Wanted: Music recs!

[wordinista]

So, I think I'm interested in widening my music library a little.  I'm having one of those days where iTunes looks like a big candy store, and I seriously have no idea where to start.  So far I've downloaded a little Alison Krauss, Matthew Perryman, and Jack Savoretti, so that might be indicative of what my ear seems to be craving right now:  clear vocals, a nice melody, and fairly mellow-sounding.  (I'd forgotten how much I LOVE Alison Krauss' voice. Gawd.)

Would y'all mind giving me a few artists to check out?  I'm really feeling like trying something new (or new to me, at least), so I'm curious to hear what my f-list is listening to or might recommend.  (Hit me up with your instrumental recs too.  Soundtracks, scores, the works!)

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[pagerunner-j.livejournal.com]

Lately I've been listening to a lot of Ellie Goulding, plus The Birthday Massacre, BoA (Hurricane Venus in particular), BT, Pendulum, Imogen Heap, the Big Blue Ball album (VA), etc....

I never claimed not to be slightly schizophrenic about my musical tastes. Ahem.

For more along the lines of what you've been listening to lately, I'd recommend Jonatha Brooke. You've probably already heard her a time or two -- I know one of her tracks got used on Buffy once, and then she did the Dollhouse theme song, so if you don't want to take MY word for it, trust in Joss. ;) 10 Cent Wings is probably still my favorite album of hers, fwiw. (She was also half of The Story, which was a wonderful duo between her and Jennifer Kimball, who's also put out some very good solo material. "So Much Mine" was the song that got me started on that group way back when....)