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Acoustic Recording Artists
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Albums: A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar, Dusk and Summer, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
Dashboard Confessional was started in 2000, by Chris Carrabba in Boca Raton, Florida, as a side project from his band Further Seems Forever. Chris recorded his first album, The Swiss Army Romance, in 2000. The following year, he recorded Further Seems Forever's debut album The Moon Is Down.
- Bright Eyes
Albums: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Cassadaga, Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Bright Eyes is a band consisting mainly of American singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst. Bright Eyes also features multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, keyboard player Nate Walcott and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha, Nebraska's indie music scene.
- Damien Rice
Albums: O, B-Sides, Live from the Union Chapel
Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, to George and Maureen Rice and was raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. In March 1999 Damien moved to Tuscany, then travelled around Europe, busking the streets.
- Ben Harper
Albums: Diamonds on the Inside, Fight for Your Mind, Welcome to the Cruel World
Ben Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American Grammy-winner singer and songwriter. A native of California, he grew up listening to blues, folk, soul, rnb, and reggae. Harper's blend of groove-laden funky soul and folky handcrafted acoustics helped him to gain cult status during the course of...
- Ray LaMontagne
Albums: Till The Sun Turns Black, Introducing Raycharles Lamontagne, Trouble
Ray LaMontagne (born 1974) is a folk singer-songwriter currently living in Wilton, Maine. After hearing a Stephen Stills song, Treetop Flyer, he decided to quit his job and pursue a career in music. He has since released three records, Trouble, Till The Sun Turns Black, and Gossip in the Grain.
- Secondhand Serenade
Albums: A Twist In My Story, Awake, So Fresh - The Hits Of Summer 2009 & The Best Of 2008
Secondhand Serenade is a one man band from Menlo Park, California. John Vesely, 28, sings and plays guitar and piano. His music is characterized by multitrack recording so he can create the sound of a band by himself. He uses multitrack recording to create vocal harmonies, and a lead acoustic...
- David Gray
Albums: White Ladder, A New Day at Midnight, Love So Strong
David Gray is a British singer-songwriter born on June 13, 1968 in Sale, south-west of Manchester, United Kingdom. He moved to Wales at age 9 and later returned to the north-west of England to attend the University of Liverpool. His musical career got early support from a dedicated Irish fan base.
- Kings of Convenience
Albums: Riot on an Empty Street, Quiet Is the New Loud, Versus
Kings of Convenience are a music duo formed in Bergen, Norway, playing a style that features acoustic instrumental playing and their two voices. The band consists of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe. They met as children at a geography competition. They are known for their delicate tunes...
- Nick Drake
Albums: Pink Moon, Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter
Nick Drake (Nicholas Rodney Drake, Rangoon, Myanmar, June 19, 1948 - Tanworth-in-Arden, England, November 25, 1974) was an English singer-songwriter known for his gentle, autumnal songs and his virtuoso right hand finger picking technique. Although he recorded only three albums, critics and fellow...
- City and Colour
Albums: Sometimes, Bring Me Your Love, Waiting...
City and Colour is the side project of Alexisonfire guitarist and vocalist Dallas Green, started in 2004. The project title derives its name from Dallas’ own: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. Dallas is praised by critics and fans alike for his strong, clear vocals and his guitar playing...
- Joshua Radin
Albums: We Were Here, Simple Times, First between 3rd and 4th
Joshua Radin is an acoustic singer/songwriter. When close friend and actor/film-maker Zach Braff heard a demo of Radin's song "Winter," he was immediately interested, and got the song onto the show Scrubs in the episode "My Screw Up." The song received an overwhelmingly positive response and gave...
- M. Ward
Albums: End of Amnesia
Stage name of Portland, Oregon based singer-songwriter Matt Ward. Ward grew up in Newbury Park, CA and attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.Ward was previously with the band Rodriguez, which included bassist Kyle Field (of Little Wings fame) and drummer Mike Funk.
- Rodrigo y Gabriela
Albums: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Re-Foc, Live Manchester And Dublin
Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock and often imbued with timeless Hispano – classical influences.
- Jose Gonzalez
Albums: An album
- Matt Costa
Albums: Unfamiliar Faces, Songs We Sing, Matt Costa EP
Matt Costa (born June 16, 1982) is a singer/songwriter from Huntington Beach, California. He has released four independent compact discs: a self-titled five-song EP in 2003, a six song EP titled "The Elasmosaurus EP" in 2005, a full-length CD entitled "Songs We Sing" in 2006, and a digipak full...
- Kaki King
Albums: Legs to Make Us Longer, ...Until We Felt Red, Everybody Loves You
Kaki King (born 24th August 1979 as Katherine Elizabeth King) is an American guitarist and singer from Atlanta, Georgia. When Kaki King went into the studio in upstate New York to record the tracks for her fourth album, Dreaming of Revenge, her producer, Malcolm Burn, had one condition: "He said...
- Andy McKee
Albums: Art of Motion, Dreamcatcher, The Gates of Gnomeria
One of today's finest new fingerstyle guitarists, Andy McKee is lauded by many critics and guitarists as the most promising fingerstyle guitarist to arrive on the scene in some time. Born in 1979 in Topeka, Kansas, Andy began playing guitar on his 13th birthday when his father bought him a...
