- 3racha
- baekhyun
- bastille
- ben folds
- ben howard
- bodeans
- bon iver
- bts
- cat stevens/yusef islam
- cavetown
- daughter
- day6
- dermot kennedy
- dixie chicks
- ed sheeran
- electric president
- fun.
- gabrielle aplin
- grace vanderwaal
- hozier
- iron & wine
- james taylor
- lumineers
- mamamoo
- marc cohn
- noah kahan
- passion pit
- radical face
- radwimps
- stray kids
- the oral cigarettes
- tracy chapman
note: bolded items directly inspire my own songwriting
also: always looking for song recs! send me what you think i'd like!