Introduction / Katherine Williams and Justin A. Williams
The emergence of the singer-songwriter / David R. Shumway
Singer-songwriters of the German Lied / Natasha Loges and Katy Hamilton
Bill Monroe, bluegrass music, and the politics of authorship / Mark Finch
Singer-songwriters and the English folk tradition / Allan F. Moore
The Brill Building and the creative labour of the professional songwriter / Simon Barber
Forging the singer-songwriter at the Los Angeles Troubadour / Christa Anne Bentley
The 'professional' singer-songwriter in the 1970s / Michael Borshuk
Thomas D'Urfey / Tōru Mitsui
Region and identity in Dolly Parton's songwriting / Jada Watson
Authorship and performance in the music of Elton John / Phil Allcock
Depicting the working class in the music of Billy Joel / Joshua S. Duchan
Musical gesture in the songs of Nick Drake / Timothy Koozin
Sampling and storytelling: Kanye West's vocal and sonic narratives / Lori Burns, Alyssa Woods, and Marc Lafrance
James Blake, digital lion / madison moore
Outside voices and the construction of Adele's singer-songwriter persona / Sarah Suhadolnik
Joanna Newsom's 'Only skin': authenticity, 'becoming-other', and the relationship between 'New' and 'Old Weird America' / Jo Collinson Scott
Gender, race, and the ma(s)king of 'Joni Mitchell' / Kevin Fellezs
Gender, genre, and diversity at Lilith Fair / Jennifer Taylor
Changing openness and tolerance towards LGBTQ singer-songwriters / Katherine Williams
Tori Amos as shaman / Chris McDonald
Gender identity, the queer gaze, and female singer-songwriters / Megan Berry
The female singer-songwriter in the 1990s / Sarah Boak
Reconciling theory with practice in the teaching of songwriting / Mark Marrington
Singer-songwriters and open mics / Marcus Aldredge
Singer-songwriter authenticity, the unconscious and emotions (feat. Adele's 'Someone Like You') / Rupert Till
Don McGlashan and local authenticity / Nick Braae
Italian canzone d'autore and Greek entechno tragoudi: a comparative overview / Franco Fabbri and Ioannis Tsioulakis
Singer-songwriters and fandom in the digital age / Lucy Bennett.
