Sometimes, when words fail, music does a better job of speaking. This article highlights a wide array of artists who have come up with top-ten lists of emerging musicians that seem to speak well while creating music that offers something new to the listener.

For more than 40 years, the eclectic flute music of Ian Anderson has according to the band’s Website (Jethro Tull) have “undertaken more than 2500 concerts in 40 countries through out three decades.” Anderson himself plays on “average 100 shows a year and continues to release new records – his last was a live album (Ian Anderson Collection) in 2006. Read More...

Signed to legendary Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records, the San Antonio-based all-female band, named after a classic song (“Girlfriend in a Coma”) by the seminal British act the Smiths, have gained attention for their brand of alternative rock/punk music. Fronted by vocalist and guitarist Nina Diaz, the group has performed at the South by Southwest music conference in 2007 and performed on the True Colors Tour in 2008. Read More...

Voted Best Drummer at the 2006-2007 Austin Music Awards, Don has collaborated/performed with the Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend, and Bruce Springsteen. His debut EP, A Dance in Red, Open Music Volume One, showcases his talented drumming set to percolating, eclectic instrumentals. Read More...

As a pianist, Charlie helped cement Jars of Clay’s style of alternative Christian folk rock, which has since given the band critical promotion and a dedicated following. Read More...

Utilizing classical music with hip-hop is no easy feat for violinist Emily Wells. She also combines banjos, guitars, organs, synthesizers, xylophones, ukuleles, and glockenspiels. Her musical creativity has the feel of a rising maverick in music. Read More...