Well, take a gander over at the weekly FReeper Canteen, where about two dozen very hard working FReepers spin tunes for FReepers, especially our troop overseas, giving them a place to listen to music that won't spyware them to death.
The last thread is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1798393/posts
I listen to www.pandora.com. Create a login, ask for Dire Straits and you will get music with similar genomes (musical patterns). After a week of tuning, I seldom even need to reject a song anymore.
Check out Eva Cassidy and her album "American Dream". Eva passed on ten years ago and still her unique talents grace the internet.
www.evacassidy.org
American Tune? Regardless, I agree--she was great.