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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

Edited by
Katherine Williams  and
Justin A. Williams
Katherine Williams
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth
Justin A. Williams
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Type
Chapter
Information
The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter , pp. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

Contents

  1. List of figures

  2. List of music examples

  3. Notes on contributors

  4. Acknowledgements

  5. Introduction

    Katherine Williams and Justin A. Williams

  6. Part IEstablishing a tradition

  7. 1.The emergence of the singer-songwriter

    David R. Shumway

  8. 2.Singer-songwriters of the German Lied

    Natasha Loges and Katy Hamilton

  9. 3.Bill Monroe, bluegrass music, and the politics of authorship

    Mark Finch

  10. 4.Singer-songwriters and the English folk tradition

    Allan F. Moore

  11. 5.The Brill Building and the creative labour of the professional songwriter

    Simon Barber

  12. 6.Forging the singer-songwriter at the Los Angeles Troubadour

    Christa Anne Bentley

  13. 7.The ‘professional’ singer-songwriter in the 1970s

    Michael Borshuk

  14. Part IIIndividuals

  15. 8.Thomas D’Urfey

    Tōru Mitsui

  16. 9.Leadbelly

    Josep Pedro

  17. 10.Region and identity in Dolly Parton’s songwriting

    Jada Watson

  18. 11.Authorship and performance in the music of Elton John

    Phil Allcock

  19. 12.Depicting the working class in the music of Billy Joel

    Joshua S. Duchan

  20. 13.Musical gesture in the songs of Nick Drake

    Timothy Koozin

  21. 14.Sampling and storytelling: Kanye West’s vocal and sonic narratives

    Lori Burns, Alyssa Woods, and Marc Lafrance

  22. 15.James Blake, digital lion

    madison moore

  23. 16.Outside voices and the construction of Adele’s singer-songwriter persona

    Sarah Suhadolnik

  24. 17.Joanna Newsom’s ‘Only Skin’: authenticity, ‘becoming-other’, and the relationship between ‘New’ and ‘Old Weird America’

    Jo Collinson Scott

  25. Part III•Men and women

  26. 18.Gender, race, and the ma(s)king of ‘Joni Mitchell’

    Kevin Fellezs

  27. 19.Gender, genre, and diversity at Lilith Fair

    Jennifer Taylor

  28. 20.Changing openness and tolerance towards LGBTQ singer-songwriters

    Katherine Williams

  29. 21.Tori Amos as shaman

    Chris McDonald

  30. 22.Gender Identity, the queer gaze, and female singer-songwriters

    Megan Berry

  31. 23.The female singer-songwriter in the 1990s

    Sarah Boak

  32. Part IVFrameworks and methods

  33. 24.Reconciling theory with practice in the teaching of songwriting

    Mark Marrington

  34. 25.Singer-songwriters and open mics

    Marcus Aldredge

  35. 26.Singer-songwriter authenticity, the unconscious and emotions (feat. Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’)

    Rupert Till

  36. Part VGlobal perspectives

  37. 27.Don McGlashan and local authenticity

    Nick Braae

  38. 28.Italian canzone d’autore and Greek entechno tragoudi: a comparative overview

    Franco Fabbri and Ioannis Tsioulakis

  39. 29.Singer-songwriters and fandom in the digital age

    Lucy Bennett

  40. Select bibliography

  41. Index

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