Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Katherine Williams and Justin A. Williams
  • Establishing a tradition
  • The emergence of the singer-songwriter / David R. Shumway
  • Singer-songwriters of the German Lied / Natasha Loges and Katy Hamilton
  • Bill Monroe, bluegrass music, and the politics of authorship / Mark Finch
  • Singer-songwriters and the English folk tradition / Allan F. Moore
  • The Brill Building and the creative labour of the professional songwriter / Simon Barber
  • Forging the singer-songwriter at the Los Angeles Troubadour / Christa Anne Bentley
  • The 'professional' singer-songwriter in the 1970s / Michael Borshuk
  • Individuals
  • Thomas D'Urfey / Tōru Mitsui
  • Leadbelly / Josep Pedro
  • Region and identity in Dolly Parton's songwriting / Jada Watson
  • Authorship and performance in the music of Elton John / Phil Allcock
  • Depicting the working class in the music of Billy Joel / Joshua S. Duchan
  • Musical gesture in the songs of Nick Drake / Timothy Koozin
  • Sampling and storytelling: Kanye West's vocal and sonic narratives / Lori Burns, Alyssa Woods, and Marc Lafrance
  • James Blake, digital lion / madison moore
  • Outside voices and the construction of Adele's singer-songwriter persona / Sarah Suhadolnik
  • Joanna Newsom's 'Only skin': authenticity, 'becoming-other', and the relationship between 'New' and 'Old Weird America' / Jo Collinson Scott
  • Men and women
  • Gender, race, and the ma(s)king of 'Joni Mitchell' / Kevin Fellezs
  • Gender, genre, and diversity at Lilith Fair / Jennifer Taylor
  • Changing openness and tolerance towards LGBTQ singer-songwriters / Katherine Williams
  • Tori Amos as shaman / Chris McDonald
  • Gender identity, the queer gaze, and female singer-songwriters / Megan Berry
  • The female singer-songwriter in the 1990s / Sarah Boak
  • Frameworks and methods
  • Reconciling theory with practice in the teaching of songwriting / Mark Marrington
  • Singer-songwriters and open mics / Marcus Aldredge
  • Singer-songwriter authenticity, the unconscious and emotions (feat. Adele's 'Someone Like You') / Rupert Till
  • Global perspectives
  • Don McGlashan and local authenticity / Nick Braae
  • Italian canzone d'autore and Greek entechno tragoudi: a comparative overview / Franco Fabbri and Ioannis Tsioulakis
  • Singer-songwriters and fandom in the digital age / Lucy Bennett.