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Lou Reed

American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)

1

Ólöf Arnalds

Icelandic singer

2

Wu Man

Chinese musician

3

Tomeka Reid

American jazz musician

4

Terry Riley

American composer and performing musician

5

Anohni

British singer

6

The Velvet Underground

American rock band

7

Ellen Fullman

American composer

8

Emily Haines

Canadian singer-songwriter

9

Shara Nova

American musician

10

Antony and the Johnsons

band

11

Karen Finley

American artist

12

Hal Willner

American record producer

13

Metal Machine Trio

American musical band

14

Tomandandy

band

15

Jayne Cortez

Avant-garde jazz poet

16

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

17

Nellie McKay

American musician

18

Klaus Voormann

Musician, Record Producer, Graphic Artist

19

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

20

Joni Mitchell

Canadian musician

21

Mary Lou Williams

American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer

22

Skúli Sverrisson

Icelandic musician

23

Richard Barone

American rock musician

24

Gaby Moreno

Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist

25

Du Yun

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist

26

Norah Jones

American singer, songwriter and pianist

27

Marc Almond

English singer-songwriter, member of Soft Cell

28

Colin Stetson

American saxophone player

29

Sandi Patty

American Christian music singer

30

Rosanne Cash

American singer-songwriter

31

Richard Parry

Canadian musician, composer and producer

32

Rob Wasserman

American musician

33

Laura Nyro

American musician and songwriter

34

Liz Anderson

American singer and country music songwriter

35

Anne Akiko Meyers

American concert violinist

36

Suzanne Vega

American singer

37

Irene Cara

American recording artist; singer and actress

38

Dion DiMucci

American singer-songwriter

39

Alison Krauss

American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician

40

Itaal Shur

Composer, record producer, musician