hi
top tens for me are: rory block joni patty larkin 2nd chapter of acts billy bragg mary chapin carpenter michelle shocked sonny landreth emmylou harris gillian welch Eddi Reader Janis Joplin no mistake about rory edging out joni. i am totally besotted with rory block at the moment!!! her guitar playing is incredible - truly one of the greatest blues guitarists of our time, and her voice is the greatest i have heard. even more emotion than janis!!!! (tho not quite the same type of raw emotion). if you like music with real emotion (and why else would you be on a joni list??) check out rorys music. yes - joni is "better", but at the moment i prefer rory. remains to be seen of she stands the same test of time as joni tho'. of the rest patty larkin stands out slightly, & the rest are pretty much on a par with me. only two male singers!!! (well - 3 if you add in matthew ward from 2nd chapter of acts) as far as guilty secrets go, well, what abour Dr Hook & The Medicine Show (up til the damn awful "baby makes her blue jeans talk) i still regularly put on "freakers ball" & blast the neighbours away. natalie imbruglia's left of the middle - i really have a thing for "torn" also a local artist sonja herholdt who really is an awful bland country & western, yet somehow has a nice positive emotion in her music. most people here who know her music think im mad when i say i like her music (bad) or else identify me with one of her normal fans (even worse!!!!) ron
