Mostly, though, she stuck to the code of today's female singer-songwriter.

Ayana (full name unknown) is a female Japanese singer-songwriter.

Although many performers were Los Angeles based female singer-songwriters, artists spanned a variety of genres and came from several countries.

From the 1980s onward, it has become almost standard for individualistic female singer-songwriters to be compared to Bush by the media.

"One guy came up to me and said, 'You're the best female singer-songwriter in the world,"' she remembers.

Don't let this woman get lost in your preconceptions of the sassy female singer-songwriter.

At that time, young female singer-songwriters were rare in Japan, but she benefited from her Japanese idol good looks and attracted a male audience.

An album that transcends any accepted conventions for female singer-songwriters.

The original plan was to have several female singer-songwriters contribute to an album.

She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.