When I think of a singer-songwriter, my first thoughts turn to someone strumming a guitar or playing the piano while singing songs that he or she wrote.
Of course, it isn’t quite that simple. What happens when someone else also plays or sings?
I’ve found that it’s a grey area when we start adding other people because ultimately it gets tough to distinguish singer songwriters from groups where one person tends to write and sing their songs. I’ve tried to be reasonably consistent as people move from pure singer songwriting to rock and pop groups.
I also discovered that there’s an issue of crossover between singer-songwriters and folk and country artists. To find what you’re looking for, I’ve given you various links at the bottom if you don’t find it on this page.
Live Albums By Singer Songwriters In The 1990s
Greg Brown The Live One 1994
Jeff Buckley Live At Sin-E 1993
Jeff Buckley Live At L’Olympia 1995
Jeff Buckley Mystery White Boy Live 95-96
JJ Cale JJ Cale Live 1990 to 1996
Elvis Costello And Bill Frisell Deep Dead Blue 1995
John Denver The Wildlife Concert 1995
Ani DiFranco Living in Clip 1996
Steve Earle Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator 1990
Steve Earle Live in Nashville 1995
Ted Hawkins The Final Tour 1994
John Hiatt Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan 1994
John Hiatt Live in Chicago 1990
Robyn Hitchcock Storefront Hitchcock
Bruce Hornsby Here Come The Noise Makers 1998 to 1999
Janis Ian Live Working Without A Net 1990 to 2003
Joe Jackson Summer in the City Live in New York 1999
Nils Lofgren Keith Don’t Go Live at The Town & Country Club 1990
Nils Lofgren Acoustic Live 1997
John Martyn Live At Leeds & Mor 1975 + ’80s & ’90s
John Martyn Live 1990
John Martyn Classics Live 1990
Ian McNabb Live At Life 1999
Joni Mitchell The Wells Fargo Theater Los Angeles 26th January 1995
Van Morrison A Night in San Francisco 1993
Graham Parker The Bootleg Box 1975 to 2004
Graham Parker BBC Live In Concert 1977-1991
Graham Parker Live Alone Discovering Japan 1993
Graham Parker Live From New York 1995
Graham Parker The Last Rock n Roll Tour 1996
Tom Petty The Live Anthology 1976 to 2007
Tom Petty Southern Accents In The Sunshine State 1993
Lou Reed Perfect Night Live in London 1997
Gil Scott-Heron Tour De Force Live 1994
Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park 1991
Martin Stephenson & The Dainties Live At Town & Country 1990
Al Stewart Rhymes in Rooms 1992
James Taylor James Taylor Live 1992
Richard Thompson Two Letter Words 1994
Richard Thompson Semi Detached Mock Tudor 1999
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Weld 1991
Neil Young Live in Chicago 1992
Neil Young Unplugged 1993
Neil Young Change Your Mind Live 1994
Neil Young Year of the Horse 1996
Warren Zevon Learning To Flinch 1992
Warren Zevon Empire Concert Club Cleveland OH 05/01/92
You can get these albums from Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk
What Are the All Time Best Live Albums By Singer Songwriters?
I don’t have a readers poll to find the best live albums for this decade but I do have a poll to find the all time best live albums by singer-songwriters.
Loading ...Because there are so many excellent singer-songwriter albums with very different styles, I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.
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Empire Concert Club Cleveland OH 05/01/92 is a radio broadcast by Warren Zevon that has been converted into a live album.
It was originally broadcast on WMMS-FM and has been released on the Echoes label.
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Change Your Mind is a live album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
It was recorded in 1994.
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The Final Tour is a live album by soulful singer songwriter Ted Hawkins.
The first sixteen songs were recorded at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California on November 5, 1994 while the next three songs recorded were at The Pres House at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on October 8, 1994. Hawkins died on January 1, 1995. The final song was recorded at Goochi’s, in Wenatchee, Washington.
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Live in Chicago 1992 is a live recording and DVD by Neil Young which is not an official release by the artist.
It was recorded on November 17, 1992 from the Dreamin’ Man tour following the release of Harvest Moon which gave us an official live album with ten songs, and a solo acoustic live version of Harvest Moon.
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The Live One is a live album by Greg Brown.
It was recorded at JR’s Warehouse in Traverse City, Michigan in June 1994.
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Live At Leeds & More is a live album by John Martyn which uplates anot earlier release called Live At Leeds which has since been updated again.
Disc one includes tracks recorded live in 1975 at Leeds University. Disc Two comprises some of the best of Martyn’s live recordings from the late ’70s onwards.
The original Live At Leeds album was recorded and released in 1975 with six songs:
Inside Out (or Outside In)
Solid Air
Make No Mistake
Bless The Weather
The Man In The Station
I’d Rather Be The Devil
This version was released on vinyl and then as a CD in 1992.
In 2008 Live At Leeds & More was released with the original album and samples of his live work from the 1980s and 1990s when his sound had been smoothed out.
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Perfect Night: Live in London is a live album by Lou Reed.
It was recorded at the Meltdown Festival on July 3, 1997 as Reed follows the trend for (semi) acoustic live albums due the the popularity of MTV Unplugged.
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Learning To Flinch is a live album by Warren Zevon.
It was recorded at various venues around the world between June 24, 1992 and October 13, 1992.
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Storefront Hitchcock: Music From The Jonathan Demme Picture is a soundtrack live album by Robyn Hitch cocktail.
In the film, Hitchcock performs in a shop window and shows the street as people pass by the store.
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The Wells Fargo Theater Los Angeles 26th January 1995 is a live recording of Joni Mitchell performing in concert.
This was originally a road broadcast of a performance in front of 200 lucky people.
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