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Chicks With Guitars

Their poppin out of the woodwork! I love them, many others here do to. It seems there are often side discussions on this topic in the "best of" threads but I don't recall a dedicated spot for these lovely ladies. Hope to pick up a few new artists to listen to and maybe offer up a few to y'all.

List your chick with guitar favorites here:

A few to kick it off....

Laura Marling
Martha Tilston
Emily Jane White
Sharon Van Etten
Marissa Nadler
Caroline Herring
Rachel Harrington
Sara Jaffe
Tyler, the Creator...ok, I just slipped that one in to see if anyone would notice...

I could go on and on but these are some good ones I thought would be a decent start.
richard_stacy
gslone
274 posts
 
April Lawton. Unfortunately she's not with us any longer - but I always loved the way she fingered her guitar!
richard_stacy OP
686 posts
 
Jazzcourier - Never heard of those chicks either but will check them out for sure. Most of the ones I listed are part of the newer breed of singer/songwriter, nu-folk types. Not sure where that "chicks with guitars" label came from but I always heard it used to reference that genre...not that this thread has any limits at all. Lord knows where it will end up!
loomisjohnson
1,526 posts
 
richard stacy's got impeccable taste, so i'm gonna check out his whole list
+ suggest a few of my own:
edith frost
kaki king
aimee mann
jolie holland
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viridian
4,184 posts
 
Gslone has it. April Lawton all the way. A true female guitar slinger. Too bad there was so little output before she returned to the graphic arts and then passed.

For jazz, Emily Remler. Plenty of output, but another jazz great taken by the needle and spoon. What a waste.

And for folk/pop, I must admit a certain weakness for the way that Shawn Colvin plays an acoustic guitar with the most violent, string popping, force and then takes it down to a more melodic level. Certainly, not the best, but a unique and easily identifiable style.
jerico
131 posts
 
I like the acoustic work of the girls in The Be Good Tanyas.

And a new find for me, Anna Calvi.
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