TR: I think there's a very diverse singer-songwriter scene going on.
Goffin's lyrics appealed not only to a broad audience, but to a large and remarkably diverse range of singers.
On stage, Miranda is supported by a hyper-talented and racially diverse cast of singers, rappers and dancers who deftly act out the highs and lows of Founding Fathers-era America.
Artists as diverse as the Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto, the hip-hop polymaths the Roots, the guitar god Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top), and the folk songwriter and storyteller Todd Snider, along with many others, are set to perform.
He also recorded with composer Henry Mancini and popular singers as diverse as Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Dylan, and the Carpenters.
But then, in its staying power, neither is "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" Its soulful music by Jay Gorney and sorrowful lyrics by E. Y. (Yip) Harburg have been recorded over the decades by singers as diverse as Bing Crosby and Tom Waits, Al Jolson and Judy Collins.
Mr. Kline and Ms. Judd sing to each other in quiet conversation, while singers as diverse as Mick Hucknall, Natalie Cole and Elvis Costello unfurl a catalog of Porter's greatest hits, plus some comparative rarities (all of which they performed for comparative peanuts).
Nuñez backs singers as diverse as Jackson Browne, Mike Scott, Sinead O'Connor, and Montserrat Caballé.
Ian's songs have been recorded by singers as diverse as Cher, John Mellencamp, Celine Dion, Nana Mouskouri, Charlie Daniels and Roberta Flack and she has performed with Tom Paxton, Lou Gossett Jr., Judy Collins, Phil Ochs and a host of other singer-songwriters.
It also helped usher in the "bro-country" era, where artists like Florida Georgia Line blindly borrowed from hip-hop and EDM, and singers covered diverse topics like beer and trucks.
