MicShazam

Before I answer the questions myself, I just wan't to say that I'm hearing some really good things here.
I especially can't believe that I hadn't even bothered to hear anyhting from Jeff Buckley properly before. Brilliant stuff!
I also thoroughly enjoyed the random Parrilla de Jerez track I found.

(1) Is there an artist whose music you appreciate that you are convinced not a single person on MB has ever heard about?

Marialy Pacheco, a pianist from Germany.
I bumped into this EPK promo for her new album and I knew right away that I simply had to hear it! It's really good, by the way.



(2) Are there any songs that nearly move you to tears every time you hear them?

Oh boy, there's a lot of these. Several of them are Tori Amos songs.
I can totally understand how she might be seen as too corny to be emotionally involving,
but my tearducts can't control themselves near her most beautiful songs.

Tori Amos - Winter


And this song by Joanna Newsom is simply gorgeous.

Joanna Newsom - Divers

(Can I also just point out how amazingly crafted this music video is? Just great.)

And how could I forget...

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing


And so on...:
Tori Amos - Weatherman
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Kate Bush - Mother Stands for Comfort
Dir En Grey - Vanitas
+ that theme piece from Platoon. It bothers me when it's used in memes, because it honestly does move me.

Etc., etc., etc.... I need professional help.

(3) What are some songs where you feel like the singer(s) pulls off an exceptionally amazing performance? Subjectively speaking,
not necessarily in terms of technique or range, although it can also be for that exact reason.

By the time Dir En Grey put out their so far newest album back in 2014, I'd heard all of their many previous albums,
but I'd never heard Kyo sing like this before. It's like he's added a whole extra octave to his voice and I love the way he does it.
In general, you can really hear he's been practicing a lot between this and the previous album.
I ****ing adore this song (and album for that matter)!

Dir En Grey - 懐春


(4) What are some songs where you feel like the singer(s) pulls off an exceptionally BORING performance? Subjectively speaking,
not necessarily in terms of technique or range, although it can also be for that exact reason.

Randy Blythe from Lamb of God is just an incredibly dull vocalist. Redneck is a terrible song, made 10x more terrible by the ½ dimensional vocal approach of mr. Blythe. I don't know if he's more boring than Chad Kroeger, but he's at the very least equal.