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Paleface
Paleface
American singer, songwriter, musician
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Mary Timony
Mary Timony
American musician and songwriter
2
Ida
Ida
3
Savages
Savages
English rock band
4
Mirah
Mirah
American musician
5
Liz Phair
Liz Phair
American musician
6
Neko Case
Neko Case
American singer-songwriter
7
Kaki King
Kaki King
American guitarist
8
Maria Taylor
Maria Taylor
American singer/songwriter
9
Spoon
Spoon
American band
10
Nina Nastasia
Nina Nastasia
American musician
11
Alvvays
Alvvays
Canadian indie pop band
12
Cat Power
Cat Power
American singer-songwriter and actress
13
Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige
American singer-songwriter
14
RedOne
RedOne
Moroccan–Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive
15
Leona Naess
Leona Naess
British singer
16
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer
17
Julia Nunes
Julia Nunes
American musician
18
Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile
American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
19
Jesse Sykes
Jesse Sykes
American singer songwriter
20
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
British singer-songwriter
21
Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush
American pop singer
22
The Slackers
The Slackers
band that plays ska
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Chelsea Wolfe
Chelsea Wolfe
American singer-songwriter
24
Damien Dempsey
Damien Dempsey
Irish singer
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Dawn Richard
Dawn Richard
American musician
26
Princess Superstar
Princess Superstar
American rapper and DJ
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Jessie Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
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Via Audio
Via Audio
american indie pop band
29
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player from the United States
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Linda Perry
Linda Perry
American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
31
Evie Sands
Evie Sands
American singer, songwriter and musician
32
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
American singer, musician, composer and actress
33
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and musician
34
Teedra Moses
Teedra Moses
American musician
35
Ria Mae
Ria Mae
Canadian musician
36
Barbara Manning
Barbara Manning
American musician
37
Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin
American singer-songwriter
38
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
English singer-songwriter
39
Clairo
Clairo
American recording artist
40
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
41
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb
American singer-songwriter and actress
42
Estelle
Estelle
British singer-songwriter
43
Sarah Jarosz
Sarah Jarosz
American musician
44
Leigh Nash
Leigh Nash
American singer-songwriter
45
Meiko
Meiko
American singer/songwriter
46
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack
American country music singer and songwriter
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Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
American recording artist; singer
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Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles
American singer
49
Holly Williams
Holly Williams
American singer-songwriter
50
Joan Jett
Joan Jett
American musician
51
Melissa McClelland
Melissa McClelland
Canadian singer-songwriter
52
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Canadian country singer
53
Wynter Gordon
Wynter Gordon
American singer-songwriter
54
Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
American music producer, composer and pop singer
55
Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard
American musician
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Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
American singer
57
Joe Henry
Joe Henry
American musician
58
Holly Dunn
Holly Dunn
American musician
59
Elle Varner
Elle Varner
American singer-songwriter
60
The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers
Canadian indie rock band
61
Lykke Li
Lykke Li
Swedish singer
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Lavender Diamond
Lavender Diamond
American band
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Elysian Fields
Elysian Fields
art rock band from the USA
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Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Hyman
American rhythm-and-blues singer (1949–1995)
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Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin
American singer-songwriter
66
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Canadian pop singer
Jennifer O'Connor
American musician

Jennifer O'Connor

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American musician

Jennifer O'Connor (born November 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released a series of well-regarded solo albums, and has either toured or played with Wilco, the Indigo Girls, Feist, Yo La Tengo, Dump, and the Mountain Goats, among other bands and musicians. Paste magazine has called her a "songwriter's songwriter", describing her albums as "master classes in economy and clarity."

While she is one of a limited number of notable independent musicians who is publicly out as gay, she does not write music obviously targeted to a gay audience. She is based in Brooklyn and in addition to writing and performing her own music, she also runs a record label, Kiam Records, with seven other artists on its roster.