Artist	Song
Elvis Perkins	All the Night Without Love
from Ash Wednesday (2007)
Jolie Holland	Sascha
from Escondida (2008)
Carey Ott	Am I Just One
from Lucid Dream (Bonus Track) (2006)
Ed Harcourt	Born In the '70s (Explicit Version)
from Until Tomorrow Then - The Best of Ed Harcourt (2007)
Marié Digby	Beauty In Walking Away
from Unfold (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
John Vanderslice	The Minaret
from Emerald City (2007)
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter	Eisenhower Moon
from Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul (2007)
Jon Brion	Knock Yourself Out
from I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Jaymay	Gray or Blue
from Autumn Fallin' (2007)
Kathleen Edwards	In State
from Back to Me (2005)
Martin Sexton	Glory Bound
from Black Sheep (2004)
Josh Rouse	God, Please Let Me Go Back
from Country Mouse, City House (2009)
Laura Marling	Failure
from Alas I Cannot Swim (2011)
Sarah Harmer	Basement Apt.
from You Were Here (2010)
James Yorkston	Summer Song
from The Year of the Leopard (2007)
Missy Higgins	Where I Stood
from On a Clear Night (2007)
Bird York	In the Deep
from Wicked Little High (2006)
Damien Jurado	Ohio
from Rehearsals for Departure (1999)
Nellie McKay	The Dog Song
from Get Away from Me (2004)
Polly Paulusma	She Moves In Secret Ways
from Scissors In My Pocket (2010)
Liz Durrett	We Build Bridges
from Outside Our Gates (2008)
Amy Rigby	Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?
from Til the Wheels Fall Off (2003)
Richard Buckner	Ariel Ramirez
from Since (1998)
Joshua James	The New Love Song
from The Sun Is Always Brighter (Deluxe Edition) (2008)

Comment:

The current crop of singer-songwriters doesn't neglect the [i]singer[/i] side of the equation; they've got voices that grab you by the soul and demand both your attention and your heart. Jessie Sykes' cracked, desert-dust whisper on "Eisenhower Moon" imparts the feeling that you're listening to a singer who exists outside of time as we measure it. Richard Buckner's husky, crater-deep moan on "Ariel Ramirez" suggests what might happen if Townes Van Zandt's plaintive country-folk cry was tarred and feathered. And if you never thought a Boston folkie's pipes could give Al Green a run for his money, think again as you absorb Martin Sexton's sexy, soulful tones on "Glory Bound."

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