Carving His Niche - Randy Shemanski
Jason Mraz finds success in a tough genre

The acoustic solo artists' genre is a competitive one these days. It seems like just about anybody who knows a few chords with a decent voice has a song out about a woman's body or some other love tale that makes us want to yawn. Despite that competitiveness (or repetition, depending on your viewpoint), a few artists have separated themselves from the masses in the pop market - John Mayer, Jack Johnson and David Gray immediately come to mind as three of the most successful, and to a lesser extent, artists like Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, Gavin DeGraw and Howie Day have enjoyed some lasting s... (read more)