music directory: by genre

{Alternative}

Anggun
Official Site | Wikipedia entry | Fansite : Anggun World
Language: English, French, Indonesian, Malay etc.
Keywords: deep voice, versatile
Representative work: Snow on the Sahara
Blog entries: Deep Blue Sea (brief bio)

Rufus Wainwright
Official Site | Wikipedia entry
Language: English, French
Keywords: singer-songwriter, Canadian-American, movie soundtracks
Representative work: Poses, Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk
Blog entries: across the universe

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{Classical & Vocalists}

Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Official Site
Keywords: male soprano, choir, les choriste
Representative work: Concerto pour deux voix, Les Choriste
Blog entries: concerto pour deux voix

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{Composers & Instrumentalists}

Danny Elfman
Wikipedia entry
Representative work: Batman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Keywords: pipe organ, gothic, film soundtracks
Blog entries: Corpse Bride OST

Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子)
Wikipedia entry | Fansite: The YK Project
Representative work: Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Wolf's Rain
Keywords: anime OST, versatile, keyboardist
Blog entries: cowboy bebop the real folk blues (complete disco)

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{Jazz, Blues & Bossa Nova}

Lisa Ono (小野リサ)
Official Site | Wikipedia entry | Fansite: Discover Lisa Ono
Language: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish. (also some songs in Italian. Performed Japanese and Chinese items in concert too.)
Keywords: Bossa Nova, cool jazz, easy listening.
Representative work: Questa Bossa Mia, Dans Mon Ile, Pretty World
Blog entries: Ono and Bossa Nova

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{R& B, Hip Pop}

Aaliyah
Official Site | Wikipedia entry
Language: English
Keywords: R&B, actress
Representative work: One in a million
Blog entries: Baby Girl (complete discography)

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{Rap}

Eminen
Official Site | Wikipedia entry
Language: English
Keywords: rap, angst, controversial, parental guidance
Representative work: The slim shady, Encore
Blog entries: heal my soul (when I'm gone)

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{Rock}

Green Day
Official Site | Wikipedia entry
Language: English
Keywords: punk rock
Representative work: Boulevard of broken dreams
Blog entries: wake me up when september ends

Kidney Thieves
Official Site | Wikipedia entry
Language: English
Keywords: industrial rock, psychology, disbanded
Representative work:Trickster, Zerospace
Blog entries: serene dream and dyskrasia

Love Psychedelico
Official Site | Wikipedia entry
Language: Japanese, English
Keywords: rock, 60s, love and peace
Representative work: Lady Madonna
Blog entries: 5th album news