Washington, US

The state of Washington (and especially Seattle) is probably best known for grunge. In the first half of the 90's almost all of the big grunge bands were from this area. Washington has so much more to offer though. Some of the greatest 00's indie bands have come from here, along with some excellent folk, electro, country, garage and soul bands. Seattle has also been a home to numerous amazing singer-songwriters. I knew that this was going to be one of the biggest music states in the US, but I still wasn't prepared for the amount of great music. With more work I could've probably added a lot more bands, but with very little effort I already had these over 130 artists with an over 8 hour playlist, so I think I will proceed with publishing this list and if I'm missing something I will add those to the playlist later. Enjoy one of the best music scenes in the world: Washington.

Southern and Central Finland

As you probably know, I have already covered Helsinki (along with surrounding areas) in this blog. This is why those areas are not included in this post even if they are in Southern Finland. Neither are the West parts of Finland that I've dealt with in my post for Western Finland. This post covers roughly Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Päijät-Häme and Keski-Suomi. Tampere is known for its rock music, but many of the most well-known bands coming from there are not very cool and in my opinion, many of them are not worth listening at all. There are, however, some excellent small bands that have appeared into Tampere's indie scene during the last 20 years. Lahti has been a home to many rockabilly bands. Hämeenlinna and Riihimäki have quite surprisingly been a home to some of the best indie bands of 2000's. Jyväskylä has some quite good jazz bands. The problem with making these listings from Finland is the fact that very few bands actually mention where they're from anywhere, so many bands' origin says hidden to me and I can't find out where they are actually from. this may have resulted in some bands being left out and to some bands being located in a wrong section. Anyway, here's roughly 60 artists from Southern and Central Finland. Playlist: Southern and Central Finland.

Senegal

Now it's time to return to the birthplace of rhythm music, West Africa. Senegal is one of the most active music countries in Africa. There are interesting afrobeat bands, wild funk bands, melodic kora artists, experimental jazz groups, psychedelic tunes and latin style beats. I even included some hip hop and reggae artists on this list. I was surprised how many of the Senegalese bands had their music on Spotify. It was fairly easy to find at least some songs from all the artists I came across. I may have missed something essential as well, but that always happens. I'm still quite pleased with this almost four hour playlist containing almost 50 Senegalese artists or bands. Most of these come from Dakar, where there is a vibrant music scene. Enjoy, here's the playlist: Senegal.