The country music thread last night got me thinking about the musical acts that I enjoy, but who never really seem to break out even as lesser talents become big stars (at least for a day or two). In the hopes of starting a discussion and possibly finding out about musicians and other artists I don’t currently know about, I thought I’d do a post every once in awhile about someone whose work I enjoy but who doesn’t get much public recognition. I could also do a series on people more famous than they ought to be, but that would be too depressing.

I’m starting with Kelly Willis because I saw her a couple of months ago at an LA Club and she was terrific, much too terrific to be playing in such a small venue (although it kicked ass for those of us in the audience). She isn’t completely unknown, but if there were justice in the world, she’d be on the radio a lot more.