No one artist but I always have the classical music station on. My father was a violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for 50 years. When I hear a violin solo, I feel my dad very close to me. He passed away in 2005. I miss him every day. I love classical music. It's very soothing.

I also have a selection of hymns on my Ipod. I listen to them when I'm praying/meditating.

Southern Gospel does it for me. Especially a good male quartet singing the old convention songs from The Stamps-Baxter days. It also helps if it is a 'toe tapper' too.

Irish music!

Good old ROCK and ROLL!! Actually, I'm usually tuned into an oldies station, I just love the music of the seventies and eighties. That was the REAL stuff.

1975....crank it up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE

This isn't music exactly but I have a CD of Ocean sounds that I used when I had panic attacks. It's still soothing.

I also found a DVD with the ocean on it. I put that in when I read. If I close my eyes I'm back at the Jersey Shore. But when I close my eyes it's difficult to read ;-)

Right now I'm listening to Mitch Miller's Christmas CD. I'll put it in my car so I can sing along.

Letting you into some secrets;

Alison Krauss, Barbra Streisand, Billie Holliday, Billy Joel, Carole King, Diana Krall, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Lou Reed, The Temptations, Elaine Page, Ella Fitzgerald, Enya, Eurythmics, Gabriel Yared, Laura Pausini, Mariah Carey, Natalie & Nat King Cole, Natasha St-Pierre, Nina Simone, Norah Jones, Olivia Newton John, John Lennon (I feel fine), The Rolling Stones, The Beetles, Sade, Sara Bareilles, Bob Marley, Sarah Brightman , Elvis, John Mayer, Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain, Karrin Allison, Cassandra Wilson, Otis Redding, Whitney Houston, Paul McCartney, Yolanda Adams, John Coltrane, Boney M, Roy O', Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis & John Coltrane, Simply Red, A-ha, Midnight Oil, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Michael Buble, Howlin Wolf, Etta James, Sam Cooke, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, The Style Council, Joao Gilberto & Tom Jobim, Astrud & Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz, Mina, Tom Jobim & Toquinho, Natalie & Matt Lungley, Nirvana, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Jamiroquai, Bob Dylan, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Air Supply, Toto, Al Green, Passion Pit, 13th Floor Elevators, Phil Collins, Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Connie Talbot , Pavarotti, 3 Tenors, Mozart, Franz Xaver Sssmayr, Johann Sebastian Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

Just so you know, CFSWarrior! When you ask Al a question, you get a complete and total answer. Did you offer to listen to all the music we listed?? OK...then let us know, sometime in 2012, when you have completed listening to Al's list!! LOL

It's a great list....I know almost ALL of those people! And their music.

Music is pure healing!

Sometimes if I'm having a higher symptom moment, music bothers me and I need to turn it off. (Or certain music does.) Other times listening to it does help. Long before I ever had CFS, I started calling this "music therapy".
I find that oldies help a lot. (50's, 60's). The former oldies station in this area called itself the feel good station. It's well deserved. They do tend to be happy upbeat songs. Many are hard to listen to and not smile on the inside.
Oddly enough, one of my daughter's favorites are also helpful. She likes Taylor Swift. It's has a beat without being thumpy, and is smooth without being dentist music. When I'm driving and can't tolerate the radio she'll switch it to her CD and I can feel myself relax.

LOL

but wait there is more

Try rainymoods.com and play your favorite relaxing track over it. It sounds really nice.

My music choices depend on my symptoms at any given time. If I'm feeling overwhelmed and sorry for myself, I listen to Praise music - Casting Crowns, David Crowder Band, etc. If I feel like I can think pretty clearly and want to hear the most beautiful music in the world(IMHO), I listen to Bach. Jazz for bright, sunny days full of hope - MIles Davis or Dave Brubeck. And when I'm feeling peppy inside, but not on the outside - Rock - The Ramones, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, the list goes on and on......

CFSwarrior - was Noel Gallagher with Oasis? I'm pretty sure that's the name of one of the brothers in the band. Loved some of their albums. I'll have to check out the song you are refering to. Thanks for the great discussion topic!

Yes he was mate, he was the brains behind it and the songwriter, Check out thier album called Definately Maybe, Its so good I actually considered getting the album cover tattooed on me somewhere, haha sick I know.

I love Bruce Springsteen and Ramones too! :)

CFSwarrior: I'll try to check out Definitely Maybe on ITUNES. The tattoo sounds like a good idea!