Tag: Singer-Songwriter
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Randy Travis ‘Old 8 x 10’ (1988)
Listening to Randy Travis has always reminded me of my late grandparents. There’s a tenderness to everything that Travis sings, a no-frills baritone that sounds like a mix of George Jones and Merle Haggard and James Taylor. He exhibits a warmness that feels like a cozy blanket, smells like freshly baked peach pie, and looks…
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James Taylor ‘Sweet Baby James’ (1970)
James Taylor is one of the best-selling artists of all-time, selling over 100 million records throughout his 50+ year career. He’s best known for his sophomore album Sweet Baby James, a somber and self-reflective effort that helped to define the burgeoning singer-songwriter genre in the early 70’s and played an outsized role in the popularization…
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Tracy Chapman ‘Tracy Chapman’ (1988)
Tracy Chapman began 1987 busking on the streets of Boston. She ended 1989 with three Grammy wins, a multi-platinum record, and over one million records sold in the first two weeks of this album’s release. It’s an incredible story, and one that set the stage for the singer-songwriter revolution that swarmed the United States during…
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Jim Croce ‘You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’ (1972)
Jim Croce’s tragic death in an airplane accident at the age of 30 years old tragically cut short the life of one of folk music’s most interesting artists. I’ve always felt that the swag Croce brought to his melodies, lyrics, and arrangements separated himself from his early 70’s folk contemporaries in a really unique way.…
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