Setting aside the fact that I don't buy/collect any pop, rock, or folk music, there are a fair number of conductors and soloists whose performances seem, to me, willful and inappropriate. I would be surprised if any one of us liked everybody, even within the genres we enjoy.
Are there any artists (living or dead) that you go out of your way to avoid collecting?
The flipside to last week's question is hard to resist: Are there any artists (living or dead) that you go out of your way to avoid collecting?
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I hesitate to even call them "artists," but Madonna, Britney Spears, and Jessica Simpson. This could be a very long list, but I think you get the idea. This isn't real music, it's engineered content bought for a performer and its mindless marketability.

I like almost all music, eclectic. But there are numerous "artists" who I don't consider listenable. Too many to list, and I don't want to criticize anyone who is trying to make art. We all should do as much art as possible! I will, however, criticize generally those record producers spinning out formula pop "creations." That is not art and they are counterproductive to culture. Boycott them!

In the "what do mean you can't listen to?!" category are Judy Collins and most music featuring the clarinet. In the "they're fine, but I don't see what all the fuss is all about" category are Mozart, Dylan, Randy Newman, Frank Zappa, and Johnny Cash.

Any vocalist(s) who would headline a show at a casino or who is a mega-brand, meaning Cher, Streisand, Celine Dion, the "anything here" tenors, Manilow, Humperdink, Buble, Bocelli, Bieber, Madonna, and so on. But let's not forget to avoid John Cage's conceptual works, either.