Singer-Songwriters, Volume 1: David Cousins, Arlo Guthrie, Iain Matthews, Ralph McTell, Al Stewart, Richard Thompson

David Cousins (Strawbs), Iain Matthews, Ralph McTell, Al Stewart, Richard Thompson and America's Arlo Guthrie describe in detail what defines a singer-songwriter and what drives them. They offer their thoughts on the balance between voice and instrument, the relationship between songs and audience, spirituality and society, channelling influences and the context of the politics of the day, while shedding light on the eternal question of which comes first: the words or the music. Insight-filled interviews with some of popular music s most influential and enduring talents Singer-Songwriters Vol 1 is an in-depth look at the craft, life and times of the singer-songwriter, revealed in the contemporary voices of the groundbreaking generation of British singer-songwriters who came of age through the evolution of folk-based music during the Sixties