Do you have any Gordian Knot or Ozric Tentacles? Some one hear mentioned Ozric in a post way back, I checked them out and they are one of the coolest things I've found in a long time. Try Spirals in Hyperspace.

I also really got into the Norwegian Metal with my favs being Tristania and Nightwish

I really enjoyed the discovery of Blackmore Night, if you aren't already into them, you might try their DVD, Castles and Dreams, it's very good. Candace is easy on the eyes and it's entertaining to watch Ritchie at work on the stringed instruments.

If you also enjoy an acoustic type sound occasionally Patty Griffin or Mindy Smith

I recently picked up an album by Gigi who is an Ethiopian artist, I guess they label this as World music. I thought it was pretty good. Interesting rythyms and instruments, some of the songs include some horns. The vocal style may be hard to get used to.

I bought my first mp3 player and have been building my library. It's fun to go back to those old albums you haven't had out in awhile like Gary Moore or Driving & Crying or WASP. I ended up with a pretty good representation of 80's hard rock from back in the day.