AllMusic 2017 Year in Review
Favorite Singer/Songwriter Albums
Albums from Aimee Mann, Iron & Wine, Laura Marling and Valerie June were among our editors' favorite singer/songwriter recordings of the year. They also celebrated the returns of Feist, Bruce Cockburn, and Cindy Lee Berryhill.
On his eighth album, Galway's favorite songwriter teams with producer Doveman to deliver his most intimate and tender album yet.
Aimee Mann delivers the slowest, saddest album she could imagine with this strangely comforting collection.
The former Dirty Projectors member goes solo with a beguiling post-breakup set full of sunny self-motivation and lush melancholia.
Britain's theatrical pop eccentric follows up his Mercury Prize-winning debut with a wildly ambitious and deeply challenging second effort.
A quietly powerful sequel to 2016's Masterpiece showcasing the raw lyrics and delivery of leader Adrianne Lenker.
On his first recording in six years, the veteran songwriter delivers an album rooted in the grist and grit of life, spiritual, political, and material.
Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins
The veteran songwriter and guitarist tells tales both witty and heartbreaking on his 12th solo album.
The first album in ten years from the anti-folk heroine is a meditation on life, written in the wake of her husband's passing.
Inspired by her Somali roots, these songs about loss and hope comprise some of Ladan Hussein's richest work yet.
Carwyn Ellis' seventh Colorama LP is a spare singer/songwriter gem that pays tribute to classic American influences.
Based in California, the singer/songwriter's fourth album is sunny, emotionally rich, and packed with memorable tunes.
A varied songwriting showcase on themes of overcoming from Elizabeth Ziman and friends including Richard Swift and former bandmate Dan Molad.
Feist returns after a six-year hiatus with a bold work of raw production and disarming honesty.
A bold, risky concept album that carves out a new, progressive definition of Americana.
Absent some of the gloss from previous albums, the band's sixth album is relatively stripped down and reliably autumnal.
The British singer/songwriter teams with Dan Auerbach for a lyrical Nashville production steeped in '60s Americana and AM pop.
Featuring production by Blake Mills, the songwriter's solo debut for Sub Pop is a sparse and captivating expression of empowerment.
The singer/songwriter's second album delivers portraits of sorrow and strength that evoke confessional British folk and Laurel Canyon artists.
The wily singer, songwriter, and producer delivers his second album for Bella Union backed by Matthew E. White's Spacebomb House Band.
The L.A.-based singer/songwriter returns to his New York muse, this time evoking a darker, rawer tone.
Archy Marshall's second album under his regal alias is a rumbling and eerie work of physical and emotional isolation.
The British expat delivers a finely-honed career highlight with her smart sixth album.
The outstanding singer and songwriter teams in the studio with Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, and the results are impressive.
Michael Head / Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band
Back from a spell in the wilderness, the legendary singer/songwriter returns with a richly autumnal work that's on par with his best.
Predictably lush and pretty set of R&B-hued ballads that add some surprise touches of cosmic country and '70s soft rock to the mix.
Vocal performances shine on an unapologetically retro fourth LP, her first with producers Niles City Sound (Leon Bridges).
The master singer and songwriter creates a rich, ambitious collection of stories that rest comfortably with his best work.
Ray Davies adapts his autobiography Americana into a rich, rewarding song cycle recorded with the Jayhawks.
Co-producing with drummer Don Kerr, Sexsmith employs his touring band for a warm and inspired outing.
This inward-looking sixth LP from the Norwegian singer/songwriter is rooted in empathy; even at its most cynical, the warmth of its core radiates outward.
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The gifted singer/songwriter delivers another album of great songs and singing, this time produced by Iron and Wine's Sam Beam.
Conjuring the powers of nature, Tori Amos tackles political and relationship drama on this vital 15th LP.
An ethereal dream sequence of poetic Americana, soul, and pop that exudes the languid pace of the South.