: Glam Chowder and Cheese
Jan 7-13, 2012: Hip-Hop with focus on Hardcore, Political, Gangsta and Street Rap
Jan 14-20, 2012: Experiments in Rock, Jazz and Metal
Jan 21-27, 2012: Southern (USA) Rock, Metal and Hard Rock: Late 1960s-2012
Jan 28-Feb 3, 2012: Country and Western (1929-1969)
Feb 4-10, 2012: Phoustsince1991 Choice n Charts week: 11 SST Records bands in the 80s that helped to shape alternative rock. - Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Descendents, Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., Bad Brains, Screaming Trees, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Saccharine Trust
Feb 11-17, 2012: Canada (Traditional and Popular music of Cananda)
Feb 18-24, 2012: Hakon's Choice n Charts week: Shoegaze and Spacerock, Slowdive, Galaxie 500, My Bloody Valentine
Feb 25-Mar 2, 2012: Asia: tribal, folk and traditional music of the Far-East
Mar 3-9, 2012: Gospel
Mar 10-16, 2012: Aimee's Choice n Charts week... this week didn't happen .
Mar 17-23, 2012: Epi_gee's Choice and Charts: Irish folk, Colorado artists: Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Firefall, Richie Furay, The Fray, The Samples, Mindpeg, Skull Flux, World Seperation, Mortal Enemy, Burnt Fase, Hippie Werewolves, Sick, Seraphim Shock, Cabaret Diosa, Leftover Salmon, The Subdudes, Worm Trouble, Jesus Monkeyfish, Sympathy F, Isis Curtain, Warlock Pinchers, Foreskin 500, Bunny Genghis, Whores, Pigs and Ponies, Lying Bitch and the Restraining Orders, Dictator Tot, Rocket Ajax, Blister/Blister 66
Mar 24-30, 2012: Rock, Popular music of Australia and New Zealand. 1990-2012
Mar 31-Apr 6, 2012: R&B, Soul and Funk 1965-1985
Apr 7-Apr 13, 2012: 90s Alternative week ..
Apr 14-Apr 20, 2012: LAST.FM CHARTS WEEK
Apr 21-Apr 27, 2012: VOCAL GROUPS DISCOVERIES WEEK... 1940-2012 From the the 40's Vocal groups, to Doo Wop & Barbershop, to 60's Soul Groups & A Cappella... a discovery of Vocal groups of the last 60 years.
Apr 28-May 4, 2012: NO WAVE and ART PUNK WEEK !
May 5-May 11, 2012: Rock n Roll and Rock-A-Billy 1955-1965
May 12-May 18, 2012: TRIP=HOP
May 19-May 25, 2012: the year 1991 !
May 26-June 1st, 2012: Rock: 1995-2005...
June 2-June 8, 2012: PROG ROCK 1968-2010
June 9-June 15, 2012: A Sci-Fi BALL ... everything science fiction, from songs about aliens, to Sci-Fi film scores and theme music..
June 16-June 22, 2012: the Middle Ages and Ancient music. 1400 B.c. to 1400 A.d. (Early renaissance)