So earlier I did a tweetstorm on the most useless musical acts ... and someone asked about underrated. So here’s a few:
- Lucinda Williams. Yes people love her but she is one of the best female songwriters and doesn’t get the adulation she deserves commensurate to her talent
“Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” is a desert island album. Her last record (made at age 65) is beautiful and vital work
- The Afghan Whigs “Black Love” is one of the best albums of the 90s.
- Wilco is dismissed as Dad Rock. They are a top 5 all-time American band. Also Summerteeth is better than YHF
- Roberta Flack ... she is extraordinary and largely ignored.
Roberta Flack’s first three albums are amazing - bonafide masterpieces

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