A
- Aa
- John Abercrombie
- Josh Abrams (See also Natural Information Society)
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- Activities of Dust
- Cannonball Adderley
- King Sunny Adé
- Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids
- Aerial M
- Aesop Rock
- Akron/Family
- The Album Leaf
- Oren Ambarchi
- Amon Düül II
- Anenon
- Animal Collective
- The Antlers
- Aphex Twin
- Arca
- Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Mulatu Astatke
- Atlas Sound
- Autre Ne Veut
- Avey Tare
- David Axelrod
- Albert Ayler
B
- Joey Bada$$
- Badbadnotgood
- Erykah Badu
- Joan Baez
- Meg Baird
- Gato Barbieri
- Bark Psychosis
- Syd Barrett
- Robbie Basho
- Battles
- The Beach Boys
- Beak>
- The Beatles
- Bibio
- Big Brave
- Big Sir
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy
- Bitchin Bajas
- Björk
- The Black Angels
- Black Moth Super Rainbow
- Black Ox Orkestar
- Black Sabbath
- Black Spirituals
- Brian Blade
- James Blake
- Art Blakey
- Blonde Redhead
- Blood Orange
- Boards of Canada
- The Body
- Bon Iver
- The Books
- Boris
- Botany
- Bowery Electric
- David Bowie
- Lester Bowie
- Carla Bozulich
- jaimie branch
- Anthony Braxton
- Bright Eyes
- Brokeback
- Broken Social Scene
- Danny Brown
- Tim Buckley
- Built to Spill
- Sandy Bull
- Burial
- Donald Byrd
- Julie Byrne
C
- J.J. Cale
- Bill Callahan
- Can
- Cannibal Ox
- Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
- Caravan
- Caribou
- Cat Power
- Causa Sui
- Nick Cave
- Malcolm Cecil
- Eric Chenaux
- Don Cherry
- Circuit Des Yeux
- Gene Clark
- Cluster
- Codona
- Leonard Cohen
- Ornette Coleman
- Alice Coltrane
- John Coltrane
- The Comet is Coming
- Cornelius
- David Crosby
- Crown Larks
- CSNY
- The Cure
- Andrew Cyrille
- Holger Czukay
D
- Daft Punk
- Dälek
- D’Angelo
- Darkside
- Anthony Davis
- Miles Davis
- Dawn of Midi
- Richard Dawson
- Jack DeJohnette
- Dead Recipe
- Deafheaven
- Jamael Dean
- Death Grips
- Deerhoof
- Deerhunter
- Deradoorian
- Digable Planets
- Dirty Projectors
- Dirty Three
- DJ Shadow
- Eric Dolphy
- Do Make Say Think
- Don Caballero
- The Doors
- Nick Drake
- Dr. Dog
- Dungen
- Duster
- Bob Dylan
E-F
- Earth
- Earthly
- Emtidi
- Brian Eno
- Esmerine
- Ensemble Pearl
- Gil Evans
- Explosions in the Sky
- Exuma
- John Fahey
- Father John Misty
- Faust
- Feist
- FKA Twigs
- The Flaming Lips
- Fleet Foxes
- Flying Lotus
- Fly Pan Am
- Eamon Fogarty
- Föllakzoid
- Four Tet
- Nils Frahm
- Robert Fripp
- Fred Frith
- Edith Frost
- Fuck Buttons
- Funkadelic
- Full of Hell
- Fursaxa
G
H
- Charlie Haden
- Keiji Haino
- Mary Halvorson
- Herbie Hancock
- Roy Harper
- Harmonia
- Dave Harrington
- Hatfield and the North
- Hawkwind
- Isaac Hayes
- Tim Hecker
- Helen Money
- Hella
- The Heliocentrics
- Eddie Henderson
- Joe Henderson
- Jimi Hendrix
- Henry Cow
- Hiss Golden Messenger
- Billie Holiday
- Dave Holland
- Julia Holter
- Holy Fuck
- Holy Sons
- Jon Hopkins
- Freddie Hubbard
- Human Behavior
- Bobby Hutcherson
L
- Kendrick Lamar
- Lando Chill
- Land of Kush
- Mary Lattimore
- Led Zeppelin
- Lilacs & Champagne
- Little Dragon
- Charles Lloyd
- lojii
- Loose Fur
- Sarah Louise
- Love
- Alfonso Lovo
- Julian Lynch
M
- Madlib
- Magnolia Electric Co. (See also: Jason Molina and Songs: Ohia)
- Marriages
- John Martyn
- Massacre
- Massive Attack
- Mastodon
- Bennie Maupin
- Curtis Mayfield
- Makaya McCraven
- John McLaughlin
- Efrim Manuel Menuck
- The Meters
- MF Doom
- MGMT
- The Microphones
- Charles Mingus
- Joni Mitchell
- Mdou Moctar
- Modest Mouse
- Mogwai
- Jason Molina
- Thelonious Monk
- Moon Bros
- Moor Mother
- Van Morrison
- Mount Eerie
- Murcof
- My Bloody Valentine
- My Morning Jacket
N-O
- The National
- Natural Information Society
- Natural Snow Buildings
- The Necks
- Neu!
- Neurosis
- Mickey Newbury
- Joanna Newsom
- Gimmer Nicholson
- Carlos Niño
- nonkeen (See also Nils Frahm)
- Stephen O’Malley [See also Sunn O)))]
- Jim O’Rourke [See also Gastr Del Sol]
- Phil Ochs
- Om
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Ought
S
- Laetitia Sadier
- Pharoah Sanders
- Tony Scott
- The Sea and Cake
- Anthony Shadduck
- Ravi Shankar
- Archie Shepp
- Shlohmo
- Sigur Ros
- Silver Mt. Zion
- Sturgill Simpson
- Six Organs of Admittance
- Sleep
- Slint
- Slowdive
- Smog (see also Bill Callahan)
- Soft Machine
- Solange
- Songs: Ohia
- Squarepusher
- Stereolab
- Colin Stetson
- Sufjan Stevens
- A Storm of Light
- Strunz & Farah
- Moses Sumney
- Sunn O)))
- Sun Ra
- Supersilent
- Swans
- David Sylvian
- SZA
- Szun Waves
T
- Talk Talk
- Tame Impala
- Tangerine Dream
- Tarentel
- Cecil Taylor
- Teeth Mountain
- Tera Melos
- This Heat
- Thundercat
- J. Tillman (see also Father John Misty)
- Tobacco
- Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
- Tortoise
- Trans Am
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Bobb Trimble
- True Widow
- McCoy Tyner
U-V-W
- James Blood Ulmer
- Ulver
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Viktor Vaughn
- Arthur Verocai
- Miroslav Vitous
- Vinyl Williams
- Leon Vynehall
- Ryley Walker
- M. Ward
- The War on Drugs
- Kamasi Washington
- Weather Report
- Eberhard Weber
- Western Skies Motel
- White Denim
- Wilco
- Stevie Wonder
- Wrekmeister Harmonies
- Robert Wyatt
