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Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' named greatest singer-songwriter album of all time by BBC Music

A 1971 classic has just been ranked the best singer-songwriter album of all time — and the No. 1 choice won’t surprise most ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1958, the Ivy-Educated Singer-Songwriter With Four Back-To-Back Grammys for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Award-winning country-folk singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter was born Feb. 21, 1958, in Princeton, New Jersey.

Making music still a ‘Sunny’ proposition for veteran singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin

Song and Record of the Year -- for her Top 10 hit "Sunny Came Home," things are still steady on for Texas-based singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin. She's performing more than recording these days, though ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2025, We Lost the Legendary Grammy-Winning Singer and Pianist Behind Some of the Greatest Songs of the 1970s

Roberta Flack passed on this day in 2025, and her legacy as one of jazz, soul, and R&B's most powerful female singers lives ...
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American roots singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale heads to Kuumbwa Jazz

His songs have been recorded by — just to namedrop a few — George Strait, Elvis Costello and Lee Ann Womack. In 2025, he was ...