A is for Mick, B is for Francesco

John at TexasBestGrok came across a musical time-waster: assemble an alphabet of bands or musicians you positively like. Here's what I came up with:

Abrahams, Mick
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Cynic
Dixie Dregs
Electromagnets
Fairport Convention
Gryphon
Hicks, Dan, and His Hot Licks
Incredible String Band
Jarzombek, Ron
Keaggy, Phil
Legg, Adrian
Magic Elf
New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
Orme, Le
Pogues
Queen
Rare Air
Scott, Raymond
3 Mustaphas 3
U2*
Van der Graaf Generator
Winter, Johnny
Xiannian, Xiao
Yezda Urfa
Zappa, Frank**

I avoided duplicating John's choices (except for one awkward letter), generally preferred the obscure to the familiar, and tried to cover as broad a range of music as possible. I'll be very surprised if anyone reading this has heard all these artists.

*Early stuff only.

**With reservations and careful selection.

Soundtrack: No Strings Attached, "Music for a Found Harmonium"

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I've heard of a few of those, but not all. Looks like some new musical territory to explore.