Jackson Browne
Canyon songwriter with a moral compass.
Jackson wrote 'Take It Easy' with Glenn Frey, then spent the rest of his career writing songs that took nothing easy. 'Late for the Sky,' 'The Pretender,' 'Running on Empty' — records that made introspection feel like the most American thing in the world.
- Bob Dylan
- Tim Buckley
- Warren Zevon
- Eagles
- Warren Zevon
- Bonnie Raitt
Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.