In this section I will present some of my favourite singer-songwriters. First among these, of course, is Bob Dylan, who has probably had a greater influence on music than anybody else of his generation.

Woody Guthrie was an earlier influential folksinger and writer, who was a hero to many later musicians, including Dylan.

Malvina Reynolds was a prolific songwriter, who wrote about various socially significant topics, especially the environment. Many of her songs were sung, and popularised, by Pete Seeger.

Another favourite American singer and song-writer is Tom Paxton.

British singer-songwriters include the great Scottish writer Ewan MacColl, who created the Radio Ballads, a series of documentaries using songs to present different sectors of society, and Sydney Carter, a controversial writer of Christian songs.

Being an Australian, I have to include Eric Bogle, who migrated to Australia from Scotland, and who wrote some of the best and most popular songs of modern times.