Best Singer-Songwriters
Best Singer-Songwriters
#1Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 2:42am
Both current and past.
I'm looking for some new music.
Just bought Patty Griffin's Impossible Dream and Sufjan Steven's Michigan. Both wonderful.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#2re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 6:10amNellie McKay
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#2re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 9:30am
I love Sufjan and Nellie!
More of my favorites are: Rufus Wainwright, Ani Difranco, Eric Himan, Beth Orton, Linda Perry, Rachel Sage, Mary Prankster, Bitch and/or Bitch & Animal, and Toshi Reagon.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#3re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 9:44am
Look at Neil Finn, the Finn Brothers, and Crowded House.
Also Regina Spektor, Maria McKee, Carol King, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, and if you like Patti Griffin, check out Tift Merritt.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#4
Posted: 11/26/07 at 9:55am
My avatar is a reminder to myself. I need lots of reminders...
Updated On: 12/23/09 at 09:55 AM
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#5re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 10:07amBob Dylan, Laura Nyro, Derek Webb, Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, James Taylor, Aimee Mann, Lauryn Hill, Dar Williams, Dolly Parton, Jewel
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#6re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 10:21am
Carole King
The Carpenters (Richard wrote most of the lyrics and music)
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
#7re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 10:28amif you like Patty Griffin i recommend Kasey Chambers and Lori Mckenna. another great artist is Ellis Paul, although his last CD kind of sucks as it's all lullabies. but his other CDs are great.
PhebusApollo
Stand-by Joined: 11/30/05
#8re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 2:15pm
Jeff Buckley, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson (just saw him live and he was amazing), Damien Rice, Ben Folds
I also had the pleasure of seeing an up and coming singer songwriter from NY open at a show I was at recently. Her name is Ingrid Michaelson and her performance was sheer perfection. I highly recommend checking out her music.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#9re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:29pm
Once again, check out Tift Merritt. She's incredibly underrated...listen to "Good Hearted Man"
Tift Merritt Myspace
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#10re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:57pmooh i love Tift Merritt's cd "Tamborine". i have to agree with that one. i played that CD out for a long time.
#11re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 6:15pm
Phebus, Ingrid Michaelson is amazing. I saw her a few weeks ago and am seeing her again on Dec. 11.
My list goes on and on since it's my favorite genre:
John Denver
Carole King
James Taylor
Glen Hansard
Dolly Parton
Brad Peterson (local Chicago guy)
Ingrid Michaelson
etc
broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#12re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/26/07 at 7:15pm
Rufus Wainwright
Ingrid Michaelson
Suzanne Vega (I'm surprised she hasn't yet been mentioned)
Carole King
Regina Spektor
Two that are not widely known, if at all:
Sylvie Lewis www.myspace.com/sylvielewis
Mieka Pauley www.mieka.com
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"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
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Updated On: 11/26/07 at 07:15 PM
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#13re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:38pm
I like a lot of the old schoolers...
James Taylor
Dan Fogelberg
Billy Joel
Elton John
Cat Stevens
Jim Croce
Carole King
Joni Mithcell
#14re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:41pm
Jane Siberry aka Issa Light
Ingrid Michaelson
Jewel
Joni Mitchell
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#15re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:49pm
John Lennon
Brian Wilson
Ellie Greenwich
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Nicks
Neil Diamond
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan
Carole King
Jill Scott
Carly Simon
Kurt Cobain
I know I'm forgetting a lot...
Mag Wildwood
Understudy Joined: 11/27/07
#16re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:50pm
Sufjan Stevens, yeah absolutely
Also Dan Bern
and totally unrelated, the man, the legend, Mr. Jacques Brel.
#17re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:56pmPatty Griffin. Seeing her live is like a religious experience. You should get her new dvd the "Live from the artists den" while it is rather short, it is amazing.
#18re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 3:56pm
nina gordon, jason walker(not the rap one), pat monahan, mat kearney, gavin mikhail, jeff buckley, joshua radin, and andrew mcmahon(from Something Corporate/Jack's Mannequin fame)...others to come.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
Updated On: 11/27/07 at 03:56 PM
#19re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 5:23pm
my two favorite are Ben Folds and Sufjan Stevens
I also like Aimee Mann, Damien Rice, Matt Nathanson, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Jack Johnson, and Ray LaMontagne
#20re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 5:29pm
First name that came to my mind was Carole King.
Others, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Dan Fogelberg, Joni Mitchell. and I am sure there are many more.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#21re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 5:52pmBen Harper, John Ondrasik(aka Five For Fighting), and Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#22re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 5:59pmShawn Colvin is a long-time favorite of mine.
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kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#23re: Best Singer-Songwriters
Posted: 11/27/07 at 6:07pm
Johnny Mercer
Hoagy Carmichael
Oldies but goodies....
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
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