Singer-songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a person who writes and performs their own works. They often accompany themselves on a musical instrument.[1] Singer-songwriters write the music, the lyrics, sing, play the musical instruments, and often manage themselves.[2]
The term became popular in the 1960s. It referred to a specific type of performer who wrote certain kinds of music and lyrics.[1]
Singer-songwriter Media
Woody Guthrie, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, playing a guitar that has a sticker attached reading: This Machine Kills Fascists
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.; close-up view of vocalist Bob Dylan, August 28, 1963
Joni Mitchell, performing in 1983
Hank Williams in 1952
Paul Simon playing at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Promotional photo of James Taylor.
Carole King performing aboard USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean in 2000
Lotti Golden performing, Nashville, Tennessee, in the confessional tradition, 1971
David Crosby, (of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash) is one of the singer-songwriters who crossed over into mainstream rock, seen here in 1976 backstage of the Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University.
Tracy Chapman began singing about social issues in American society in the 1980s.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shepherd, John, ed. (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Volume 11: Performance and Production. Continuum. p. 198. ISBN 0826463223. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ↑ Rodgers, Jeffrey Pepper (2003). The Complete Singer-Songwriter:A Troubadour's Guide to Writing, Performing, Recording & Business. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. vi. ISBN 0879307692.
