See Who Music Industry Leaders Nominated as America’s Greatest Living Songwriters

Natalie Merchant

Singer-songwriter, 10,000 Maniacs

Voted for: Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Sly Stone*, Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Carole King, Brian Wilson*, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Willis Alan Ramsey, Ray LaMontagne, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Beck, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tracy Chapman, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Anaïs Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Regina Spektor, Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne, Jeff Tweedy, Gillian Welch, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Josh Ritter, Alynda Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff), Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bob Telson, Conor Oberst, Andrew Bird