Mary Chapin Carpenter

The award-winning singer-songwriter will hit the road again this summer.

The New Jersey native dominated the genre charts in the late 1980s and into the '90s, thanks to a streak of records that featured insightful reflections on love, politics and the human condition.

Pucker up!

Sure, some of these artists scored major hits, but if you ask us, they're due a much bigger spot in the genre's history books.

In the notoriously volatile entertainment business, no one can argue with having an education to fall back on.

We still listen to these regularly!