[jawang]

I'm looking for songs that feature a single vocalist and a single guitar. Do you guys have any recommendations? I have a lots of great acoustic guitar recordings but most of them are just instrumentals, or feature very sparse and mediocre singing.

The closest things I have to what I'm looking for are eric clapton's unplugged album (although there are extra instruments added), priscilla ahn's studio album (same problem), and john mayer's acoustic songs/covers (not my ideal kind of music).

"House of the rising sun" from Tommy Emmanuel's "Live One" album is EXACTLY the kind of thing I am looking for, but that's just one song, I'd like to find more! :]

Something like this:
YouTube - Tommy Emmanuel-House Of The Rising Sun

or this:
YouTube - Split Series Priscilla Ahn - Living In A Tree


Is there anything else I should look into? I guess single piano + vocals would be okay too. I'm fine with the whole droning, "indie"-ish vocal style, but I've heard a bit too much of that stuff recently, so I guess I'm looking for more ballad-like vocals

 

[mortadelo]

You'd probably enjoy Johnny Cash and Neil Young.

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

Bob Dylan's first three albums

 

[DJShadow]

Get Pink Moon by Nick Drake right now, seriously

 

[Coltrane]

Willy Porter

and some blazing guitar Willy Porter

Best album is High Wire Live. He will make you a better person.

 

[duotone]

Newton Faulkner?

Damien Rice?

Sting?

 

[wuaffiliate]

Get some Dallas Green solo work his solo work is under City and Colour.

 

[falis]

Second Nick Drake. Check out Jose Gonzalez too. And some of this guy:

YouTube - Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

 

[Laokid18]

Neil Young.

 

[SirDrexl]

If it can be two guitars and vocalists, Tenacious D:

**** Her Gently (NSFW

) - this track has one guitar though.

But stick to the live stuff, because the 2001 studio album has electric guitars and drums.

 

[kikkomang]

YouTube - Camarón Paco Lucia

this recording is por bulerias

i believe camaron and paco de lucia have a collaboration album but im not sure what its name is

 

[Cianyx]

The Tallest Man On Earth
YouTube - The Tallest Man On Earth - Where Do My Bluebird Fly (Live on KEXP)
YouTube - The Tallest Man On Earth - I Won't Be Found (Live on KEXP)

 

[Moocher]

Dion: Bronx in Blue, Son of Skip James
Luther Allison: Hand Me Down My Moonshine
Buddy Guy: Blues Singer

All Blues. All acoustic. All wonderful.


Mooch

 

[radiohlite]

second Pink Moon,

and I'd personally recommend Jon Foreman's EPs: 'Fall', 'Winter', 'Spring', 'Summer', and/or the 'Limbs and Branches' compilation of the best tracks from each.

 

[logwed]

Jethro Tull has some stuff.