Maiya Sykes is the best singer you never knew
“Maiya Sykes. If this were the 70s, everyone would know her name like Aretha or Patti Labelle. I am not kidding. That is how good she is.”
Etta James
10 music legends we lost in the 10s
While it is impossible to summarize the careers of such prodigious artists in a paragraph, this list instead attempts to answer the question of “Why?”. What makes these artists so special in relation to those who might appear to have had a more noteworthy presence.