singer-songwriter

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Whitney Farmer has four words by the singer-songwriter Noah Kahan tattooed on her leg: “Give yourself a reason.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Amy Winehouse was a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, best known for hits including Rehab and Back to Black, who died in 2011 at the age of 27.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Joyce Cissé, known by her artist moniker flowerovlove, is a breezy, deeply thoughtful and remarkably confident singer-songwriter from South London.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The glitchy breakbeats and thrumming basslines of Ambiguous Desire are a major shift for the singer-songwriter - but they always feel authentic.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

As singer-songwriter Nina Simone sang in her 1963 song “Mississippi Goddamn : You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson