Best Singer-Songwriters of Today

Since the thread began as a comparison b/t Lamontagne and Hozier....

Earlier this week I saw Ray play solo, having seen him once before about ten years ago with his band. It was just him, his acoustic guitar, and John Stirratt (Wilco) on bass. I was more looking forward to QT with my wife and a double date with some good friends over dinner and the show. Man, Ray's voice blew me away. It's like a rush of wind across worn sandpaper, a full-throated whisper. Hearing his stripped down sound was spellbinding. If you get the chance to see him play during this solo tour, take it.

I know little about Hozier other than a few songs played on The Spectrum. If we're choosing b/t him and Hozier I gotta give the nod to Ray. He's got the time-tested catalog, has an incomparable voice (which brought to mind another tortured soul with a voice from the gods, Cornell), and there's a reason other artists like MMJ and members of Wilco hitch their trains with his.

OffSheGoes35 said:

ledvedderman said:

OffSheGoes35 said:

mfc2006 said:

ledvedderman said:

Pretty disappointed not to see me mentioned in this thread yet. Jerks. 

I wasn’t mentioned either, man. But, I do really like your stuff!

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 Holy shit, Cluthe/Lee is awesome! I just visited the last page of the Cluthe/Lee thread and found a reverbnation link...and was blown away.

I will check Brian out next. Don't call your audience jerks, man. That's bad for business.   

Ha! Valid point. I was going all 2004 Ryan Adams on you guys there. 

What I like about your music is your vulnerability. You lay it all out there, and I can understand why you would want to share that with people and why you would feel protective at the same time. I really liked 'Go On' and 'Baby I Do'!

I don't know how to listen to either of you guys, i only know you by your user names.

OffSheGoes35 said:

https://www.reverbnation.com/presentlyfalling is for mfc2006 & 2-feign- reluctance (Cluthe/Lee)

http://www.reverbnation.com/brianzilm is for ledvedderman (Brian Zilm)

Thank you. 

I found this short talk/performance from Marc Roberge about his relationship with his 'fans' and in the very beginning are some of the reasons I like him so much besides his singing.....

https://youtu.be/kJ7ja6mwYT4


Now I'll go listen to Brian and Cluthe/Lee

ledvedderman said:

Thanks for sharing that link, man. I appreciate it. I appreciate the kind words. I neglect my reverb nation account a lot, most of my unreleased stuff is on SoundCloud.com/brianzulmmusic. Much more good stuff on there I think. I also have an album on Spotify and elsewhere under my name and it’s called Ferdinand.  

Cool - if you're on Spotify I can just find ya and download ya. I haven't listened yet but I will let you know when I do. I look forward to listening to stuff from all you guys.

mfc2006 said:

Thanks for the words and for listening! Our albums are on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify as well. Cheers, all!

Matt here is really fantastic. I legitimately enjoy listening to his stuff. 👍🏻👍🏻

Gregory Alan Isakov put out an amazing album this year called Evening Machines that I’d highly recommend to everyone. 

This thread and the 'top 3 favorite song' thread are fantastic for finding artists that I never would have heard of except for everyone's posts. 

buck502000 said:

Ouroboros was spun this morning- great for Sunday!!!

great album!

I sat that Jason Isbell just wrapped up producing the new Josh Ritter album...can't wait for that!