- The Lost Patrol (female fronted reverb surfabilly)
- Amethystium (ambient electronic)
- Falling You (ethereal ambient female vocalist)
- Lycia (female fronted darkwave)
- Saviour Machine (christian symphonic goth metal)
- Blutengel (goth darkwave electronic)
- Qntal (electronic medieval fusion)
- Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings soundtrack!)
- Austere (ambient electronic)
- Steve Taylor (christian alternative satire rock)
Honorable mention goes to Corey Olsen, a.k.a. The Tolkien Professor; Fixed Point Foundation, and Ronald Nash for lecture content.
(culled from here: http://www.last.fm/user/jkwood/charts) (compare with last year: https://jkw00d.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/my-top-10-musicians-for-2009-122909/)