Bill D - "contemporary acoustic" IS the term I use, as do most of my singer/songwriter friends, to describe what they do. Unfortunately, not too many record stores or even radio stations use the term, and therefore Greg Brown is sold in the "FOLK" bin. Most of my friends don't like it any more than you do - for opposite reasons. You may not want to accidently pick up a singer/songwriter tape; they want people to KNOW that they write and perform their OWN music.

I guess we just gotta work on the record companies...

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