singer-songwriter

noun

: a performer who writes songs and sings them

Examples of singer-songwriter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The big news this week is that American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is finally visiting the Queen City later this year, but there are plenty of other great acts coming to town, too. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 May 2024 Hill, an Arizona singer-songwriter and past Travis Scott and Kid Cudi collaborator, releases new album, Bug, today (Friday, May 3). Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 3 May 2024 Washed Out, whose real name is Ernest Greene, has the first collaboration between a major music artist and filmmaker on a music video using OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video technology, according to the singer-songwriter’s record label Sub Pop. Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 By Anna Gordon May 1, 2024 11:06 AM EDT British singer-songwriter FKA twigs, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Tuesday about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Anna Gordon, TIME, 1 May 2024 The bow follows the singer-songwriter and actress’s performances at both weekends of this year’s Coachella festival. Gary Trust, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024 Folk-rock adventurers Dave Matthews Band, ‘80s hard rockers Foreigner, guitar hero and singer-songwriter Peter Frampton, funk and R&B mainstays Kool & the Gang and the influential rap group A Tribe Called Quest round out the Class of 2024. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024 Now on her 11th studio album, the singer-songwriter has emerged over the years as one of this generation’s biggest names in music. Tabitha Parent, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024 The music video features the singer-songwriter and Post Malone, who features on the single, cast as ex-lovers who, per the lyrics, carried on an affair that only lasted 14 days. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024

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