Genre: Rock/Pop
Tell me what you think!
Hi. I'm trying to write as true to myself as I can and not pander to the corporate sale-ability. However, I want people to enjoy what I create. Please let me know what you think about these songs. Be critical.
Feel free to email your opinions to me at sourcesongs@gmail.com or post your thoughts as a comment...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
A gifted songwriter whose lyrics paint sometimes witty, often poignant portraits of characters often unaware of how their lives have gone wrong, Freedy Johnston seemingly appeared out of nowhere in the early '90s and quickly established himself as one of the most acclaimed new singer/songwriters of the day. Johnston was born in 1961 in Kinsley,... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
John Hiatt's sales have never quite matched his reputation. Hiatt's songs were covered successfully by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Dr. Feelgood to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and the Neville Brothers, yet it took him 13 years to reach the charts himself. Of course, it nearly took him that long to find his own style. Hiatt began... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Accomplished guitarist and songwriter and on-the-rise British acoustic performer Nick Harper got his professional start on the mid-'80s album Whatever Happened to Jugula (aka Jugula), a collaboration of his father, Roy Harper, and Jimmy Page. From that time on, Nick toured and recorded regularly with his dad. His own debut as a leader came in... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The earnest work of boyish Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith won acclaim not from only critics but from fellow performers like Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, and John Hiatt -- some of the same artists, ironically enough, who initially inspired Sexsmith himself to become a musician. Born in 1964 and raised in the Niagara Falls area, he... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s
Despite critical acclaim as a performer, the rootsy singer/songwriter T-Bone Burnett earned his greatest renown as a producer, helming recording sessions for acts ranging from Roy Orbison and Elvis Costello to Counting Crows and Sam Phillips. Born Joseph Henry Burnett on January 14, 1948, in St. Louis, MO, he grew up in Fort Worth, TX, soaking... [+] Read More