singer-songwriter

noun

: a performer who writes songs and sings them

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The beloved singer-songwriter seems to never truly disappear from the rankings, often appearing solo, and even sometimes alongside his former bandmate Andrew Ridgeley as one-half of Wham!. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Michael Hurley, the outsider folk artist and singer-songwriter who came up in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and continued making music into the present day, has died at home in Astoria, Oregon, his family revealed in a statement. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025 Rather, the singer-songwriter was inspired to write the song after reading author Mary Bartlet Leader’s 1972 novel Triad: A Novel of the Supernatural, which featured a character who is possessed by the ghost of a witch named Rhiannon. John Russell, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 Actor and singer-songwriter Cheyenne Jackson has signed with Buchwald across the board. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for singer-songwriter

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