Re: is the singer-songwriter dead?


<clusterfly.alr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|i had a fascinating discussion yesterday i thought y'all might find
| interesting. i was talking to a friend while listening to simon and
| garfunkel. and we were, of course, talking about how beautiful and
| profound their music is, and he asked me: do you think we are
| witnessing the death of the singer-songwriter?
|
| he went on to say that in this current decade he couldn't name a single
| artist that reflected the singer-songwriter tradition evinced by the
| likes of paul simon, lennon and mccartney, bob dylan, carole king, etc.
| his contention was that the compelling music of right now is all about
| playing with sound and not focused on lyrics, telling stories, or
| expressing verbal emotions.


Ryan Adams?


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