MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year.
1. RYAN ADAMS Ashes And Fire (PAX-AM/Capitol)
2. IRON & WINE Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros.)
3. LIAM FINN Fomo (Yep Roc)
4. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM Seeds We Sow (Mind Kit)
5. JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN The Deep Field (Play It Again Sam)
6. A.A. BONDY Believers (Fat Possum)
7. RICHARD BUCKNER Our Blood (Merge)
8. MATTHEW SWEET Modern Art (Missing Piece)
9. STEPHIN MERRITT Obscurities (Merge)
10. BILL CALLAHAN Apocalypse (Drag City)
One reply on “Best Of 2011: Singer/Songwriter”
How can Bow Thayer not be on this list ?? He had 2 albums on the charts for months.1 with acoustic band Holy Plow 1 with electric Perfect Trainwreck. He writes all the lyrics and music.He has put so many critically acclaimed albums independently critic pick ,dj favorite…one quote” he just wrote the song Paul McCarney has been trying to write for years”