A Brief List Of Female Singer-Songwriters Who Might Not Fit The "White Girl With Acoustic Guitar" Mold, But Who Certainly Shouldn't Be Ignored By Overly Strict '90s Revivalists

• Amazing post! I've bookmarked your web site as well because of the fact that I realized it is actually educational and I enjoyed reading your posts.

• How is "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" a "feminist" track in any way? I seriously doubt that political agendas were at all given thought while McCombs' half-baked rant was being put together. Also, Ke$ha is way more feminist than people give her credit. Listen to her lyrics! She believes in having the freedom to pursue pleasure!

• Don't need the past with the good ones that have arrived the last few years Florence Welch,Adele, Lily Allen, Ladyhawke, Jessie J, Eliza Doolittle and yeah a real old one Kate Bush is out with a new album. They are all different and they are all Brits. There a point there somewhere

• Yeah, I'm constantly depressed by the comments on You-Tube and Pandora - two outlets that make it MUCH easier to find new music. Everyone romanticizes the past, while ignoring the fact that most of the people they're lamenting are STILL working. Juliana Hatfield, Kristin Hersh (who continues to be awesome!), Joan Osborne. etc... And they ignore the great ones who have more recently emerged - I love Azure Ray, Venus Hum, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), Adele and many others.  

• yeeeeah, if ke$ha counts as a feminist singer-songwriter (which is what she's asking for here), then so does katy perry.  and if that's feminism, i'm turning in my membership card.

• Yes. This bit of dreck kind of reminds me of a piece I recently read that was all, "WHERE ARE THE DARIAS ON TV NOW?" that should have really been titled "Nobody is telling me about the snarky smart women on tv and I can't exactly be arsed to go FIND them." Just lazy lazy lazy, especially when you have, I don't know, the WHOLE INTERNET in front of you. And no, Jane, your edits don't help. They only call attention to the amateurism.

• I honestly have no idea how I'm supposed to take this xojane story. Many of the singer-songwriters that Emily romanticizes are still around and touring and putting out new music. Sarah McLachlan is playing some venues this summer, Paula Cole and Liz Phair are still making music and touring; Suzanne Vega put out an album last year (where she re-recorded many of her songs). At the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle (where I live), the summer concert series includes Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, kd lang and Aimee Mann. Tori Amos has a new album coming out at the end of September and Maura already mentioned PJ Harvey is still active. You might not hear those artists on the radio all the time (but I bet Sarah McLachlan gets plenty of airtime on AAA radio), but I bet you'll still hear Florence and Adele and Brandi Carlile and Ingrid Michaelson and...

• Shontelle?

•  I'm seeing that hip-hop is not in this list, maybe? but I just downloaded the Angel Haze mixtape and, speaking as a non-lady-so-take-my-comments-however, I really really dig it. And the Weeknd. A lot. But great commentary and a v. good shortlist.

• SCOUT FUCKIN' NIBLETT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9cwz12wKD0 

•  (Also Skylar Grey's songwriting credits have so far been SUPER LOUSY.)

•  And Emily's xoJane bio even includes: The Most Played Song On My iTunes: "Runs in the Family" by Amanda Palmer

•  "hook girl"-songwriters are not singer-songwriters.

• I surprised u didn't mention Skylar Grey in an article about songwriters 

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