Inspired by some other users here's what I have wanted to do for a long time: put together artists you have listened to during your life without feeling ashamed of former taste.

Age 0-10

Schliermer Chind, Mani Matter The Beatles Pet Shop Boys Cat Stevens Roxette Angelo Branduardi The Police Sting Supertramp Queen Antonin Dvorak Camille Saint-Saens Richard Wagner


Age 10-15

Hair Artists Pink Floyd Janis Joplin Johann Sebastian Bach Jesus Christ Superstar Les Miserables The Doors Nirvana Led Zeppelin Dire Straits Celine Dion Bob Marley Ludwig van Beethoven

Age 15-20

Ani Difranco Melissa Etheridge k.d. lang Tracy Chapman K's Choice Element of Crime Melissa Ferrick Tori Amos Skunk Anansie Marla Glen And all because the lady loves Air Morcheeba Buffy Sainte-Marie Carolina Brauckmann Edith Piaf Eurythmics Heather Nova Heather Nova Joan Armatrading Patricia Kaas Marianne And Me Grabage Goldfrapp Renaud Jewel


Age 21 to present

A lot of artists are still the same, but especially:
Ani Difranco Tracy Chapman
Tori Amos Skunk Anansie Heather Nova

more artists 21 to present

Jefferson Airplane Jack Johnson Carla Bruni Alanis Morissette Carla Bruni Bettina Schelker 2raumwohnung Gianna Nannini Mich Gerber KT Tunstall Nina Simone Mana Sheila Nicholls


artists I got to know and love thanks to Last.fm:

Dar Williams Anouk Butterfly Boucher Rachael Yamagata
Frou Frou Aimee Mann Sarah Slean Rachael Sage