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07-18-07 | 01:54 AM

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Your favorite singer/songwrites making music today

In no particular order

1. Ryan Adams
2. Colin Hay
3. Alejandro Escovedo
4. Jack Johnson
5. Feist
6. Cat Power

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07-18-07 | 02:24 AM

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Jack Johnson, pretty much no contest.

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07-18-07 | 02:31 AM

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I assume you're going for individual artists, rather than bands that contain the songwriters within them.

1) Gary Numan
2) Midge Ure
3) Yukihiro Takahashi
4) Neil Diamond
5) Lindsey Buckingham

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07-18-07 | 06:37 AM

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1. Mirah YTZ (hasn't released an album in a while)
2. John Darnielle (get's less interesting with each new album though)
3. Jenny Lewis

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07-18-07 | 07:36 AM

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For me it's no contest- Nick Lowe.

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07-18-07 | 09:16 AM

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Colin MacIntyre - Mull Historical Society
Luke Haines
Stephen Jones (Babybird)
Richard Hawley
Jarvis Cocker

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07-18-07 | 09:35 AM

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John Mayer destroys all.

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07-18-07 | 09:44 AM

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Colin MacIntyre - Mull Historical Society

Up until his retirement last year, I would have said Lewis Taylor, hands down. Now I'm not sure, though Colin MacIntyre would be up there for sure...

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07-18-07 | 11:16 AM

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John F. and John L. of They Might Be Giants
Lucinda Williams
Joanna Newsom

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07-18-07 | 10:48 PM

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Tom Waits far and away from any listed above.

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07-18-07 | 11:10 PM

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Tom Waits
Jim James
Neko Case
Ben Folds
Devandra Banhart
M. Ward
Steve Earle

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07-19-07 | 05:28 AM

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Elvis Costello

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07-19-07 | 10:20 AM

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Matt Nathanson
Blu Sanders
Ari Hest
Stephen Kellogg
Brendan Benson
Brian Vander Ark
Secondhand Serenade (it's really one guy, John Vesely)
Duncan Sheik
Tim Christensen

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07-19-07 | 10:24 AM

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Arcade Fire, hands down. Absolutely no contest.

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07-19-07 | 10:38 AM

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Arcade Fire, hands down. Absolutely no contest.

Isn't that a band?

Ryan Adams
Graham Parker
Nick Lowe
M. Ward

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07-19-07 | 10:39 AM

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"songwrites"

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07-20-07 | 06:18 PM

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-Bruce Cockburn
-Lindsey Buckingham
-Tom Cochrane
-Hugh Blumenfeld
-Robert Zimmerman
-Corey Hart (yes, believe it or not; don't think he's still active though)
-John Hiatt
-Ron Sexsmith

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07-20-07 | 07:05 PM

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Win Butler [of Arcade Fire].

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07-21-07 | 11:25 AM

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-Corey Hart (yes, believe it or not; don't think he's still active though)

He was the "Sunglasses At Night" guy, right?

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07-21-07 | 12:15 PM

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Michael McDermott above all others. Each record is better than the preceding one.
Also love Tom Waits records.

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07-23-07 | 12:39 AM

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John Mayer destroys all.

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07-23-07 | 07:05 AM

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I was just gonna say i cant believe no one has mentioned Bob Dylan till i looked again at Norm de Plume's list.

His last album 'Modern Times' was one of my favorite albums of last year.