All you really need for a good song

3 Chords & the truth is about simple, moving songs: all you really need for a good song is 3 chords and the truth.

Can the songwriters provide a truth worth telling?

We're back July 2009 for Sunday lunchtimes with choice picks from artists like:

Adoration on the Gospel Train, Angus & Julia Stone,
Ani DiFranco, Andy Baylor, Anika Moa, Ash Grunwald, Bertie Blackman
Bette Midler, Bic Runga, Blue King Brown
Blind Boys of Alabama, Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen, Bright Eyes, Cassandra Wilson
Clare Bowditch, Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crowded House, Downhills Home, Ella Fitzgerald, Emmylou Harris
Eric Clapton, Etta James, George
Gillian Welch, Goldfrapp, Guy Blackman, Holly Throsby
Howlin' Wolf, Husky, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson
James Reyne, Janis Ian, Jeff Buckley
Jeff Lang, John Butler Trio, John Lee Hooker, Jr.
John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Josh Pyke, k.d. lang
Karine Polwart, KT Tunstall, Laura Jean, Laura Marling
Leadbelly, Lee Kernaghan, Leonard Cohen, Liam Finn
Lior, Lisa Miller, Lisa Mitchell, Little Red, Lizz Wright,
Lucinda Williams, Mandy Moore, Mavis Staples,
Melinda Schneider, Mia Dyson
Missy Higgins, Muddy Waters, Neil Young
Neko Case, Nick Drake, Nina Simone
Old Man River, Patty Griffin, Rachel Unthank And The Winterset
Ray LaMontagne, Rebecca Barnard, Renée Geyer
Robert Cray Band, Robert Johnson
Ron Sexsmith, Ryan Adams, Rufus Wainwright, Ruthie Foster
Ryan Adams, Sal Kimber, Sara Storer
Sarah Blasko, Sia, Susan Tedeschi, Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Taj Mahal, Teddy Thompson, The Audreys
The Beautiful Girls, The Shins, The Waifs
Tom Waits, Toshi Reagen, Tracy Chapman, Vika and Linda
Xavier Rudd, Z.Z. Hill