A lot of the artists on that list I'm not familiar with. I do love Julian Lage though!

Should be interesting to check out our unknowns. Quite a few new names to me!

Ron, I can only agree with you, Robert and Chris. I also don’t know many of the musicians listed.

But, as a bluegrass fan, I’m all the more happy to find on position 15 the name Billy Strings. I’m a big fan of him since 2017, when I first came into contact with bluegrass.

I’m deeply impressed by his fast runs and I love his dexterity.

Birgit

First, Ron, thanks for stirring my attention to artists and materials which I was not aware of.  I listened to some new (to me) and old familiar players, genres and styles.  Yet the review of what's served up in 2021 left me uninspired for the most part.  I think that lack of inspiration is a reflection of current popular culture driving album creation.  Mayer is truly one of the dogs at the top of the top of the heap.  And Gibbons is still full of great feel and tones.  Kotzen is also a cool cat in his own style when covering songs.  I'm pleased to see bluegrass and jazz relevant amid the banality of pop cultures mammoth elephant in the room.  

But where, children, where are the innovators?  Sigh...