The tattooed London-born singer-songwriter's first album, "Frank, " debuted in 2003, when she was 19.
As a new singer-songwriter with a new debut album, Priscilla Ahn is an unfamiliar figure.
Deschanel, who plays keyboards and sometimes drums in the band, joins Fresh Air to discuss her no-longer-secret life as a singer and songwriter, and the new album from She and Him, titled Volume One.
Ontario-based singer-songwriter Kate Maki's new album, On High, is a collection of pastoral country-folk songs that soar with gentle beauty.
The self-released Lovers and Dollars is the latest album from musician and songwriter Frank Hoier, who left his Southern California home three years ago to settle into the New York City music scene.
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Now touring with a new self-titled album, the singer-songwriter, along with band members Paul Defiglia on upright bass and drummer Malachai DeLorenzo, performed from Nashville and spoke with Weekend Edition Saturday's John Ydstie.
In 1970, a mysterious singer-songwriter in Detroit named Rodriguez released an album called Cold Fact, which got nice notices, but, in the words of a number of bewildered music-biz people connected with the record, did absolutely nothing.
Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware, the second album from Ukrainian-born singer-songwriter Alina Simone, is utterly haunting.
Mvula is currently putting the finishing touches to her debut album with Steve Brown, who mentored singer-songwriter Rumer, and Grammy-winning Tom Elmhirst, who has worked Adele and Amy Winehouse, and who she describes as "the real deal".
In 2002, after a debut album "Bramble Rose, " some touted singer-songwriter Tift Merritt as country music's next superstar.
Singer-songwriter Amos Lee fared worst, shifting just 40, 000 copies of his album Mission Bell in January.
Swedish garage rock act The Hives were named best international band, while US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, who has enjoyed enormous cult success with his latest solo album Gold, won best solo artist.
Williams' contemporary, Kylie Minogue, failed to take the number one spot in the album chart, with her album The Abbey Road Sessions settling for second place behind DJ and songwriter Calvin Harris, with 18 Months.
Mr Davies said the singer-songwriter had already paid tribute to John Lennon in a track on his 2012 album Tempest, and it would not be too much to expect him to use "to bring something of Dylan Thomas to life".
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Singer-songwriter Brian Fallon grew up five blocks from E Street, and says that until this album, he did everything possible to avoid sounding too much like Springsteen.
In 2002, he was named ASCAP's songwriter of the year, and a few years after he earned two Grammy nominations for album and song of the year.
Other nominees include Maps - musician James Chapman - for We can Create, his debut album which he produced in his bedroom in Northampton, and Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan for The End of History.
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With that in mind, she put out her album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, to prove that she's a songwriter and a singer.
The 29-year-old singer-songwriter recently sat down with NPR's David Greene to talk about her life, her latest album and her unique approach to remembering lyrics.
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