Singer Songwriters

radiohead33 · 03-20-2011, 04:55 PM

who are the best singer songwriters currently recording music?

Obviously damien is one of them, but who else?

glo32 · 03-20-2011, 06:30 PM

Leonard Cohen
The Tallest Man On Earth
Will Oldham / Bonnie Prince Billy
Rufus Wainwright
Nick Cave
Glen Hansard
Bill Callahan
Conor Oberst / Bright Eyes
Frank Turner
James Yorkston
Woodpigeon
Matt Berninger (The National)
Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit)
Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes)

borneoman · 03-22-2011, 09:28 AM

James Vincent McMorrow is my #1 singer songwriter right now!! I also liI'd add some girls in that list like Laura Marling, Rachael Yamagata, Julia Stone...

cille · 03-22-2011, 10:55 AM

That dude Josh Ritter
J. tillman is awesome too.

Lin@ · 03-22-2011, 12:14 PM

Just off the top of my head:

From the US:
! Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
! Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.)
! Peter Silberman (The Antlers)
! Brent Knopf (Ramona Falls, Menomena)
Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)
Sufjan Stevens
Ferraby Lionheart
Nathaniel Rateliff
Ray LaMontagne
Scott Matthew
Andrew Bird
Damien Jurado
Jason Mraz

Canada:
! Patrick Watson
! Leif Vollebekk
! Mark Berube
Dan Mangan
Rolf Klausener (The Acorn)
Taylor Kirk (Timber Timbre)

Scandinavia:
Teitur
Lesli
Moddi
Thomas Feiner
José González
Rasmus Kellerman (Tiger Lou)

UK:
! Ali Whitton
Alexi Murdoch
Ben Howard
Ed Harcourt
Israel Nebeker (Blind Pilot)
Nick Talbot (Gravenhurst)

Germany:
Gisbert zu Knyphausen
Thees Uhlmann (Tomte)
Jan Plewka (Selig)

Plus, of course:

Quote:

Originally Posted by glo32

Leonard Cohen
The Tallest Man On Earth
Will Oldham / Bonnie Prince Billy
Glen Hansard
Bill Callahan
Conor Oberst / Bright Eyes
Matt Berninger (The National)

Concerning female Si/So, I can only think of Sophie Hunger, Amanda Palmer and PJ Harvey right now. Weird, huh?

cille · 03-22-2011, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lin@

Just off the top of my head:

Concerning female Si/So, I can only think of Sophie Hunger, Amanda Palmer and PJ Harvey right now. Weird, huh?

There's Feist, there's Nina Kinert, Sarah Slean, Britta Persson, LAURA MARLING, JESCA HOOP, Anna Calvi, Ane Brun, CARINA ROUND, Bat for Lashes, Lisa Hannigan, Lissie.... Plenty good girls out there too! But I find it hard to remember them too, oddly enough. My brain is a dick.

Lin@ · 03-22-2011, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

There's Feist, there's Nina Kinert

How could I forget. Love these two. Rather rare female examples where I love both the voice AND the music/songwriting.

cille · 03-22-2011, 01:16 PM

Tegan and Sara are great too. Agnes Obel.

Joyful · 03-22-2011, 01:23 PM

Cat Power too. And Ani Difranco

Rai · 03-22-2011, 02:05 PM

ehm... Dylan... ehm

ko210 · 03-22-2011, 02:41 PM

Josh Ritter, Cathy Davey, Conor O'Brien

eva_arg · 03-22-2011, 02:55 PM

my faves at the moment, besides DR: Josh Ritter, Rachael Yamagata, Laura Marling (my latest obsession), KT Tunstall, Ray Lamontagne (probably the sexiest voice out there)

Joyful · 03-22-2011, 04:39 PM

Ryan Adams

mariaoran · 03-22-2011, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eva_arg

Ray Lamontagne (probably the sexiest voice out there)

YES! Though Dan Mangan is a close second.

Neko Case for the girls!!
Maybe Fiona apple, but don't know if you'd consider her too mainstream?

dboyd · 03-26-2011, 08:24 PM

Said The Whale!!! If you haven't heard of Said The Whale I highly recommend them. I guarantee everyone here will love them. They are another Vancouver band and great friends with Dan Mangan. Really really good stuff. But anyways, to add to the already awesome list and some names I haven't seen...

Said The Whale, Quadron, William Fitzsimmons, Jess Harlen, Mumford and Sons, Mayer Hawthorne, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Chief, Andy Davis

Hope I played this right :P I don't know all their real names so I just listed names.

cille · 03-27-2011, 11:01 AM

Almost forgot: The Taxi! Taxi! girls!!! They are the real deal!

cille · 03-29-2011, 09:12 AM

Sharon van Etten!

davidcotyalex · 03-29-2011, 10:44 PM

David Gray - took it to a new level
David Ford - unreal

03-22-2011, 09:28 AM	#3
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	James Vincent McMorrow is my #1 singer songwriter right now!! I also liI'd add some girls in that list like Laura Marling, Rachael Yamagata, Julia Stone... __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

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cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	That dude Josh Ritter J. tillman is awesome too. __________________ Yeah

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cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Tegan and Sara are great too. Agnes Obel. __________________ Yeah

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Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	Cat Power too. And Ani Difranco __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

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Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	ehm... Dylan... ehm __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

03-20-2011, 04:55 PM	#1
radiohead33 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 118	Singer Songwriters who are the best singer songwriters currently recording music? Obviously damien is one of them, but who else?

03-20-2011, 06:30 PM	#2
glo32 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,244	Leonard Cohen The Tallest Man On Earth Will Oldham / Bonnie Prince Billy Rufus Wainwright Nick Cave Glen Hansard Bill Callahan Conor Oberst / Bright Eyes Frank Turner James Yorkston Woodpigeon Matt Berninger (The National) Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit) Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes)

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ko210 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 187	Josh Ritter, Cathy Davey, Conor O'Brien

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eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	my faves at the moment, besides DR: Josh Ritter, Rachael Yamagata, Laura Marling (my latest obsession), KT Tunstall, Ray Lamontagne (probably the sexiest voice out there)

03-22-2011, 04:39 PM	#13
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	Ryan Adams __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

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dboyd Penguins and Whales Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,274	Said The Whale!!! If you haven't heard of Said The Whale I highly recommend them. I guarantee everyone here will love them. They are another Vancouver band and great friends with Dan Mangan. Really really good stuff. But anyways, to add to the already awesome list and some names I haven't seen... Said The Whale, Quadron, William Fitzsimmons, Jess Harlen, Mumford and Sons, Mayer Hawthorne, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Chief, Andy Davis Hope I played this right :P I don't know all their real names so I just listed names. __________________ "Cause I'm always hanging on, And I'm always closing doors. And I'm always saying no, No, when I really really want it all" - Bottom Shelf "When there's nothing to give Well how can we ask for more" - Delicate

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cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Almost forgot: The Taxi! Taxi! girls!!! They are the real deal! __________________ Yeah

03-29-2011, 09:12 AM	#17
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Sharon van Etten! __________________ Yeah

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davidcotyalex Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Dallas Posts: 691	David Gray - took it to a new level David Ford - unreal